Personal Info
Birth date
1928-03-30 (97 Years)
Day of death
2006-05-22
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Sahuayo, Michoacan, Mexico
Also known as
Лилия Прадо
Leticia Lilia Amezcua Prado
Las piernas más bonitas de México
Lilia Prado
Biography
Lilia Prado (March 30, 1928 – May 22, 2006) was a Mexican actress and dancer. After winning a beauty contest she started working in the Mexican cinematographic industry, first as an extra, and later on in leading roles. She starred in over 100 films, being directed by Luis Buñuel in Subida al cielo (Ascent to Heaven), Abismos de pasión (Wuthering Heights), and La ilusión viaja en tranvía (Illusion Travels by Streetcar). In many films she shared scenes with Pedro Infante. She and Silvia Pinal were the only actresses who worked with Buñuel in three films.
Filmography
El analfabeto
7.665
Overview:
Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no idea of who sent the letter or its content. So he goes to the drugstore because the pharmacist can read the letter to him. But while waiting to be helped he sees that a young girl can read. He figures he has to be able to discover the letter's content by himself and decides he will save the letter and go to school, and wait to read the letter on his own.La vida no vale nada
8.2
Overview:
Pablo, a wandering laborer, has imprisoned himself in a hell of alcoholism. Cruz, a widow, reaches out to the troubled man, but even her compassion may not be enough to save him.Illusion Travels by Streetcar
6.477
Overview:
Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the "borrowed" Streetcar!The Hawks
6.7
Overview:
The story of two half brothers who do not know they are such, who fight over a woman and nearly kill each other. One of them belongs to Los Gavilanes, a group of men who live live hidden and looting to give to the poor. Revenge, love and hate will at the end bring out the truth and everyone will get what he deserves.Tarzan and the Mermaids
6
Overview:
A high priest tries to force a young beauty to marry a pearl trader who is masquerading as the god Balu.La India
5
Overview:
Boy is traumatized from watching his sex-worker mother with her clients; he grows up with a particular grudge against that one guy that used to come to see her...Wuthering Heights
6.152
Overview:
Gone several years, the brooding Alejandro returns to the hacienda of his foster sister, Catalina, whom he loves, to find her married to the wealthy and effete Eduardo.The Poulterer Hawk
7.9
Overview:
Two bumpkins in the big city fight over the same girl, until they realize that she's playing them against each other.Mexican Bus Ride
6.548
Overview:
Newlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a remote part of Mexico to fetch a lawyer who can sort out her will. Leaving his wife behind, he embarks on a bus ride that’s interrupted by an increasingly absurd series of episodes, including an impromptu birthday celebration; a one-legged man writhing in the mud; come-ons from an insatiable small-town belle, Raquel; and Oliverio’s frequent, Freudian nightmares.Confidencias de un ruletero
6.3
Overview:
Taxi driver takes the wrong passenger at the wrong time and gets caught up in a murder investigation.Faith, Hope and Charity
6.4
Overview:
Three episodes. Faith: a woman is attacked. Hope: a fakir is crucified. Charity: a woman faces bureaucracy.Una gallega en México
5
Overview:
The Galician Candida has a bakery in front of the butcher Robustito, who constantly berates although children of both Aurora and Rodolfo are in love. In the neighborhood where they live, the neighbors prepared a joke to the galician girl. She gets angry Robustito hard time believing him guilty of what happened.Lovers of the Lord of the Night
4.4
Overview:
Venusita falls in love with the son of a wealthy family whose mother sends her son off to the United States in order to keep the two apart. Not to be rejected so easily, Venusita visits Saurina the sorceress who comes up with a spell that kills off the merchant and zaps the son back home, but Venusita's problems are far from over.Yo quiero ser artista
5.6
Overview:
The Postman Adalberto is involved by chance in the filming of a scene, which gives the film director the idea of including him as an actor, but without his knowledge.Ratero
5.5
Overview:
Solovino is called like that because no one knows where he came from. He is a miserable province man trying to improve his life, but sees himself forced to steal to survive. When he comes up with a large jewelry bounty a pair of cops offer him his freedom in exchange of the bounty and becomes the target of the police harassment.El rey de la pistola
5
Overview:
Western heist movie; a complicated bank job goes bad, and two groups of thieves fight the sheriff and each other.Las interesadas
5
Overview:
Three young women sharing an apartment take in a man they injured in a car accident; while he's recovering, they also make friends with a homeless man. And then...Hembras De Tierra Caliente
5
Overview:
A small rural town projects all of their real and perceived sins and transgressions on the town's "sexy" girl.Oficio de tinieblas
4.8
Overview:
"Occupation of Darkness" - Set in 1934, and meant to dramatize social injustices, this melodrama examines an official's attempt at land reform. The landowners are against any reform and are also not interested in ending the exploitation of their workers. On the opposite side of the fence, the Native Americans have almost no way to better their living conditions or to fight oppression. They are also plagued by "superstition," which leads to some misguided actions that only make things worse. Violence and sexual encounters are interspersed throughout the story.Novia a la medida
5.5
Overview:
Door-to-door salesman falls for a young woman, implements hare-brained schemes to separate her from her fiance.Arriba Michoacán
5
Overview:
The two largest ranches in a small town are operated entirely by women, because their menfolk have all emigrated. Seceral of the younger women have boyfriend troubles, and all the women band together to vote their own representative into City Hall as Mayor.Dicen que soy hombre malo
5
Overview:
Mistaken identities, courtship woes, invalidated marriages, and sombreros de charro.Love Pays for Love
5
Overview:
Pre-Revolutionary setting; class conflicts and a romance across class-boundaries.The Castaway on the Street of Providence
6
Overview:
Friends of Luis Buñuel discuss the director while Buñuel mixes drinks and entertains friends in his home.Perez Family
6.1
Overview:
Gumaro Pérez must fulfill all the whims of his wife, who is sworn lady of society even though the Pérez are not a wealthy family. In order not to look bad with his wife, Gumaro asks for a loan, but when he receives it, all his co-workers take it from him since he owes everyone money.Acting
1991Hembras De Tierra Caliente as Unknown
1989Dos tipas de cuidado as Tecla
1988La Puerta Negra as Unknown
1987Más Buenas que el Pan as Unknown
1987Cinco nacos asaltan Las Vegas as Lilia Prado
1987Arriba Michoacán as Unknown
1986Lovers of the Lord of the Night as Celina
1986The Promised Land? as Unknown
1984Emanuelo as Unknown
1984Adiós Lagunilla, adiós as Unknown
1984La pasión de Isabela (1 Episode) as Perla
1981Mi nombre es Sergio, soy alcohólico as Madre de Claudia
1981Oficio de tinieblas as Mercedes
1981Mojado de nacimiento as Unknown
1980El cara parchada as Unknown
1979Ratero as Unknown
1979El fuego de mi ahijada as Unknown
1976La India as La Cacariza
1975México de noche as Unknown
1974Los valientes de Guerrero as Unknown
1974Faith, Hope and Charity as Nurse (segment "Esperanza")
1972Nest of Virgins as Nieves García
1972El medio pelo as Lulú
1971The Castaway on the Street of Providence as Herself
1970The Useless Life of Pito Pérez as Unknown
1969Duelo en El Dorado as Unknown
1966La vida de Pedro Infante as Eufemia, la sirvienta
1965Audaz y bravero as Unknown
1965Los cuervos están de luto as Mariana
1962El asesino enmascarado as Unknown
1962El rey de la pistola as Unknown
1962Little Town as Margarita
1962Asesinos de la lucha libre as Unknown
1962Cuanto vale tu hijo as Unknown
1961El malvado Carabel as Unknown
1961El analfabeto as Blanca Morales
1961Senda prohibida as Nora
1960Dos Maridos baratos as Unknown
1960Vuelta al paraíso as Unknown
1960Dicen que soy hombre malo as Lucita
1959Sand kisses as Unknown
1959El que con niños se acuesta... as Rosario
1959Kermesse as Unknown
1959I'm flying low as Unknown
1959Mis secretarias privadas as Unknown
1959La reina del cielo as Unknown
1958Ladrones de niños as Marta
1958Yo quiero ser artista as Self
1958A Media Luz Los Tres as Unknown
1958Horas de agonía as Unknown
1957La locura del rock and roll as Teresa García
1956Talpa as Juana
1956The Hawks as Rosaura
1955La vida no vale nada as Martha
1955Después de la tormenta as Unknown
1954Wuthering Heights as Isabel
1954Illusion Travels by Streetcar as Lupita
1953Cuarto de hotel as Unknown
1952Rumba caliente as Unknown
1952Las interesadas as Unknown
1952Tío de mi vida as Unknown
1952Mexican Bus Ride as Raquel
1952Traigo mi 45 as María Elena Ruiz
1951My General's Wives as Lupe
1951Crimen y castigo as Sonia
1951Heart of beast as Unknown
1951The Poulterer Hawk as Antonia 'La Gela'
1950Pata de palo as Unknown
1950El desalmado as Aurora Cervantes 'La Jarochita'
1950Cuando acaba la noche as Consuelo González
1950Si fuera una cualquiera as Unknown
1950Pobre corazón as Unknown
1950Love Pays for Love as Unknown
1949Una gallega en México as Unknown
1949Un milagro de amor as Unknown
1949Confidencias de un ruletero as Rosa
1949Arriba el norte as Unknown
1949Cita con la muerte as Unknown
1949Novia a la medida as Unknown
1949Perez Family as Unknown
1948Dueña y señora as Unknown
1948Tongolele Has Been Killed as Clarita
1948El reino de los gángsters as Unknown
1948Tania, the Beautiful Wild Girl as Amiga 2
1948Tarzan and the Mermaids as Aquitanian
1948Nocturno de amor as Unknown