Magda Vizcaíno

Magda Vizcaíno

  • Birthday: 1928-01-14
  • Place of birth: Ciudad Guzman, Jalisco, Mexico

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.

Filmography

Martha

2010

As Martha

Online

2014

As

Online

2014

As Abuela

Charity

2016

As Señora Flores

Pubertinaje

1978

As

Para servir a usted

1971

As Mujer en quinceañera

Encounter

2019

As Araceli

El grito

1968

As

Divinas palabras

1978

As Juana la Reina

Las lloronas

2004

As Abuela

Detras del dinero

1995

As Esmeralda

Sirenas de fondo

2007

As Doña Milita

Salón México

1996

As Doña Armida

Dark Cities

2002

As Clarita

Half of the World

2011

As Chayito

History Lessons

2018

As Teacher Magda

One for the Road

2015

As Dolores

HIM: Beyond the Light

2010

As Madame Ottado

I Don't Want to Be Dust

2022

As Maestra (voz)

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