Magda Vizcaíno

Acting

Magda Vizcaíno

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
Jan 14, 1928 (97 years old)

Magda Vizcaíno

Known For

I Don't Want to Be Dust
1h 25m
DOLBY
Movie 2022

I Don't Want to Be Dust

Bego, a housewife in a mid-life crisis, lives bored and...

Encounter
18min
DOLBY
Movie 2019

Encounter

Arcelia takes care of her lifetime partner Lulu. Julian, a...

History Lessons
1h 45m
DOLBY
Movie 2018

History Lessons

Verónica, a middle-aged highschool history teacher, leads a non eventful...

Eternal Life & Associates
7min
DOLBY
Movie 2016

Eternal Life & Associates

Ines is an old atheist woman who is intrigued by...

Charity
DOLBY
Movie 2016

Charity

Angélica and José Luis have been married for thirty years...

One for the Road
1h 31m
DOLBY
Movie 2015

One for the Road

Three octogenarians set out on a trip in order to...

Online
7min
DOLBY
Movie 2014

Online

A woman defines her life on how she interacts with...

Martha
1h 16m
DOLBY
Movie 2010

Martha

Martha is a 75-year old woman who lives alone in...

StreamPrime Logo
10min
DOLBY
Movie 2007

Sirenas de fondo

Grandma feels good, but everyone tells her she is about...

Las lloronas
1h 30m
DOLBY
Movie 2004

Las lloronas

"Las Lloronas" is an adaptation of the legend of "La...

Biography

Daughter of José de Jesús Vizcaíno, one of the most prolific writers of the golden age of radio in Mexico. Since the beginning of her career, her voice has accompanied the history of Radio UNAM, Radio Educación, IMER, XEW and XEQ. Graduated from INBA and CUT, she was part of the National Theater Company of UNAM, which with the plays Divinas Palabras (dir. Juan Ibáñez) and Olímpica (dir. Héctor Azar) toured various cities in Europe during 1964 and 1965, winning multiple awards. For the play La Ronda de las Arpías (dir. Mercedes de la Cruz, Pablo Leder) she was recognized as Best Supporting Actress in 1991. Throughout her life she has participated in dozens of plays. On television, her first role was as a storyteller on a program that was broadcast every Sunday on Channel Five. Later she participated in teletheaters, soap operas and educational programs, among which Santa (Miguel Sabido) and Fonda Susilla stand out. In cinema, she started with films such as Para servir a usted, Maten al león and Los indolentes by José Estrada and Divinas Palabras and A Fuego Lento by Juan Ibáñez. Her voice was immortalized as the narrator of the classic El grito, México 1968, by Leobardo López Arretche. With her performance in Martha, by Marcelino Islas, which debuted at the Venice Critics' Week, she conquered audiences around the world and was recognized in Mexico with the Ariel for Best Actress. In 2019, she starred in Encuentro, by Ivan Löwenberg, becoming one of the eldest actresses ever to portray an LGBT+ character.