María Teresa Rivas

Mexican actress (1918–2010)

Federico López Rivas

(died 1989)

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María Teresa Rivas (born María Teresa Orozco Moreno; May 6, 1918 – July 23, 2010) was a Mexican actress. Along with Silvia Derbez, she is considered one of the pioneers of telenovelas in Mexico, appearing in more than 50 in her career, beginning with an iconic villain role in Gutierritos (1958).

Biography

María Teresa Rivas was born in Unión de San Antonio, Jalisco, on May 6, 1918.^[a] She was baptized with the name María Teresa Orozco Moreno.^[4] She began her career as an actress in the 1950s, debuting in the film Tierra de hombres. She gained widespread notice in the 1958 telenovela Gutierritos, playing Rosa Hernández, the villainous wife of the protagonist.^[4]

She went on to have a prolific career that included film, theater, and television. She appeared in films such as Las señoritas Vivanco, Qué noche aquella, Simitrio, and 'Cuando los hijos se pierden. Her television roles included a variety of telenovelas, such as Una noche sin mañana, Las abuelas, 'Cruz de amor, Los ricos también lloran, Colorina, Bianca Vidal, Agujetas de color de rosa, and Amor gitano.^[4] She also excelled as a poet and composer, recording albums, and some of her songs were performed by singers such as Amparo Montes and Daniela Romo.

She married Federico López Rivas, and they remained together until his death in 1989. They had three children, and she eventually became a grandmother of nine and a great-grandmother of fifteen.^[4]

Her last major role was on the telenovela Carita de ángel, after which she retired from acting. She only made one further appearance, in a 2001 chapter of Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real.^[4]

María Teresa Rivas died at Santa Elena Hospital in Mexico City on July 23, 2010. The next day, she was cremated and her ashes were deposited at the Rancho "La Pitaya" in her hometown of Unión de San Antonio.^[3]^[4] Actors and friends such as Héctor Bonilla, Julieta Egurrola, and Leticia Perdigón came to express their condolences.^[1]

Filmography

Telenovelas

Gutierritos (1958) ... Rosa Hernández de Gutiérrez
Claudia (1960)
Gabriela (1960) ... Gabriela
Una noche sin mañana (1961)
La herencia (1962)
Cumbres Borrascosas (1964)
Marina Lavalle (1965)
Las abuelas (1965)
La dueña (1966) ... Silvia
Las víctimas (1967)
Cruz de amor (1968) ... Doña Delfina de los Monteros
Lo que no fue (1969) ... Cristina
Magdalena (1970)
Yesenia (1970) ... Magenta
Velo de novia (1971) ... Rita
La señora joven (1972-1973) ... Martha
Mi rival (1973)
Nosotros los pobres (1973)
Pobre Clara (1975) ... Doña Mercedes Escobedo
Barata de primavera (1975-1976) ... Laura Palmer
Pacto de amor (1977) ... Ruth
Yo no pedí vivir (1977) ... Soledad Nájera
Una mujer (1978)
Ángel Guerra (1979)
Añoranza (1979)
Los ricos también lloran (1979) ... Sor Úrsula
Verónica (1979-1980) ... Marcelina
Colorina (1980-1981) ... Ana María de la Vega de Almazán
Bianca Vidal (1982-1983) ... Esther Monasterio de Medina Rivas
Amalia Batista (1983-1984) ... Doña Esperanza
El precio de la fama (1987) ... Mercedes
Balada por un amor (1989-1990) ... Victoria
Capricho (1993) ... Doña Isabel, Montaño's widow
Agujetas de color de rosa (1994-1995) ... Elvira Armendares
La jaula de oro (1997) ... Ofelia Casasola
Amor gitano (1999) ... Aya Petra
Carita de ángel (2000-2001) ... Mother Superior from another school

TV series

Puerta de suspenso (1959)
Gran teatro (1964)
Pardaillan (1981) ... Catalina de Médicis
Papá soltero (1987) ... Clara (suegra de César)
Televiteatros [es] (1993)
Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real (2001)

Films

Con quién andan nuestras hijas (1956) ... Teresa
Tierra de hombres (1956)
El diario de mi madre (1958) ... Alicia
Miércoles de ceniza (1958) ... Elvira
El derecho a la vida (1959) ... Etelvina
Las señoritas Vivanco (1959) ... Adelaida Covarrubias
Qué noche aquella (1959)
Simitrio (1960)
The Illiterate One (1961) ... Sra. González
Ellas también son rebeldes (1961) ... Margarita Godinez
Guantes de oro (1961)
Cri Cri el grillito cantor (1963) ... XEW Secretary
Cuando los hijos se pierden (1963)
He matado a un hombre (1964) ... Amalia Burgos
Las dos rivales (1966)
El proceso de Cristo (1966) ... Claudia
Ven a cantar conmigo (1967) ... Director
El corrido de "El hijo desobediente" (1968)
Fando y Lis (1968) ... Mamá de Fando
Paula (1969)
La guerra de las monjas (1970) ... Doña Angustias
Remolino de pasiones (1970) ... Sra. Landa
La viuda blanca (1970) ... Victoria
Siempre hay una primera vez [es] (1971) ... Doña Raquel
El esperado amor desesperado (1976) ... Albertina
Visita al pasado (1981) ... Josefa
Una leyenda de amor (1982)
El maleficio 2: Los enviados del infierno (1986) ... Tía

Theater

La señora en su balcón [es] (1966), by Elena Garro
Filumena Marturano (1957), by Eduardo De Filippo
The Dance of Death (1970), by August Strindberg
Hippolytus (1974), by Euripides
La galería del silencio, by Hugo Argüelles [es]

Awards and nominations

Nominated for Best Leading Actress for Capricho at the 12th TVyNovelas Awards (1994)
Nominated for Best Leading Actress for Agujetas de color de rosa at the 13th TVyNovelas Awards (1995)

Notes

^ Some sources indicate that she was born in 1933.^[1]^[2] However, others, including members of her family, indicate that she was born in 1918.^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Falleció la actriz María Teresa Rivas" [Actress María Teresa Rivas Passes Away]. La Jornada (in Spanish). Notimex. July 25, 2010. p. 9. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
^ Samayoa, Julieta (July 26, 2010). "Falleció la primera actriz María Teresa Rivas" [Leading Actress María Teresa Rivas Passes Away]. Novelas y Series (in Spanish). Univision Blogs. Archived from the original on August 5, 2010. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Muere María Teresa Rivas; la primera villana de la TV" [María Teresa Rivas Dies; TV's First Villainess]. People en Español (in Spanish). July 26, 2010. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Camacho, Alma Rosa (July 25, 2010). "Adios, María Teresa Rivas". El Sol de México (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2021.