María Duval

Mexican actress and singer

Bolero
ranchera

Instrument(s)VocalsLabels

Peerless Records

Musical artist

María Dussauge Ortiz (born 2 August 1937),^[1] commonly known as María Duval, is a Mexican actress and singer who has worked in film, television, and the stage.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Career

Duval made her film debut in the musical Melodías inolvidables (1959), an experience she later described as "a great emotion" and her "favorite memory" of her entire career.^[3] She once said that musical was her favorite film genre.^[4] She played the romantic interests of Gaspar Henaine "Capulina" in Barridos y regados (1963) and Marco Antonio Campos "Viruta" in Cada quién su lucha and La cigüeña distraída (both 1966).^{[citation needed]}

She acted as Antonio Aguilar's beloved in two films: the Mexican Revolution drama Juan Colorado (1966), where she played the tragic Silvia Guerrero, and the comedy Los alegres Aguilares (1967).^[3] She finished her film career in the 1970s with the Blue Demon vehicle La mafia amarilla (1975). She also participated in television productions such as La voz de la tierra (1982) with Joaquín Cordero, Sergio Kleiner, Ana Bertha Lepe, Delia Magaña, and Teresa Velázquez. Her last appearance was in the telenovela María José (1995).^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

María Duval is the aunt of comedian Consuelo Duval.^[5]

Selected filmography

Discography

Singles

"Todo y nada" (Peerless Records)

Studio albums

Dos gallos y dos gallinas (RCA Víctor)

References

^ "Miscelanea". El Siglo de Torreón. 20 May 1965. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
^ "Biographical Dictionary of Mexican Film Performers "D"". The Mexican Film Resource Page. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "María Duval y los platillos". La Nación. 20 October 1965. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Sonia Furió, María Duval y Norma Mora tres bellas del cine mexicano". La Nación. October 9, 1961. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
^ "Desde niña fue cómica: Consuelo Duval dice que su vida es mejor con las canciones de Agustín Lara, que interpretaba su mamá". El Universal. 21 February 2007. Retrieved 12 October 2013.