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Sara García

Sara García

Sara García (8 September 1895 – 21 November 1980) was a Mexican actress who made her biggest mark during the "Golden Age of Mexican cinema". During the 1940s and 1950s, she often played the part of a no-nonsense but lovable grandmother in numbers Mexican films. In later years, she played parts in Mexican telenovelas. Known as "Mexican Cinema's Grandmother", García's image is displayed on the label of Mexico's traditional Abuelitachocolate, a company now owned by Nestlé.

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Movies Starring Sara García (136)

Solicito marido para engañar (1988)

Rich and misogynistic Fabián is determined to seduce married women, whom he literally undresses with his eyes due to a strange obsession. He also receives an inheritance from an aunt and announces that he will give part of it to his three cousins ​​wh ...

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Sexo contra sexo (1983)

The engineer José Luis, husband of the fichera and dancer Estrella Raleigh, dies in a plane crash. During the burial, Estrella discovers that her husband was having an affair. It's quickly revealed that things are a bit more complicated than they initiall ...

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Como México no hay dos (1981)

Rags-to-riches story about the rise of a fictional ranchera-music superstar. ...

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México de mis amores (1979)

Anthology of clips from classic-era Mexican films, with reality-footage of elderly actors discussing their memories of the period. ...

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La vida difícil de una mujer fácil (1979)

Friends, co-workers and clients reminisce about a recently-deceased sex-worker. ...

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Nobleza Ranchera (1977)

Respected civic leader hired a gunman twenty five years ago to commit a murder for him. Now that guy is blackmailing him, and meanwhile his two daughters are competing over a boyfriend. ...

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Como gallos de pelea (1977)

Young man returns from college to his family estate; when he learns that a rival family is trying to take over all available acreage, he gradually warms up to the idea of defending his turf. ...

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Los leones del ring contra la Cosa Nostra (1974)

Twin brother of murdered pro-wrestler goes after the killerses. ...

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Los leones del ring (1974)

Young wrestler runs afoul of gambling-syndicate Mafiosi; his twin brother and two friends meet at his funeral and decide to avenge his murder (which they don't even start doing until the sequel). ...

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El Hijo Del Pueblo (1974)

At the end of an unhappy romance, a Mexico City cabdriver decides he's fed up with big-city classism and hypocrisy, and goes home to his ranch. Soon, a group of city-folk are stranded on his property and dependent on him for help and sustenance. ...

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Faith, Hope and Charity (1974)

Three episodes. Faith: a woman is attacked. Hope: a fakir is crucified. Charity: a woman faces bureaucracy. ...

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Valente Quintero (1973)

Two best friends tragically fall in love with the same woman. ...

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Entre Monjas Anda El Diablo (1973)

A man called "The Devil" makes a living in cock-fights. He falls for a girl who's about to enter the monastery. ...

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National Mechanics (1972)

A mechanic takes his family to a car race and a series of events occur which brings problems, betrayals, violence and the unexpected death of an elderly person. ...

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The Innocent (1972)

The innocence of a woman due to a mental deficit will become the worst nightmare for her loved ones, after the harsh reality of the outside world made her their victim. ...

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No One Will Love You Like I Do (1972)

A student-movement leftist becomes a nun and absorbs lots of deep, deep TV-movie spiritual lessons about God's glorious plan. ...

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End of the Party (1972)

A motorcycle gang goes to a mansion where a party is being held and joy turns into tragedy. ...

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Why Was I Born a Woman? (1970)

A family gathers to celebrate Mother's Day, that day a woman discuss many problems about her woman condition; husband, children and grandchildren will hear she tired and overwhelmed silenced by submission and obedience. Analysis of the family and gender ro ...

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La Hermanita Dinamita (1970)

After accidentally hitting a boy with her car, a young woman pretends to be a nurse in order secretly help him to recover. ...

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Flor marchita (1969)

Adult seduces and abandons a teenaged girl, she has a baby. Fifteen years later... ...

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El día de las madres (1969)

Three interwoven stories about generational conflicts beween single mothers and their adolescent/adult children. ...

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No se mande, profe (1969)

Strait-laced teacher at a girl's school unleashes his wild side when he debuts as a pop singer in his spare time. ...

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Las amiguitas de los ricos (1968)

On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus engineers a miracle that will rehabilitate three kept women into orthodox 'decency' and marriage. ...

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Sor Ye-yé (1968)

Maria is a young orphan who lives with her wealthy aunt. Maria sings in a cocktail bar with his friends, who form a rock band, and enjoy the night with them. One of his friends, Ernesto, is in love with her, though she does not seem to feel the same about ...

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Seis días para morir (1967)

Public health thriller: rabies in Mexico City. ...

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Un novio para dos hermanas (1967)

Pili and uncle Angel travel to Mexico to see Mili dancing at her debut in a theater in the capital. When Mili finds out the bad economic situation of her uncle, she decides to seek work. Meanwhile, Pili works in a department store and meets Rodolfo, the gr ...

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Joselito vagabundo (1966)

Rene, a street urchin, is coerced by the head of a gang of thieves, Frank, who wants to force him to remain in their organization. One day, Rene meets Anita, a young aristocrat to whom Frank attempted to rob. And because she feels sympathy for him, the boy ...

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Los dos apóstoles (1966)

Two boys and two girls hook up at the big festival in a neighboring town. Once they get back home they have to deal with their families' plans for them, which may not include their new sweethearts. ...

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Escuela para solteras (1965)

All-star ranchera fest, rom-com style. Four charros, four eligible young ladies. ...

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Canta mi corazón (1965)

Teen-pop singer launches his career. Family conflicts and girlfriend troubles. ...

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Nos lleva la tristeza (1965)

Love in bloom between two ranching families: boy A and girl B, boy B and girl A, the surviving grandparent of each family, their elderly man-baby house stewards, and the prize racehorse from each family all end up pairing off together. Transitory problems, ...

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Los dinamiteros (1964)

Doña Pura, don Benito and don Augusto are three venerable old people who usually coincide each month in the queues of the mutuality windows to collect their pension, an opportunity they take advantage of to talk about life. When they learn that the old do ...

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Los fenómenos del fútbol (1964)

Working class family owns a restaurant: one brother's a rising star in local soccer, one's a priest/semi-pro boxer, sister's an aspiring ranchera singer and the other brother's a waterboy at the stadium. ...

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Héroe a la fuerza (1964)

Child suffers a brain injury and falls into a coma. When he regains consciousness, twenty years later, he has to deal with having become a grown-up 'overnight'. ...

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Ruletero a toda marcha (1964)

Country-boy migrates to the big city to work as a taxi-driver. ...

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Las chivas rayadas (1964)

The comical misadventures of two brothers who are part of the local soccer team and their family. ...

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Las hijas del Amapolo (1962)

The story of four charming girls in a small town, trying to hang out with four boys. ...

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The White Horse (1962)

Claimed by his grandmother, who lives in a Mexican village, Joselito begins the journey from Spain. Once there, while traveling in a stagecoach, is assaulted by bandits. Joselito manages to escape and, walking aimlessly, he meets Antoine, a rider who is ex ...

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Paloma brava (1961)

Paloma is bound and determined to kill the heck out of the guy that dishonored her sister, but mistaken identities and stuff. ...

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El malvado Carabel (1961)

Frustrated salaryman responds to career setbacks by embarking on a life of crime. ...

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Bello recuerdo (1961)

Back from vacation, Lucy, a school's music teacher, misses a boy. People say he will not return because he recently lost his father. She is very affected by his favorite student, so she decides to go to see him, finding the house in utter ruin. But chance ...

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El analfabeto (1961)

Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no idea of who sent the letter or its content. So he goes to the drugstore because the pharmacist can read the ...

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Mis abuelitas... no más! (1961)

Bush-league actor allows two adorable grannies to believe he's their long-lost grandson. Then: complications! ...

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El buena suerte (1961)

An acquaintance from Venezuela visits the owner of a Mexican ranch, causes upheavals in the love-life of the foreman. ...

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The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies (1961)

After being arrested the two adorable grannies spend some time in jail and then stand trial for the robberies they've committed. ...

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Yo pecador (1959)

Biopic of a 1930s operatic tenor who ended up becoming a Franciscan monk and joining the priesthood. ...

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The Vivanco Ladies (1959)

Two women of lesser descent are dedicated to stealing to support their brother's daughter. ...

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Los santos reyes (1959)

Three criminals break out of jail and head for a town where they've hidden their steals. ...

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With my finger on the trigger (1958)

The Private detective Raúl Marín with the help of his grandmother and the police commander Aragón try to find out the murder of several homicides in three episodes: El Anónimo, El Ídolo and El Hipnotizador. ...

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El gran premio (1958)

Elderly home is struggling for funds; one of the residents competes on a game show to win a jackpot she can donate. ...

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Pobres millonarios (1957)

Squatter neighborhood finds a wealthy sponsor. ...

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La ciudad de los niños (1957)

Priest feels a calling to open an orphanage. ...

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The Living Idol (1957)

An archaeologist believes a Mexican woman is the reincarnation of an Aztec princess. ...

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The Innocent (1956)

After a quarrel with her boyfriend on New Year's Eve, Mane drives her car from Mexico City to Cuernavaca to meet her parents in their country house. The car breaks down in the highway and Mane has to ask for help. Mechanic Cruci arrives and, after testing ...

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The Third Word (1956)

The English-language title of this Mexican musical was The Third Word. Singer Pedro Infante stars as a pampered young man who is sheltered by his doting aunts. Deciding that their darling boy needs an education, the ladies hire pretty schoolteacher Marga L ...

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The Stone Crucifix (1956)

A young prostitue woman arrives severely injured to a hospital and finds a chance to have a new life when the grandmother of another woman who has just died there mistakenly takes her as her grandaugther and takes her to live with her. ...

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El hombre inquieto (1954)

Adult street urchin passes himself off as rich man's long-lost son. ...

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Los Fernández de Peralvillo (1954)

A young man fails as a seller of household goods and his sister, tired of poverty, elopes with a criminal. ...

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El lunar de la familia (1953)

Fernando Mendez's 1953 Spanish-language melodrama El Lunar de la Familia unfurls against the backdrop of a deceptively innocent-sounding family reunion. Two freewheeling, party-happy young men, Luis and his buddy Antonio, catch the train in to San Miguel, ...

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Misericordia (1953)

Faded rich family has a housekeeper who struggles to keep them fed and comfortable after their fortune disappears; she also sacrifices herself on behalf of sick and disabled friends. ...

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Por el mismo camino (1953)

On vacation, an old lady and her niece pick up a hitch-hiker. ...

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Póker de ases (1952)

Four brothers try to manage their careers and love-lives under the close supervision of a domineering mother. ...

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La miel se fue de la luna (1952)

Dr. Pablo, something womanizer, going to marry with Mini and cheats África, singer and his lover, telling her to wait while she is on tour in Cuba. With her, he poses as a friend industrial, Ricardo and his intention is not to see her again. While Africa ...

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El Papelerito (1951)

Three children forge a close friendship with the help of a gentle elderly woman, Doña Dominga. They survive poverty and social exclusion; however, fate has a cruel twist in store for little Toño. ...

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¡Acá las Tortas! (1951)

College students, ready to start entering adult society, are ashamed of their working-class backgrounds. ...

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La reina del mambo (1951)

Nightclub performer escapes from her abusive manager and starts life over in a new city. ...

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Doña Clarines (1951)

Aging wastrel wants to have his sister declared incompetent so he can take control of her estate. ...

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Yo quiero ser tonta (1950)

Dreamer father wants son to become a bullfighter, and daughter to become a singer, so they become instant millionares, although their talent is not apparently there. ...

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Orange Blossoms for your Wedding (1950)

During the time of the Mexican Revolution, the eldest daughter of a conservative family must respect the decision of her parents, and follow the traditions of using the wedding flowers her mother used. ...

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Yo quiero ser hombre (1950)

In order to come into a large inheritance, young Divina must marry her cousin Pablo. Her aunt, Milagros, hatches a plan to disguise themselves as a maid and her nephew in order to get to know him better. ...

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El diablo no es tan diablo (1949)

A couple in crisis receives a mysterious visit from the devil, who offers them a tempting solution to their problems-but his true intention is to claim their souls in exchange. ...

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Two Pesos Left (1949)

Comedy/melodrama: player runs out on his pregnant girlfriend, and her mother's boyfriend steps in to set matters straight. ...

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Eterna agonía (1949)

Convicted on flimsy evidence of complicity in a jewel robbery, there's nothing he can do afterward to put his life in order. Downward spiral. ...

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Novia a la medida (1949)

Door-to-door salesman falls for a young woman, implements hare-brained schemes to separate her from her fiance. ...

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Perez Family (1949)

Gumaro Pérez must fulfill all the whims of his wife, who is sworn lady of society even though the Pérez are not a wealthy family. In order not to look bad with his wife, Gumaro asks for a loan, but when he receives it, all his co-workers take it from him ...

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Dicen que soy mujeriego (1949)

Pedro has had many lovers but he only loves one of them, but this romance stop going on for his flirts with other women. ...

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Dueña y señora (1948)

After his wife dies, the master of the house can... maybe... acknowledge that he had children with the houseekeeper. But will he? ...

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Those Who Came Back (1948)

A small disparate group of people board a multi-day, multi-stop flight from Mexico City to Buenos Aires. A remake of the film Five Came Back (1939) directed by John Farrow. ...

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Los Cristeros (1947)

When the government places restrictions on the Catholic church's autonomy, an armed uprising takes place. Disagreements over the new laws create conflict within the protagonist's family. ...

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Vuelven los García (1947)

Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them. ...

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The Three Garcías (1947)

Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them. ...

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El ropavejero (1947)

Cirilo, a used clothes dealer, falls in love with Maria, who works as a cook in a house. One day they find by chance in the basement something that will change their lives. ...

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El barchante Neguib (1946)

Small-town Arabic family moves to Mexico City to live with the oldest son who made his career there. Follow-up (not a direct sequel) to El baisano Jalil (1942). ...

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¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla! (1946)

Two charros from Hacienda A come a-courtin' to hacienda B, owned by a friend of their father's. Also a horse-race. ...

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Escuadrón 201 (1945)

Fictional story about the Escuadron 201 de Caza (201st Mexican Fighter Squadron), which participated in military campaigns in the Phillipines during WWII. It focuses primarily on two brothers, one who has a promising future as a doctor, who volunteer for t ...

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Como yo te quería (1945)

Romantic comedy/drama. ...

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La señora de enfrente (1945)

Two travelers visiting a small town link up together and then run afoul of the gossip of church ladies. ...

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Yours and Body in Soul (1945)

Tuya en cuerpo y alma ("Yours in Body and Soul") is a 1945 Mexican film. It stars Sara García. ...

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The Secret of the Spinster (1945)

A homeless orphan girl is adopted by a wealthy man against his wife wishes. When the man dies, the girl endures endless humiliations under the wife's harsh grip, so she finds solace with mysterious old maid who lives near by. ...

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La trepadora (1944)

Romantic triangles between city folk and country folk, with new money/old money issues complicating the story. ...

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Toros, amor y gloria (1944)

Farmhand moves to the city to be with his mother. He falls in love with the daughter of the rich family for whom she works as housekeeper, and decides to take advantage of his skill as a bullfighter to earn money and status enough to be able to court her. ...

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Mis hijos! (1944)

An endless series of disasters separates a mother from her children. It takes her over twenty years to find her way back to the bosom of her family. ...

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Caminito alegre (1944)

An elderly homeless man is welcomed into an Old Folks' Home and becomes acquainted with the dramas of several of his companions. ...

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No matarás (1943)

A mother stands by helplessly while a scandal involving marital infidelity, blackmail and murder takes shape around her daughter. ...

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Resurrección (1943)

This is an early film from Director Gilberto Martinez Solares, who would go on to become better-known for his unique perspective on horror films of the 60's and 70's - like "Santanico Pademonium" "Face of the Screaming Wolf" and his own "House of Terror", ...

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El baisano Jalil (1942)

Aristocratic but penniless, the Veradada have to resort to loans Lebanese businessman Jalil, whose son Selim, suffers the scorn of Martha, the daughter of the Veradada wasteful. Being invited to the house of Don Guillermom, Jalil and his wife Suan and Seli ...

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El Verdugo De Sevilla (1942)

Comedy set in Spanish boarding house. ...

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Story of a Great Love (1942)

Manuel leaves town leaving Soledad in deep sadness. After several years of absence, the young man returns to find Soledad married to Antonio. However, the woman continues to be in love with him and both are determined to consummate their love. ...

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Alejandra (1942)

There's a lot of confusion about who Alejandra's parents are, and until those questions are resolved, she may not be able to get married. ...

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Papá se desenreda (1942)

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La abuelita (1942)

Granny rules the roost, but little sister's a bit rebellious. She listens to Cuban music, she wears make-up, she goes out un-chaperoned... Granny sees her rubbing up against a married man and it shatters her health. ...

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Regalo de reyes (1942)

Class conflicts between two families; one's upper-class but decaying, one's industrious middle-class on the rise. Also Christmas. ...

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Dos mexicanos en Sevilla (1942)

After many setbacks, Mr. Prudenciano, in Mexico, came to the conclusion that he had no great future as a bullfighter. He sold what little he had and, along with his wife, settled in Seville. Things didn't go much better for him in Spain either, although at ...

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¿Quién te quiere a tí? (1942)

Neither he nor she are very handsome, not to say ugly, and how they would like to be good looking to give and receive compliments, and that someone loves them. ...

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La gallina clueca (1941)

Divorced mother struggles to raise her large family. ...

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When the Children are Gone (1941)

Unjustly accused of theft, the noble Raimundo is forced to leave his paternal home. A new incident, caused by the ambition of his brother José, causes Raimundo to be disowned by his girlfriend María and by his father, the just and strict Don Pepe. The on ...

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You’re Missing the Point (1940)

Cantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so the servant tells him that Cantinflas is his wife's brother (Leonardo), who had been lost for years. The rich ma ...

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Miente y serás feliz (1940)

A Spanish, Juan, is obsessed with telling the truth always. As a result he is consistently in the middle of troubles... ...

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Mi madrecita (1940)

Woman faces the vicissitudes of life with her three adult children well in the background. But when the chips are down... ...

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Al son de la marimba (1940)

A broken high society man tries to keep his family expensive lifestyle by tricking a rich man from out of the town to marry his well intended daughter. ...

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En un burro tres baturros (1939)

Three Spaniards emigrate to Mexico and become prosperous landowners. ...

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El Capitan Aventurero (1939)

Don Gil de Alacala (José Mojica), a swashbuckler also known as Captain Adventure, must overcome a series of difficult trials and tribulations in order to save the love of his life, Carmina (Manolita Saval), who is engaged to marry a terrible nobleman. Bas ...

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Su adorable majadero (1939)

A young prankster impersonates his friend in front of the university rector's daughter. ...

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Perjura (1938)

Musical romance set in 1880s Mexico. ...

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Dos cadetes (1938)

Mama thinks one of her sons is going into the priesthood... but he wants to join the army instead. Naughty uncle from Paris help him get out from under Mom's thumb. ...

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Las mujeres mandan (1937)

Tired of being mistreated by his wife and children, Isidro (Del Diestro) leaves his family and follows young variety dancer Chayito (Tamayo) to Mexico City. After becoming lovers, Chayito asks Isidro to steal money from the bank he used to work in the smal ...

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No te engañes corazón (1937)

No te engañes corazón (released in English as Don't Fool Yourself Dear) is the first full-feature film of Cantinflas after becoming a star of the carpa circuit (folk theater). It was also one of the earliest films of Sara García and Carlos Orellana and ...

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Malditas sean las mujeres (1936)

A tragicomic piece based on a novella by Manuel Ibo Alfaro. ...

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Marihuana (El monstruo verde) (1936)

An agent of the anti-drug brigade is captured and ends up addicted to marijuana, which causes him to enter the mafia. ...

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¡Viva México! (1934)

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