Fanny Schiller

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1901-08-03 (70 years old)

Deathday

1971-09-26

Place of Birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Fanny Schiller

Biography

Fanny Schiller Hernández (1897–1971) was an award-winning Mexican character actress, television star and also acted in operettas and musicals in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She won two best supporting actress awards from the Ariels and was nominated for two additional films. She was a social activist, creating the Actor's Union and inspiring the creation of “Rosa Mexicano”. She was accomplished at dubbing and was the voice of many animated characters as well as the official voice of several other notable Mexican actresses.

Acting

1950

Red Rain

as Elisa's aunt

1956

A Woman's Devotion

as Señora Reidl

1951

Stronghold

as Mrs. Stevens

1945

The Abandoned

as Ninón

1961

1955

1955

1952

1949

Bamba

as Doña Ofelia de Cacho

1970

Rubí

as Nana

1966

La vida de Pedro Infante

as Doña Gervasia

1954

La infame

as Victoria

1950

La negra Angustias

as Doña Chole

1959

1970

Estafa de amor

as Doña Rosita

1947

A media luz

as Fru-Fru

1961

Mujeres engañadas

as Doña Rita

1949

Nosotros los rateros

as Madre de Ludovico

1955

Padre contra hijo

as Aunt Domitila

1949

Salon Mexico

as Señorita prefecta

1967

Death Arrives on Time

as Doña Carmela

1959

1957

The Black Scorpion

as Florentina

1969

1945

Flor de durazno

as Doña Encarnación

1952

La loca

as Señora González de la Cueva

1944

La monja alférez

as Doña Úrsula

1939

1937

No te engañes corazón

as Refugio (uncredited)

1958

Return of the Monster

as La bruja / doña Rebeca

1954

Camelia

as Doncella de Camila (uncredited)

1962

1951

Crimen y castigo

as Mamá de Ramón

1954

1942

Alejandra

as Rita

1948

Algo flota sobre el agua

as María Justina

1949

Las puertas del presidio

as Madre de Martin

1955

Las engañadas

as Doña Carlota

1956

Wild Heart

as Catalina de Molnar

1943

Santa

as Elvira Gómez

1951

Furia roja

as Señora Navarro Stevens

1970

Someone Wants to Kill Us!

as Abuela Rosalba 'La Aguerrida'

1953

The Naked Woman

as Violeta Bello

1962

La barranca sangrienta

as Doña Blanca (as Fanny Shyler)

1954

Mulata

as Doña Rosario

1950

Duelo en las montañas

as Madre de Esperanza

1968

Sor Ye-yé

as Madre de Juan

1951

1952

El beisbolista fenómeno

as Doña Justa Carmona

1953

Sombrero

as Doña Fela

1953

Reportaje

as Party guest

1955

The Force of Desire

as Doña Remedios

1949

1945

1955

A Life in the Balance

as Carmen Martínez

1953

Fruto prohibido

as Señorita directora

1945

Canaima

as Gallineta

1961

Los Jóvenes

as Carmelita, Madre de 'El Gato'

1963

México de mis recuerdos

as Tía Gertrudis

1967

María Isabel

as Manuela

1945

Nosotros

as Doña Milagros Robledo

1959

La vida de Agustín Lara

as Sra. Esperia, patrona burdel

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