14 Facts About Amalia Aguilar

Amalia Isabel Rodriguez Carriera, known professionally as Amalia Aguilar, was a Cuban-Mexican dancer, actress and comedian.

Amalia Aguilar studied ballet in Havana, with teachers like Lita Enhart, Lalo Maura and Jorge Harrison.

Amalia Aguilar began her career next to her sister Cecilia.

In Havana, the Aguilar Sisters met the famous Cuban dancer Julio Richard, who was looking for young dancers for his ballet.

In Mexico, Amalia Aguilar debuted at the Theatre Lirico and the main cabarets of Mexico City, as well as in the XEW radio program La Hora Mejoral, with Carlos Amador.

Back in Mexico, Amalia Aguilar headed a group of musicians called Los Diablos del Tropico, and rejoined the Mexican cinema in 1948 with the film Conozco a los dos.

Amalia Aguilar worked with Pedro Infante in Dicen que soy mujeriego, and with German "Tin Tan" Valdes in Calabacitas tiernas.

Unlike her other colleagues rumberas, Amalia Aguilar rarely performed in dramas.

Amalia Aguilar filmed 23 movies in just 10 years alongside figures such as Buster Keaton, Sara Garcia, Rita Montaner, Adalberto Martinez "Resortes", Prudencia Grifell, Elvira Quintana and Evangelina Elizondo, among others.

Amalia Aguilar's most remembered dramatic character is in the film Amor perdido, alongside Victor Junco.

Amalia Aguilar resided for several years in Peru, where she founded a chain of beauty salons and taquerias.

In 2010, Amalia Aguilar was honored in the city of Miami, Florida, where her career was recognized and she was awarded the keys to the city, from the mayor Tomas Regalado.

Amalia Aguilar's husband died in a plane crash in 1962.

On 8 November 2021, Amalia Aguilar died at the age of 97 in Mexico City.