Emma Roldán
Emma Roldán was a Mexican character actress and costume designer. She is remembered as the sharp-tongued, domineering matron of Mexican cinema, and was nominated three times for a Silver Ariel Award.
Acted in some of Fernando de Fuentes most important movies, like El prisionero trece and El compadre Mendoza, both from his Revolution Trilogy, and first Mexican box-office Allá en el Rancho Grande.
Early life
A San Luis Potosí native, Roldán was born Emma Roldán Reyna to hotel owners José María Roldán and Virginia Reyna, the second of four siblings. Her parents' hotel was located in front of the "Teatro de la Paz" in San Luis Potosí, where theatrical companies would perform. It is there where she met her husband Pedro Jesús Ojeda with whom she procreated two children, Emma Ojeda Roldán and Pedro Ojeda Roldán. She and her husband moved to Monterrey, but they would tour across the country, a life she disliked. They later divorced and Roldán relocated to her parents' home in Potosí.
Selected filmography
El prisionero trece as Margarita RamosEl compadre Mendoza as the muteAllá en el Rancho Grande as ÁngelaWomen of Today These Men Jesusita in Chihuahua as Tula Tulares de TulancingoRomeo and Juliet Les Misérables Santa The Escape The Hour of Truth Adam, Eve and the Devil The Museum of Crime as EnfermeraDizziness as Nana JoaquinaThe Queen of the Tropics The Flesh Commands The Newlywed Wants a House Jalisco Fair Rough But Respectable The Masked Tiger Beauty Salon Los hijos de María Morales as María MoralesVictims of Divorce A Tailored Gentleman as Doña Pelos, porteraThe Soldiers of Pancho Villa as ComadronaBeyond All Limits as CarmelaBlack Skull Chucho el Roto Dangers of Youth Invincible Guns Immediate Delivery El rey del tomate as Tía MilaEl miedo no anda en burro as Doña PazEl lugar sin límites as Ludovinia