Jorge Negrete
Jorge Alberto Negrete Moreno (November 30 1911 - December 5 1953) was a Mexican singer and movie star. He was born in Guanajuato (Mexico) where he was raised together with his four brothers and sisters: David, Consuelo, Emilia and Teresa. He died in Los Angeles of hepatitis, illness he was infected with while he worked as a musician in New York.
He married two other famous actresses Elisa Christy (with whom he had a daughter, Diana Negrete) and María Félix, and dated Gloria Marín for more than ten years. He also filmed movies with these three actresses.
He started singing on the radio in 1931 as an opera singer in Mexico City. In 1936 he signed with NBC for a show with Cuban and mexican musicians. He returned to Mexico in 1937 to act in the film La madrina del diablo (The Devil's Godmother) and because of the success of the film he was able to sign for several more the next three years. In 1938 he starred in La Valentina with Elisa Christy and then on Juntos pero no revueltos (United But Not Mixed).
After working in Havana and Hollywood he was called to act in ¡Ay Jalisco, no te rajes! (Jalisco, Don't Backslide) which made him an international star. Filming the movie he met Gloria Marín and started a romance and a string of movies they filmed together. He complemented his film career with music singing with the trio Los Tres Calaveras and touring through Latin America.
He was offered the main role in El Peñon de las Ánimas (The Rock of Souls and wanted Marín to be his co-star. In spite of his protests, newcomer María Félix became his star and eventually his wife although they hated each other while filming the movie. He was the most important leader of Mexican Actors Asociation A.N.D.A.
Filmography
- El Rapto (1954)
- Reportaje (1953)
- Dos tipos de cuidado Two Careful Fellows (1953)
- Tal para cual (1953)
- Los Tres alegres compadres (1952)
- Un Gallo en corral ajeno The Straying Rooster (1952)
- Los Tres alegres compadres (1952)
- Hay un niño en su futuro (1952)
- Siempre tuya (1952)
- Lluvia roja (1950)
- La Posesión (1950)
- Teatro Apolo (1950)
- Una Gallega en México (1949)
- Jalisco canta en Sevilla (1949)
- Allá en el Rancho Grande Out On the Big Ranch (1949)
- Si Adelita se fuera con otro (1948)
- Gran Casino (1947)
- El Ahijado de la muerte (1946)
- En tiempos de la inquisición (1946)
- No Basta ser charro (1946)
- Canaima El Dios del mal (1945)
- Hasta que perdió Jalisco (1945)
- Me he de comer esa tuna Mexico El Día que me quieras (1945)
- Camino de Sacramento (1945)
- Cuando quiere un mexicano La Gauchita y el charro (1944)
- El Rebelde The Rebel (movie) (1943)
- Una Carta de amor 'A Letter of Love (1943)
- Tierra de pasiones (1943)
- Aquí llegó el valentón El Fanfarrón (1943)
- El Jorobado Enrique de Lagardere (1943)
- El Peñón de las Ánimas The Rock of Souls (1943)
- Así se quiere en Jalisco Love in Jalisco (1942)
- Historia de un gran amor (1942)
- Cuando viajan las estrellas When the Stars... (1942)
- Seda, sangre y sol Silk, Blood and Sun (1942)
- Fiesta Gaiety (1941)
- ¡Ay Jalisco, no te rajes! Don't Backslide, Jalisco (1941)
- Una Luz en mi camino (1939)
- Juntos, pero no revueltos United But Not Mixed (1939)
- El Cementerio de las águilas The Eagles Cemetery (1939)
- Juan sin miedo (1939)
- Perjura Perjurer (movie) (1938)
- Caminos de ayer (1938)
- La Valentina (1938)
- La Madrina del diablo The Devil's Godmother (1937)
External links
- Brief biography (in Spanish).
- Jorge Negrete at IMDb