Did you know what Sara Garcia did to become the “Grandma of Mexico”?

Sara Garcia She is one of the most famous faces of the golden age of Mexican cinema, her tender “grandmother” face is what made her always associated with motherly and beloved characters that quickly won the affection of the public.

Born in 1895 in Orizaba, Veracruz, Sara García began her acting career in 1917 in a silent film called ‘In Self Defense’, a film that opened the door to the world of acting.

So he joined several theater companies with which he toured throughout Mexico and part of Central America, appearing in various plays in which he stood out and surprised everyone as a great comedian.

The story goes that thanks to a risky decision she became a big movie star. It turns out that at the age of 45 the actress decided to remove 14 teeth to play Doña Panchitaan old woman, for the film Allá en el trópico (1940), but there are those who assert that she did it when she was even younger to get a role in the play My Poor Grandma (1934), when she was only 39 years old.

However, actress Ana Martin, with whom he appeared in six films, refuted this by assuring that Garcia never pulled his teeth to get a role, that the missing teeth were the result of an infection he had since then. young age, he had to wear false teeth and take them in or out according to the occasion.

His main role was in 1947, when he starred alongside Pedro Infante in Los tres García, a film in which he established a great friendship with the “people’s idol”, being one of the people who regretted his death the most in years later.

Throughout her career, Sara García participated in more than a hundred films and shared the credits with actors such as Fernando Soler, Marga López, Jorge Negrete, Silvia Pinal and Cantinflas.

In the 70s it became the image of a well-known table chocolate and she gave us her interpretation of Nana Tomasita in “Mundo de Juguete”, a telenovela that stole the hearts of both young and old.

On Vix you can enjoy some of the best films that Sara García made and why she earned the nickname “La abuelita de México”.

Mother’s Day

A film that introduces us to three mothers who suffer watching their children grow up, face life’s challenges, fall in love, fulfill their dreams and fight to move forward. Against the odds, the boys celebrate May 10 with the most important woman in their lives.

when the children leave

It tells the story of Raimundo, an aspiring singer who is accused of robbery and has to leave his parents’ house, a situation that his brother takes advantage of to distance him from his father and his girlfriend, however, he was never able to his mother to take him away. stop wanting

lie and you will be happy

Juan is a Spanish widower who has a habit of always telling the truth. This trait has led him to get into trouble with several of his neighbors and with his daughter who longs to get married, this teaches Juan a lesson that he must learn to keep his mouth shut if he wants his daughter’s happiness and his own .

to the sound of the marimba

In this movie we learn the story of Felipe and Margarita getting married, however, he suspects that his in-laws are only interested in his money, so his butler makes a plan to find them out.

hero in power

Cain causes the death of himself and his father, Abel, his twin brother remains in a coma for twenty years. Upon awakening, Abel has a split personality, which he uses to defeat his attackers.

there is the detail

An entertaining comedy in which Candinflash, a lazy and irresponsible man who dates Mr. Calatano’s housemaid, is mistaken for the lover of Dolores, Mr. Calatano’s wife. Candinflas takes advantage of the situation to stay and live in the house.