Emma Padilla
Padilla in January 1922 issue of Photoplay
Born(1900-03-08)March 8, 1900
Mexico City, Mexico
DiedJuly 2, 1966(1966-07-02) (aged 66)
Mexico City, Mexico

Emma Padilla (March 8, 1900 – July 2, 1966) was Mexico's first film star.[1]

She was noted for her resemblance to, and copying the mannerisms of, Italian film star Pina Menichelli, particularly in La luz (1917), which was essentially a copy of the successful Italian film Il Fuoco (1915) starring Menichelli.[1][2][3]

Selected filmography

  • La luz (1917) [4]
  • Hasta después de la muerte (1920)

References

  1. 1 2 Bean, J.M.; Horak, L.; Kapse, A. (2014). Silent Cinema and the Politics of Space. New Directions in National Cinemas. Indiana University Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-253-01507-5.
  2. ↑ Shohat, Ella and Robert Stam (eds.) Multiculturalism, Postcoloniality, and Transnational Media, p. 12 (2003)
  3. ↑ Picture Stars You've Never Seen, Photoplay (January 1922)
  4. ↑ Shohat, E.; Stam, R. (2003). Multiculturalism, Postcoloniality, and Transnational Media. Depth of Field Series. Rutgers University Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-8135-3235-6.
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