Manola Saavedra

Born in Spain in 1936, mrs. Manola (youngest of 4 brothers) came to Mexico 3 years later, when his parents decided to go into exile before the fall of the Republic. Based the family in the CITY, Saavedra attended school until the high school in schools run by fellow countrymen. He was still a student when his father died, and she got various empleítos until in 1952 a friend invited her to model in musical programs of the then fledgling mexican television. Climbed positions in Televicentro (the predecessor of Televisa) and mere figurant happened to driving in the program of discussions Mexico question --to the side of Luis Spota-- and other contests and riddles. By that time, a friend, the playwright Héctor Mendoza, invited her to the theatre group Poetry aloud, which was part Octavio Paz, who chose Smith to star in his drama The daughter of Rapaccini. In the following years He acted in film with Cantinflas (El bolero de Raquel; 1957) and television (the first version of Teresa, a successful soap opera) and theatre (go 5 years, García Lorca, directed by Salvador Novo). In 1962 they were married (they divorced 20 years later) and retired from the tables, although he continued working as a screenwriter.