María Prado

Born in Chihuahua, since she could remember she wanted to be an artist. When she was a child, she excelled in singing since she had a very good voice. At the age of 14, already working in Mexico City, she began to study theater. She is one of the most prolific television actresses, having acted in more than 40 soap operas. She has played all kinds of roles, from good to long-suffering mothers, drunks, servants to villains. She is remembered for different roles in the TV series "Mujer Casos de la vida Real" where she plays the most terrifying part of the program.

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Faith, Hope and Charity (1974)

Three episodes. Faith: a woman is attacked. Hope: a fakir is crucified. Charity: a woman faces bureaucracy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorge Fons  •  Luis Alcoriza  •  Alberto Bojórquez Patrón
CAST:  Katy Jurado  •  David Silva  •  Sara García  •  Fabiola Falcón

Three episodes. Faith: a woman is attacked. Hope: a fakir is crucified. Charity: a woman faces bureaucracy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorge Fons  •  Luis Alcoriza  •  Alberto Bojórquez Patrón
CAST:  Katy Jurado  •  David Silva  •  Sara García  •  Fabiola Falcón

Reclusorio (1997)

The human and divine justice are exposed through five real life stories related to the legal processes of a prison. The cases presented are: "I want to stay in jail", "Blood between women", "The raped prostitute", "The kidnapped policeman", and "Euthanasia or murder?"  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  Cuitláhuac Rodríguez  •  Ignacio López Tarso  •  Gabriela Goldsmith  •  Kate del Castillo

The human and divine justice are exposed through five real life stories related to the legal processes of a prison. The cases presented are: "I want to stay in jail", "Blood between women", "The raped prostitute", "The kidnapped policeman", and "Euthanasia or murder?"  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  Cuitláhuac Rodríguez  •  Ignacio López Tarso  •  Gabriela Goldsmith  •  Kate del Castillo

La venida del rey Olmos (1975)

After spending some time with the Mennonite community in Chihuahua, Reynaldo Olmos goes back to Mexico City and establishes a ministry in the poorest of poor neighborhoods. Is he sincere, or is this a scam?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julián Pastor
CAST:  Jorge Martínez de Hoyos  •  Ana Luisa Peluffo  •  Ernesto Gómez Cruz  •  Maritza Olivares

After spending some time with the Mennonite community in Chihuahua, Reynaldo Olmos goes back to Mexico City and establishes a ministry in the poorest of poor neighborhoods. Is he sincere, or is this a scam?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julián Pastor
CAST:  Jorge Martínez de Hoyos  •  Ana Luisa Peluffo  •  Ernesto Gómez Cruz  •  Maritza Olivares

Luz's Motives (1985)

Luz is in jail, accused of murdering her own children. Her husband and her mother-in-law say she killed them in cold blood. Dr. Rebollar tries to help the woman, but she refuses to remember anything. Luz thinks of jail as the purgatory: it's only one step to reach ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Felipe Cazals
CAST:  Patricia Reyes Spíndola  •  Alonso Echánove  •  Ana Ofelia Murguía  •  Delia Casanova

Luz is in jail, accused of murdering her own children. Her husband and her mother-in-law say she killed them in cold blood. Dr. Rebollar tries to help the woman, but she refuses to remember anything. Luz thinks of jail as the purgatory: it's only one step to reach ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Felipe Cazals
CAST:  Patricia Reyes Spíndola  •  Alonso Echánove  •  Ana Ofelia Murguía  •  Delia Casanova

Mosquita muerta (2007)

Marcelo and Sofía love each other, but both suspect the other of infidelity. Marcelo, a film director, accidentally discovers condoms in Sofía’s purse. They are really for Marcelo’s younger sister, but he thinks the discovery confirms his suspicions and keeps one ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joaquín Bissner
CAST:  Armando Alessi  •  Marta Aura  •  Bruno Bichir  •  Demián Bichir

Marcelo and Sofía love each other, but both suspect the other of infidelity. Marcelo, a film director, accidentally discovers condoms in Sofía’s purse. They are really for Marcelo’s younger sister, but he thinks the discovery confirms his suspicions and keeps one ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joaquín Bissner
CAST:  Armando Alessi  •  Marta Aura  •  Bruno Bichir  •  Demián Bichir

Love Taste like Chocolate (2013)

After losing her boyfriend, Moni decides to focus on her thesis, which consists on chocolate pastry-making. When she starts seeing other guys, the ghostly figure of her abusive boyfriend Javi appears, provoking funny situations since Moni is the only one who sees him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joaquín Bissner
CAST:  Karla Souza  •  Osvaldo Benavides  •  Jorge Luis Moreno  •  María Aura

After losing her boyfriend, Moni decides to focus on her thesis, which consists on chocolate pastry-making. When she starts seeing other guys, the ghostly figure of her abusive boyfriend Javi appears, provoking funny situations since Moni is the only one who sees him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joaquín Bissner
CAST:  Karla Souza  •  Osvaldo Benavides  •  Jorge Luis Moreno  •  María Aura

The Secret (2010)

The life of a woman changes completely after the murder of her mother and when she comes to live with her aunt, she realizes that she keeps a secret that has remained hidden and protected for centuries.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilberto de Anda
CAST:  Christian Bach  •  Flora Fernández  •  Juan Ferrara  •  Mauricio Islas

The life of a woman changes completely after the murder of her mother and when she comes to live with her aunt, she realizes that she keeps a secret that has remained hidden and protected for centuries.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilberto de Anda
CAST:  Christian Bach  •  Flora Fernández  •  Juan Ferrara  •  Mauricio Islas

Te juro que yo no fui (2018)

Running away from some evil arabs, a woman hides in a counterbass case, causing problems to his owner, a musician with a jelous wife who is trying to win her back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joaquín Bissner
CAST:  Mauricio Ochmann  •  Marta Hazas  •  Ariadne Díaz  •  Mónica Dionne

Running away from some evil arabs, a woman hides in a counterbass case, causing problems to his owner, a musician with a jelous wife who is trying to win her back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joaquín Bissner
CAST:  Mauricio Ochmann  •  Marta Hazas  •  Ariadne Díaz  •  Mónica Dionne

Lady Rancho (2019)

A spoiled girl is sent to her family's ranch to work during summer vacations.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rafael Montero
CAST:  Costanza Andrade  •  Danae Reynaud  •  Delia Casanova  •  Renata Vaca

A spoiled girl is sent to her family's ranch to work during summer vacations.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rafael Montero
CAST:  Costanza Andrade  •  Danae Reynaud  •  Delia Casanova  •  Renata Vaca

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DIRECTION:  Javier Durán
CAST:  Antonio Aguilar  •  Susana Kamini  •  Víctor Alcocer  •  Eleazar García

God's Crooked Lines (1983)

Newly-committed to a mental institution, a woman tries to convince her doctors that her husband conspired to have her put away for selfish reasons unrelated to her mental health.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tulio Demicheli
CAST:  Lucía Méndez  •  Gonzalo Vega  •  Mónica Prado  •  Manuel Ojeda

Newly-committed to a mental institution, a woman tries to convince her doctors that her husband conspired to have her put away for selfish reasons unrelated to her mental health.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tulio Demicheli
CAST:  Lucía Méndez  •  Gonzalo Vega  •  Mónica Prado  •  Manuel Ojeda

Night of Vultures (1988)

Mexican horror-crime-type film, with a group of young people going on a brutal rape and home-invasion-killing crime spree and filming their escapades with a camcorder as it happens.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez Jr.
CAST:  Mario Almada  •  Sergio Goyri  •  Olivia Collins  •  Cuitláhuac Rodríguez

Mexican horror-crime-type film, with a group of young people going on a brutal rape and home-invasion-killing crime spree and filming their escapades with a camcorder as it happens.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez Jr.
CAST:  Mario Almada  •  Sergio Goyri  •  Olivia Collins  •  Cuitláhuac Rodríguez

Angel in the Night (1988)

A respectable family is shot by a gang brutally together. Only the mother survives the perfidious raid. They, although psychiatrist, finds the way back only laboriously in the everyday life. However, then you play the chance one of the members of a gang in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hernando Name
CAST:  Susana Dosamantes  •  Hugo Stiglitz  •  Pedro Armendáriz Jr.  •  Andrés García Jr.

A respectable family is shot by a gang brutally together. Only the mother survives the perfidious raid. They, although psychiatrist, finds the way back only laboriously in the everyday life. However, then you play the chance one of the members of a gang in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hernando Name
CAST:  Susana Dosamantes  •  Hugo Stiglitz  •  Pedro Armendáriz Jr.  •  Andrés García Jr.

The Cage of Death (1990)

An old man makes a pact with the devil to once again see the woman he loves... his niece.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raúl Araiza
CAST:  María Sorté  •  Alejandro Camacho  •  José Carlos Ruiz  •  Claudia Vega

An old man makes a pact with the devil to once again see the woman he loves... his niece.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raúl Araiza
CAST:  María Sorté  •  Alejandro Camacho  •  José Carlos Ruiz  •  Claudia Vega

Traficantes de Niños (1992)

Film about child trafficking in México.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez Jr.
CAST:  Mario Almada  •  Olivia Collins  •  Humberto Elizondo  •  María José Garrido

Film about child trafficking in México.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez Jr.
CAST:  Mario Almada  •  Olivia Collins  •  Humberto Elizondo  •  María José Garrido

The Scent Of Death 2 (1992)

Two students want to interview young drug addicts. A gang member robs his equipment, cameras and recorders; to reclaim them, they must become acquainted with the band of "Los Chuchos". The drug dealer of the band decides to be in charge of them. He rapes the young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez Jr.
CAST:  Mario Almada  •  Andrés Bonfiglio  •  Raúl Buenfil  •  Rojo Grau

Two students want to interview young drug addicts. A gang member robs his equipment, cameras and recorders; to reclaim them, they must become acquainted with the band of "Los Chuchos". The drug dealer of the band decides to be in charge of them. He rapes the young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez Jr.
CAST:  Mario Almada  •  Andrés Bonfiglio  •  Raúl Buenfil  •  Rojo Grau

The Braid (1975)

A town confused by religion persecutes a woman who stole the braid from the statue of the Virgin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Véjar
CAST:  Yolanda Ciani  •  David Reynoso  •  Eric del Castillo  •  Julio Aldama

A town confused by religion persecutes a woman who stole the braid from the statue of the Virgin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Véjar
CAST:  Yolanda Ciani  •  David Reynoso  •  Eric del Castillo  •  Julio Aldama

La Bestia Acorralada (1975)

A man who pretends to be a Dutch immigrant, is discovered by the Israelite Secret Service that he is a German Nazi War Criminal who escaped to Mexico.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Mariscal
CAST:  Claudio Brook  •  Patricia Aspíllaga  •  Gabriel Retes  •  Nubia Martí

A man who pretends to be a Dutch immigrant, is discovered by the Israelite Secret Service that he is a German Nazi War Criminal who escaped to Mexico.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Mariscal
CAST:  Claudio Brook  •  Patricia Aspíllaga  •  Gabriel Retes  •  Nubia Martí
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