16 Facts About Silvia Derbez

Lucille Silvia Derbez Amezquita, better known as Silvia Derbez was a Mexican film and television actress.

Silvia Derbez competed in Miss Mexico 1952 where she came in 4th place.

Silvia Derbez debuted in Mexican film as a teenager, participating in her first movie at the age of 15, when she acted in La Novia del Mar, filmed in 1947.

Silvia Derbez was in three more movies before the decade of the 1940s had ended, including the classic cabaretera film noir Salon Mexico.

Silvia Derbez became a celebrity, both nationally and internationally, during the 1950s, an era in which she recorded sixteen films.

Between 1951 and 1954, Silvia Derbez retired from filming, but she was in ten movies from 1954 to 1956.

In 1959, Silvia Derbez got the title role in another soap opera, Elisa.

Silvia Derbez acted in seventeen telenovelas during the 1960s, many of them in which she starred.

Silvia Derbez returned to cinema in 1969, participating in three movies between then and 1970.

Silvia Derbez acted in 1971's El derecho de los hijos and La Recogida.

Nevertheless, Silvia Derbez recovered from that personal loss and participated in one of Latin America's most famed telenovelas of all time, Simplemente Maria, in 1989.

In Simplemente Maria, Silvia Derbez acted alongside Victoria Ruffo, who would soon become her daughter in law.

Silvia Derbez made three movies during the early 1990s, including 1993's Zapatos Viejos, where she acted alongside singer Gloria Trevi.

In 1994, Silvia Derbez was in Prisionera de Amor, and in 1995, she played "Milagros" in Lazos de Amor.

Silvia Derbez returned to cinema acting after Prisionera de Amor and Lazos de Amor, acting in three movies before returning to television as "Leonor" in Los hijos de nadie.

Silvia Derbez had one son, Eugenio, and a daughter, Silvia Eugenia.