Fanny Schiller
Fanny Schiller | |
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| Born | Fanny Schiller Hernández 3 August 1897 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Died | 26 September 1971 (aged 74) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Occupation | actress |
| Years active | 1939-1971 |
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.
Biography
Fanny Schiller Hernández[1] was born on August 3, 1897 in Mexico City, Mexico. At the age of 20,[2] she began performing in the comedy company of Rosita Arriaga touring around the country. She then worked as a dancer with José María Topete, Consuelo Vivanco, María Conesa, before joining the company of her future mother-in-law, Virginia Fábregas.[3]
She made her starring film debut in the movie El Cristo de oro (The Christ of Gold) with Manuel R. Ojeda in 1926,[4][5] but did not make another film for approximately ten years.[6] Instead, she was touring the country performing in vaudeville and comedy shows.[7] Most of her film work in the 1940s was completed in Mexico.[4] In the 1950s, she worked for several periods in Hollywood.[8][9][10]
Schiller was primarily known for character acting, portraying eccentric elderly women. She received a Herald Award for her role in Los cuervos están de luto (The Crows are in Mourning) (1965)[2] and was nominated four times for an Ariel Award. She won the Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress twice in both 1947 and 1951.[11]
Schiller was well respected for her work at voice-overs and dubbing; Edmundo Santos, voice director of Disney's releases in Spanish,[12] was so impressed with her that he hired her to dub the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella (1950.[2] She also was the voice of Snapdragon (the purple flower) in Alice in Wonderland, Aunt Sara in Lady and the Tramp, and the fairy Flora in the 1959 version of Sleeping Beauty.[1] In the 1960s she did dubbing work for Hanna-Barbera and was the voice of Fred Flintstone's mother in the animated series.[2]
In 1955 Schiller ran for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies. This was the first time that women had been eligible to run for office in Mexico and the first time that women in Mexico would be able to participate in a national election, having won the right to vote in 1952. She was defeated, but attended the PRI Civic Day of Mexican Women on April 6, 1955 to celebrate the gains in women's rights.[13]
Shortly before her death in the early 1970s, Schiller pushed the National Association of Actors (ANDA) to form nurseries for actress's children.[14] Several of her acting friends, including Socorro Avelar, Anita Blanch, Dolores del Rio, Irma Dorantes, Gloria Marín, Carmen Montejo, Silvia Pinal, and Amparo Rivelles joined to form a group called “Rosa Mexicano”.[15][16] The idea was that by establishing a nursery, actresses could continue working, and by establishing a Montessori education system, their children would receive a strong educational foundation. After operating in temporary spaces, the first stones for the formal location were laid on 30 April 1972, shortly after her death.[17]
Personal life
Schiller came from a family of actors and her mother was an actress. She married actor Manuel Sanchez Navarro (1892-1969), son of actress Virginia Fábregas (1870-1950). Their son was actor Manolo Fábregas (1921-1996)[18] and two of Manolo's children are also actors—Mónica Sánchez-Navarro and Rafael Sánchez-Navarro. Schiller died on 26 September 1971 in Mexico City.[19]
Awards and nominations
- 1947, "Cantaclaro", Best Supporting Actress, won Ariel Award[11]
- 1947, "Las abandonadas", Best Actress co-performance, nominated for Ariel [11]
- 1948, "A media luz", Best Supporting Actress, nominated for Ariel[11]
- 1951, "La mujer que yo amé", Best Supporting Actress, won Ariel[11]
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson | Episode: "Short Story" | |
| 1957 | Captain David Grief | Mama Gideaux | "Distress Signal" (Season 1, Episode 13) |
| 1958 | Más allá de la angustia | ||
| 1959 | Puerta de suspenso | ||
| 1959 | Teresa | Eulalia | |
| 1960 | Pensión de mujeres | ||
| 1963 | Tres caras de mujer | ||
| 1963 | Mi mujer y yo | ||
| 1963 | Madres egoístas | ||
| 1963 | Las modelos | ||
| 1964 | Cumbres Borrascosas | ||
| 1965 | Un grito en la obscuridad | ||
| 1965 | La impostora | ||
| 1965 | Alma de mi alma | ||
| 1966 | El despertar | ||
| 1966 | Cristina Guzmán | ||
| 1966 | Corazón salvaje | ||
| 1967 | Un pobre hombre | ||
| 1967 | Engáñame | ||
| 1968 | Pasión gitana | ||
| 1968 | Águeda | ||
| 1969 | No creo en los hombres | Asunción | |
| 1970 | La sonrisa del diablo | Toña | |
| 1970 | El precio de un hombre | ||
| 1971 | Velo de novia |
Films
References
- ^ a b "Fanny Schiller". Doblaje Disney (in Spanish). Doblaje Disney. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Fanny Shiller 36 aniversario luctuoso" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Revista Actual. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ Moncadatzin, Luis Mario (4 January 2010). "Schiller, Fanny". Reliquias Ideológicas (in Spanish). Mexico: Reliquias Ideológicas. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ a b c "Fanny Schiller". Internet Entertainment Database. Internet Entertainment Database. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ "Fanny Schiller". Sistema de Información Cultural (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Red Nacional de Información Cultural Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Heroic Silence". Interfilmes (in Portuguese). Brazil: Interfilmes. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ Neira Barragán, Manuel (1970). "Cuatro Decadas de Teatro en Monterrey 1900-1940" (PDF). Sobretiro de Humanitas (in Spanish) (Numero 11). University of Nuevo León, Mexico: Sociedad Nuevoleonesa de Historia, Geografia y Estadistica. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "Columbia Fills Four Roles for the Brave Bulls". Brownsville, Texas: The Brownsville Herald. 9 April 1950. p. 20. Retrieved 15 May 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Both at MGM". Salt Lake City, Utah: The Salt Lake Tribune. 2 July 1952. p. 10. Retrieved 15 May 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "US Companies Sign 30 Stars from Mexico". Corpus Christi, Texas: The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. 7 January 1956. p. 9. Retrieved 15 May 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e "Ariel > Ganadores y nominados > Fanny Schiller". Academia Mexicana de Cine (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Academia Mexicana de Cine. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ "Biografía de Edmundo Santos". Doblaje Disney (in Spanish). Doblaje Disney. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ Morton, Ward M. (1962). Woman suffrage in Mexico. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press. pp. 87, 101. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ Noé Murillo, Miguel (January–March 2015). "Tan solo ocho mujeres entre 107 hombres" (PDF). Revista AAPA (in Spanish). 1. Mexico City, Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 51–63. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ Gutiérrez Segura, Eduardo (26 February 2013). "Carmen Montejo pidió un beso, un abrazo de su familia y se fue" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: La Crónica. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ Testimonios para la historia del cine mexicano (in Spanish). Cineteca Nacional. 1976. p. 147.
- ^ Fernandez Tinoco, Maria Amalia (December 2003). "La Gestión del Cambio en una Institución Educativa: El caso de la Estancia Infantil de la ANDA 1993-1997" (PDF). Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Tesina (in Spanish). Mexico City: Secretaría de Educación Pública: 18. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ "Biografía Manolo Fábregas". Las Noticias Mexico (in Spanish). EspectáculosMéxico. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ Moncada, Luis Mario (2007). Así pasan --: efemérides teatrales (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes. p. 292. ISBN 978-968-7881-65-2.
