
Francisco Jambrina
Acting
Biography
Francisco Jambrina was born in 1902 in Spain. He was an actor and director, known forLos olvidados (1950), El rebozo de Soledad (1952) and No basta ser medico (1961). He was married to Margot Erbeya. He died in 1967 in Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
Known For

A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
The Young and the Damned

Cantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so the servant tells him that Cantinflas is his wife's brother (Leonardo), who had been lost for years. The rich man then remembers that his father in law's testament could only be paid when all brothers get together, so treats Cantinflas, a real bum, as a king.
You’re Missing the Point

After the mysterious disappearance of an oil well owner, one of his workers, Gerardo assumes the business management. Soon, the owner's sister arrives from Argentina, and, believing that Gerardo killed her brother to keep the wells for himself, she starts working as a singer under a false name in the same casino her brother disappeared, in order to find out what exactly happened.
Gran Casino

Cantinflas is a private in the military, who doesn't know anything about discipline or following rules. He only wants to think about his girlfriend, the maid in an opulent hacienda. The owner of the hacienda has an ugly and shy daughter, who is in love with Cantinflas. The problems arrive when the family arranges a wedding between the ugly girl and Cantinflas, who in order to avoid the commitment gets himself arrested. During his punishment, Cantinflas learns to fly with a silly and poorly trained flight instructor.
¡A volar, joven!

Two old friends get hinky with each other over the deed to a tract of land, and their children's engagement gets broken over it.
The Possession

Mother and child are separated during the Spanish Civil War. Believing the mother to be dead, the child is sent to a refugee orphanage in Mexico, then adopted. Meanwhile, Mama recovers from her injuries, and...
Maternidad imposible

After Caribbean despot Mariano Vargas is murdered at the hands of his enraged populace, his secretary Ramón Vázquez takes not just control but also Vargas' widow Inés, with whom he's been having an affair. Special military unit leader Alejandro Gual arrives to overthrow Vázquez by turning the people and Inés against him.
Fever Mounts at El Pao

In times of the French Intervention, a student of Nunó, author of the Mexican National Anthem, falls in love with the niece of the French Ambassador, which causes quite amusing complications.
Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra

A Russian courier has to deliver a message from the Czar to the Grand Duke across enemy lines. He encounters many colorful characters along the way.
Miguel Strogoff

Alberto Robles, a young doctor, is faced with the decision to surrender to a life full of comforts and luxuries or to continue dedicating himself body and soul to serving those who need it most.
Soledad's Shawl

Marcos is an arrogant jai-alai player who seduces and discards women until he himself becomes the object of a cunning revenge.
Night Falls
Senda Prohibida is the first telenovela produced in Mexico. It was shown from Monday to Friday between 1957 and 1958.cast by Silvia Derbez
Senda prohibida

The Trevino family tries to overcome the irresponsible behavior of Don Cruz, an erratic father with numerous defects that contrast with his son Silvano, a young kid man that is incapable of passing judgment on his own father.
The Black Sheep

Kidnapping band has a system set up to transport infants and older children to black-market adoptive parents in the USA.
Ladrones de niños

Biopic of the revolutionary Simón Bolívar who fought to end Spanish rule over much of Latin America.
Simón Bolívar

Portrayal of a family’s attempt to change the spending habit of the indulgent and hedonistic patriarch, Alfredo. The family decides to try to fool him into spending less by telling him that his large fortune is gone.
The Great Madcap

Cantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos Martinez Baena). But Cantinflas has the soul of a poet rather than a serious researcher, and he wants to find the formula that achieves the immortality of the roses. Nevertheless, after the death of Prof. Monteagudo, Cantinflas will be chased by a ferocious corporative group, who wants to steal the secret formula of a cheaper fuel named "carburex", because they think that our friend is the only person who knows the composition
El Supersabio

Anthology-movie, series of anecdotes about the personal tragedies that lead people to take their values posessions to the state-run pawnshop.
Monte de piedad

Three married couples gather to celebrate the eighteenth anniversary of their marriage mourning the absence of a friend who was best man at all three weddings.
The Three Perfect Married

Santo fights a group of phony spiritualists who are trying to scam his god-daughter out of her 6 million peso inheritance.