Sofía Álvarez

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Carmen Sofía Álvarez Caicedo, better known as Sofía Álvarez (Bogotá, Colombia May 23, 1913 - Mexico City, Mexico April 30, 1985) was a Mexican film actress and singer of Colombian origin. Born and raised in Colombia, she moved with her family to Mexico in 1928. Her film debut was a small part, in the role of a prostitute in Santa (1930), the first talkie of Mexican cinema. Popularly known as the lady of the long braids, she enjoyed popularity during the 1930s and 1940s as an actress and singer. Subsequently she performed with Mario Moreno Cantinflasin the popular film Ahí está el detalle (1940). In the 1940s, Álvarez is characterized by her interpretation of elegant ladies in films like El sombrero de tres picos and México de mis recuerdos (1943). She performed with the popular Pedro Infante in three films: Si me han de matar mañana (1946), La barca de oro (1947) and Soy charro de Rancho Grande (1947). One of her most celebrated films was La Reina de la Opereta (1945). In 1950 she left the cinema to continue as a radio singer. She returned to the cinema between 1957 and 1966, when she retired from the scenes. Her last film was El Gángster (1965), with Arturo de Córdova. She was noted for her excellent voice also that delicate features that printed her characters.

Most Popular Sofía Álvarez Trailers

Total trailers found: 29

Shadow of Pancho Villa Trailer (1933)

08 February 1933

A 1933 film.

Si me han de matar mañana Trailer (1947)

26 May 1947

Romantic triangle during the Mexican Revolution.

Flor de fango Trailer (1942)

16 January 1942

Wicked man seduces virtuous young woman; she leaves home in disgrace. Etc.

El Hombre Búfalo Trailer (2020)

28 August 2020

After a threat, a journalist stops publishing. His search for justice leads him to meet his destiny and a mythological being who takes care of the abandoned childhood.

You’re Missing the Point Trailer (1940)

11 September 1940

Cantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog.

Un Ángel de la Calle Trailer (1967)

01 January 1967

Doña Margarita, a lady of high society, wants for her son Pablo a wife of the same social level. He, however, loves the dressmaker’s daughter, whom he secretly marries thanks to the services of a priest friend.

La ley del más rápido Trailer (1959)

03 December 1959

Young gunslinger gets his hero on. #2 in a series ("El Puma.")

The Gangster Trailer (1965)

08 July 1965

An old gangster returns from the United States to Mexico City to live with his sister-in-law and his two nephews, where he will face the daily life of a middle-class family.

La barca de oro Trailer (1947)

13 August 1947

Ranch-heiress chooses a husband.

El puma Trailer (1959)

09 September 1959

Son of a ranching family returns home after studying in the city for a law degree. He sides with the peons in a labor dispute and his father disowns him; he sets up a law office in another town.

The Diary Trailer (2024)

04 October 2024

Olga discovers the unfinished diary of a notorious killer and becomes captivated by its dark secrets.

Ana and Bruno Trailer (2017)

01 September 2017

Ana, a nine year old girl, arrives with her mother to an isolated beach with the intention to rest and to know the sea.

Santa Trailer (1932)

30 March 1932

Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City.

La niña de mis ojos Trailer (1947)

02 May 1947

Classic movie of Mexican cinema.

Los dos cuatreros Trailer (1965)

20 August 1965

Two wandering cowboys are falsely accused of murder.

Martín Garatuza Trailer (1935)

02 September 1935

Sixteenth-century swashbuckler helps a young woman claim a rightful inheritance in the face of opposition from her father's widow and co-conspirators.

A Breakfast Chronicle Trailer (2000)

01 November 2000

A view of the end-of-the-century Mexican family. A father who comes back home after a long absence, but who would rather be somewhere else.

Tres muchachas de Jalisco Trailer (1964)

30 January 1964

Divorced Dad's planning to remarry, so Daughter #1 notifies Mom and Daughters #2&3. Then parents, daughters and boyfriends act out for 80 minutes.

Soy charro de Rancho Grande Trailer (1947)

06 November 1947

Ángeles de arrabal Trailer (1949)

26 August 1949

Small-time crooks and bargirls, and also their mothers, get involved in a situation over some stolen jewels.

A Clean Shot Trailer (1960)

28 January 1960

A gunslinger avenges his father's murder.

México de mis recuerdos Trailer (1944)

06 April 1944

After listening to the waltz "Carmelita", dedicated to his wife, President Diaz instructs Don Susanito seeking the composer Chucho Flores to give her a piano.

Ladies' Night Trailer (2003)

10 December 2003

Two girls find love in the most unexpected places in modern-day Mexico City.

The Heart of the Night Trailer (1984)

15 March 1984

A young deaf-mute who lives and has intercourse with a blind man much older than she, inevitably attracts a shy driving instructor a strange, hallucinatory underworld, populated by those beings whose mutilation, impaired physical differences, have become rejected of society.

El sombrero de tres picos Trailer (1944)

22 April 1944

The corregidor, or magistrate, of a small Spanish village tries to seduce the miller's wife, with rather humorous results.

Un corazón en el ruedo Trailer (1950)

05 January 1950

Famous bullfighter rises from humble beginnings, finds himself enmeshed in an emotionally-draining romantic triangle.

Mónica y el Profesor Trailer (2004)

05 November 2004

Monica is a rich swiss girl who is kidnapped with a university teacher. Together they discuss their future and their ideas about life.

La hermana impura Trailer (1948)

03 March 1948

Outsider comes to visit a remote village as a representative of an oil company. Once there, he discovers that the man who owns the land he's interested in has a daughter who's identical to a bad, troubled woman from his bad, troubled past.

La reina de la opereta Trailer (1946)

11 January 1946

Mario marries Blanca, the queen of operetta, but after their daughter is born, they separate and she leaves on a world tour to continue her artistic career.