Helena Rojo
Birthday: Born in 1944-08-18 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Deathday: 2024-02-03
Helena Rojo (Mexico City; August 18, 1944 - February 4, 2024), was a renowned Mexican film, television and theater actress. She enjoyed a successful career spanning several decades in Mexican cinema, television, and theater. Rojo gained recognition for her versatile and compelling performances in films like "Las Pirañas aman en Cuaresma" (1969) and TV series such as "Cuna de Lobos" (1986). She continues to be celebrated as one of Mexico's most distinguished actresses.
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Mundo de Fieras
Character: Miriam de Rivas del Castillo
Mundo de Fieras is a Mexican telenovela produced by Salvador Mejia Alejandre. It was first broadcast in Mexico on July 31, 2006, and in the United States on October 3, 2006. The telenovela starred Gaby Espino, César Évora, and Edith González as the villain Jocelyn....
Por ella soy Eva
Character: Eugenia Mistral de Caballero
Por Ella Soy Eva is a Mexican soap opera produced by Rosy Ocampo for Televisa based on the Colombian soap opera En los tacones de Eva. Jaime Camil and Lucero starred as main protagonists, while Mariana Seoane and Marcelo Córdoba starred as the main antagonists. "The Best Telenovela of the Year 2013."...
Peregrina
Character: Sabina Huerta
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Amor Real
Character: Augusta Curiel de Peñalver
True love threatens to tear a family apart in this epic Mexican serial set in the 1800s. Rich and beautiful Matilde falls in love with Adolfo, but her mother, Augusta, disapproves of the relationship when she learns Adolfo is poor. Augusta forces her daughter to marry rich and handsome Manuel Fuentes Guerra, but Matilde plays with fire by continuing to be with Adolfo. Adela Noriega, Fernando Colunga, Helena Rojo and Chantal Andere star....
Inocente de Ti
Character: Raquel/Rebeca
Inocente de Ti is a Miami-based 130 episode telenovela that first aired on the Univision network in 2005. It features Camila Sodi, Valentino Lanús, and Helena Rojo....
Triunfo del amor
Character: Self
A love story between a young girl wishing to become a professional model and a rich boy who works in a fashion house and falls in love with her....
La candidata
Character: Natalia de San Román
Like many women, Regina struggles every day for the welfare of her family, having to cope from the worn relationship with her husband to the rebellion of her teenage son ... but in her case everything is in sight, because she is the wife of Head of Government of the city and, as if that were not enough, an honorable senator, who always tries to do what is best for her fellow men. In the world of politics, a world where men build power at any cost, is Regina, who strives to improve the reality of...
Ramona
Character: Doña Ramona Gonzaga Viuda de Moreno
Ramona is a Mexican telenovela, based on the 1884 novel Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson. It aired in 2000 on Televisa and was written by Lucy Orozco and Humberto Robles. This production featured Kate Del Castillo as Ramona and Eduardo Palomo as Alejandro....
Amor sin Maquillaje
Character: Inés Rivera
Amor sin Maquillaje is a mini novela that was shown in 2007. It is a production of Rosy Ocampo, who also produced La Fea Mas Bella. The stars are Sergio Goyri and Marlene Favela; It was a tribute to the 50 years of telenovelas in Mexico....
El Conde: Amor y Honor
Character: Guadalupe de Gaitán
A wrongful conviction changes the life of Alejandro Gaitán and separates him from the woman he loves, Mariana Zambrano. After 17 years in jail, he becomes a count with the help of another prisoner and seeks revenge on those who turned on him....
Cuidado con el Ángel
Character: Cecilia Santos de Velarde
Cuidado Con El Ángel is a Telenovela distributed by Televisa starring Maite Perroni and William Levy. The telenovela, a production of Nathalie Lartilleux, premiered on June 9, 2008 and finished its broadcast March 6, 2009. It had millions of viewers worldwide, and broke records in America....
El Vuelo de la Victoria
Character: María Isabel vda. de la Peña
Victoria is a free spirited girl from a humble background and an aspirant Sprinter. She was abandoned by her biological mother when she was a child. A woman named Chencha took her in and treated her as her own daughter. Victoria dreams to become a Champion at the Olympics and much determined to fight any obstacle that gets her way. Victoria also finds herself in between two men, Andres and Raul who are willing to fight for her love....
El color de la pasión
Character: Milagros Fuentes Vda. de Valdivia
Rebeca murders her sister Adriana to end up with the man she loved, and becomes the step mother of her niece Lucía. Nora, Lucía's half sister and daughter of Rebeca, resents Lucía for the same reasons Rebeca hated Adriana, as history repeats itself....
Juntos El Corazón Nunca Se Equivoca
Character: Dora Ortega
Love story between Aristóteles & Temo, who leave Oaxaca to start a new life together in Mexico City....
El Privilegio de Amar
Character: Luciana Hernández de Duval
El Privilegio de Amar is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by Televisa and broadcast on El Canal de las Estrellas from 27 July 1998 through 26 February 1999. Starring Adela Noriega, René Strickler, Helena Rojo and Andrés García with the participation of leading actor Enrique Rocha and Cynthia Klitbo as the evil Tamara, who is the main villain. The telenovela tells the story of a fashion designer, Luciana, who begins searching for the daughter she abandoned years earlier, unaware the girl is ...
Las Lunas del Auditorio
Character: Self
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Corazón que miente
Character: Sara
Mariela Salvatierra is an orphan and was only 11 when her grandfather Manuel died because of Demián Ferrer. Being left on her own, destiny pushed her to leave the country under the care of Leonardo Del Río. 15 years have passed since they left, but now Mariela and Leonardo have returned to face Demián Ferrer. Demián is a fairly powerful and unscrupulous business man who doesn’t even honor his own family. He disregards Santiago, his youngest son, and manipulates and deceives his oldest son, Alons...
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Character: Inés de Atienza
A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon River in search of the lost city of El Dorado. When great difficulties arise, Aguirre’s men start to wonder whether their quest will lead them to prosperity or certain death....
Amor letra por letra
Character: Fabiola
Work colleagues Hanna and Amanda are unexpectedly laid off. Since Amanda is leaving town, Hanna deposits both of their severance checks into her account. Unfortunately, Hanna screwed up and the money went somewhere it wasn’t intended – which puts her on a direct collision course with some eligible and not so eligible bachelors. Now, between her search for a new job and her hilarious forays into babysitting Amanda’s son, Hanna has to find and retrieve the loot in this hilarious misadventure that ...
Blacker Than the Night
Character: Pilar
When four women move into an old house left by one woman's aunt, strange things begin to happen. Bizarre voices, visions of ghosts, and mysterious noises lead them to discover the darkest powers of evil and a horror and agony beyond terror....
Muerte Ciega
Character: Alessa
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In the Land of Light Feet
Character:
During his vacations, 12-year-old Manuel travels by train with his mother to the Sierra Tarahumara to spend a few days with his father, who works in the mountains with the indigenous people protecting nature. Manuel befriends Jesus, who takes him to his town and teaches him the customs of his own. Both children discover illegal loggers....
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary
Character: Greta
Mexican horror film about an American painter named Mary who is living in Mexico where she sells her works and also kills people for their blood. It turns out Mary is a vampire but not the traditional one with fangs. Since she has no fangs she must stab or slash the throats of her victims but soon she has a new man in her life as well as a mysterious man in black who appears to be doing the same type of murders....
Eye for an Eye
Character: Rina Pittman
A vengeful widow hires a professional killer to train her son so that he can hunt down and kill the men who murdered her husband. The quest for revenge soon becomes an obsession....
End of the Party
Character: Elena
A motorcycle gang goes to a mansion where a party is being held and joy turns into tragedy....
Queen Doll
Character: Carmen
A man becomes more and more infatuated with his childhood sweetheart leading to a haunting encounter with horror....
A Deadly Invitation
Character: Ms. Cristina
Eccentric millionaire Olivia sends her half sister Agatha, and a group of old acquaintances, a mysterious invitation for a weekend on her yacht, where they will discover the true motive behind this invitation: the celebration of… a murder?...
Mirage
Character: Rina
A young man inherits a broken down estate at the edge of the Peruvian desert, with no explanation about the former owners or what had become of the once thriving house....
The Young Animals
Character:
A boarding house where four girls stay, each with their own personal problems....
Los años de Greta
Character: Nina
Elderly woman bonds with other senior citizens for emotional support....
El Payo: Un Hombre Contra el Mundo
Character: Lupe Ramos
Series western, adaptation of a popular comic-book....
The Great Adventure of Zorro
Character: Helena
The De La Vega's are a wealthy and prestigious family known throughout the territory. When Diego, the youngest son of Don Alejandro de La Vega, returns from his 4 year stay in Spain, he finds him hometown oppressed by the corrupt military forces. The farmers are being run out of their homes and their land is being used as military camps and/or sold off to pay for military supplies and wages, along with taking the poor villagers and using them as slaves. So Diego/Zorro has multiple face offs with...
The Cubs
Character: Tere
After having his genitals brutally mutilated during childhood, a man must face prejudice and himself....
Borderline
Character: Shanti
Sasha, a young woman from Mexico meets Damian, a man from Angola. They begin a relationship in Los Angeles, CA. She invites him to her hometown in northern Mexico for the weekend. This loveless romance quickly turns into a roaring silence when both try to tear down each other's walls....
La Sucesión
Character: Mariana
Political intrigue drama which aired dimly, some of the most common vices Latin American government systems, at least hypothetically and not still be scenarios. Its characters have the dictator whose intentions are to inherit the power to his son, little interest in the issue. In a moment in which he is forced to decide who will succeed him, other characters see the opportunity to replace him in the supreme command of this country without a name....
The House in the South
Character:
Indian village experiences forced relocation; their experience is paralleled by that of other groups dating back to the 18th century....
Those Years
Character: Emperatriz Carlota
President Juárez fights against the conservatives, who have ordered an emperor to be brought from France to govern Mexico...
Guerrero Negro
Character: Eva
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Don't Panic
Character: Mrs. Smith
On his 17th birthday, a boy named Michael has a surprise party thrown by his friends, where a session with a Ouija board accidentally unleashes a demon named Virgil, who possesses one of them to go on a killing spree. Michael, now plagued by violent nightmares and premonitions, sets out to try and stop the killings....
Angels and Cherubs
Character: Angela
A tragic celestial-western that explores Adam and Eve's paradise from a surreal point of view....
Noche de juerga
Character:
Spur-of-the-moment nightclub hookup leaves a straying husband framed for a murder....
Los perros de Dios
Character:
Fantasy-life of an upper-class girl overwhelmed with spiritual questions....
There's Always a First Time
Character: Isabel (segment "Isabel")
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Una vez, un hombre...
Character:
Young factory worker becomes apprentice to an alchemist, and he ends up going to the moon to repair equipment belonging to The Three Fates....
The Eve
Character:
Aging politicians who have faded from the public eye hold a cocktail party to celebrate one friend's appointment to the President's Cabinet. Illusions are indulged, illusions are shattered....
Los amigos
Character:
Ambition, social climbing and insincerity shape the emotional climate among a circle of young professionals launching their careers....
Luces de la noche
Character: Tina
On a whim, a retired gentleman decides to track down an old girlfriend from decades back....
Lovers, Partners & Spies
Character: Duchess
Retired international police agent, now suburban housewife, is asked by her former partner to help him catch a serial killer....
Victoria
Character:
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Más allá del deseo
Character: Josefa
Sea creature who looks like a human girl takes the place of a couple's drowned daughter. She grows up into a beautiful woman who wears very little clothing, and she meets a young man and they fall in love. Then......
Foxtrot
Character: Alexandra
A Romanian aristocrat retreats to a desert isle with his wife and servants on the eve of World War II....
Reto a la vida
Character: Elena Sandoval
Carlos has spent four years in prison for selling drugs. When he's released he finds out his brother has become a drug addict and is locked in a psychiatric hospital. Carlos starts working to cure his brother when he befriends a street kid and falls for social worker Elena....
The Children of Sanchez
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Hall Bartlett directs the rural drama The Children of Sanchez, based on the tome The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family written by Oscar Lewis in the '60s. Anthony Quinn stars as the widowed Jesus Sanchez, a poor farmer struggling to provide for his family in Mexico City. Also starring Lupita Ferrer as Consuelo and Stathis Giallelis as Roberto. This is the last film in the 50-year career of international star Dolores del Rio, who plays the Grandma. Jazz-pop performer Chuck Ma...
Mistery
Character: Silvia
A soap opera actor is mixed in a real drama very similar to what he represents in his work....