Acting
Mimí Derba
Born 1893-01-01
Mexico City, Mexico
Department: Acting
Biography
Mimí Derba (1893–1953) was a Mexican actress and the first female director in Mexico. Derba founded one of the very first Mexican production companies, Azteca Films. She had a successful career in Vaudeville before entering films.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Mimí Derba
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Dos tipos de cuidado
1953
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You the Rich
1948
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Salon Mexico
1949
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Santa
1932
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Wild Flower
1943
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El abandonado
1949
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The Tigress
1917
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La soñadora
1917
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Café Concordia
1939
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The Seminarian
1949
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (64 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Dos tipos de cuidado | Doña Josefa | Movie | 1953 |
 | Cuatro horas antes de morir | Doña Florencia | Movie | 1953 |
 | The Absentee | Doña Elena, madre de Isabel | Movie | 1952 |
 | Sangre en el barrio | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1952 |
 | Acapulco | Abuela de Ricardo | Movie | 1952 |
 | Oh, Love… How Have You Put Me! | Doña Beatriz | Movie | 1951 |
 | Mi mujer no es mía | Tía Agustina | Movie | 1951 |
 | Tale of a Heart | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 |
 | Nosotras, las taquígrafas | Mamá de Bertha | Movie | 1950 |
 | Rosauro Castro | Doña Margarita | Movie | 1950 |
 | La loca de la casa | Madre superiora | Movie | 1950 |
 | Inmaculada | Madre de Luis Angel | Movie | 1950 |
 | Médico de guardia | La Madre (doña Carmen, madre de Jaime) | Movie | 1950 |
 | La vida en broma | Doña Eugenia | Movie | 1950 |
 | White hair | Doña Emilia | Movie | 1950 |
 | La hija del penal | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1949 |
 | The Seminarian | Nun | Movie | 1949 |
 | Prisión de sueños | Águeda | Movie | 1949 |
 | Rondalla | Doña Luisa | Movie | 1949 |
| The Unloved Woman | Dona Mercedes | Movie | 1949 | |
 | El abandonado | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1949 |
 | Salon Mexico | Señora directora | Movie | 1949 |
 | You the Rich | La Millonaria | Movie | 1948 |
 | Fantasía ranchera | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1947 |
 | When the Brave Cry | Mamá de Cristina | Movie | 1947 |
 | Rocambole | Madre de Antonieta | Movie | 1946 |
 | La casa de la zorra | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1945 |
 | Club verde | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1945 |
 | El capitán Malacara | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1945 |
 | Toda una vida | Sra. Isabel Olmedo | Movie | 1945 |
 | Me he de comer esa tuna | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1945 |
 | Una gitana en México | Doña Engracia | Movie | 1945 |
 | Woman Without a Soul | Mamá de Teresa | Movie | 1944 |
 | La trepadora | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1944 |
 | Balajú | Doña Lupe | Movie | 1944 |
 | Naná | Madame Hugon (Mamá de Bebé) | Movie | 1944 |
 | México de mis recuerdos | Tía Gertrudis | Movie | 1944 |
| Felipe Derblay, el herrero | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1944 | |
 | Porfirio Díaz | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1944 |
 | A Letter of Love | Doña Rosa | Movie | 1943 |
 | El espectro de la novia | Señora Guzmán | Movie | 1943 |
 | Wild Flower | Doña Clara | Movie | 1943 |
 | La razón de la culpa | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1943 |
 | María Eugenia | Virginia | Movie | 1943 |
 | El baisano Jalil | Doña Carmen | Movie | 1942 |
| Adios mi chaparrita | Doña Panchita | Movie | 1941 | |
 | Café Concordia | Doña Laura | Movie | 1939 |
 | Refugiados en Madrid | La marquesa | Movie | 1938 |
 | Abnegación | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1938 |
| María | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1938 | |
 | Martín Garatuza | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1935 |
 | Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz | Doña Leonor Ma. de Carreto (La Virreyna) | Movie | 1935 |
 | Santa | Doña Elvira | Movie | 1932 |
 | Dos corazones | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1919 |
 | La soñadora | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1917 |
 | The Tigress | Director | Movie | 1917 |
| The Tigress | Producer | Movie | 1917 |
 | Soul Sacrifice | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1917 |
| Soul Sacrifice | Producer | Movie | 1917 |
 | In Self Defense | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1917 |
| In Self Defense | Writer | Movie | 1917 |
 | In the Shadow | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1917 |
| In the Shadow | Producer | Movie | 1917 |
| In the Shadow | Director | Movie | 1917 |