Adriana Lamar

Adriana Lamar
Born
Amparo Gutiérrez Hernández

9 May 1908
Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico
Died30 January 1946(1946-01-30) (aged 37)
Mexico City, Mexico
Other namesMonina Lamar
OccupationActress
Years active1933–1946 (film)
SpouseRamón Pereda

Adriana Lamar (born Amparo Gutiérrez Hernández;[1] 9 May 1908[a] – 30 January 1946) was a Mexican film actress active during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema.[2][3] Known by the pet name Monina,[4] in her early work she was sometimes credited as Monina Lamar.[3][5]

Born in Celaya, Guanajuato,[4] Lamar appeared in 35 films,[6] including 1933's La Llorona, Mexico's first horror film with sound.[7] In the 1930s, she also performed at Teatro Colón in El Paso, Texas, demonstrating how love and fight scenes were filmed.[8]

She was married to the actor Ramón Pereda, with whom she co-starred in several films and who directed her in others.[5] In 1946, during the filming of Ramón Peón's Rocambole, she underwent emergency surgery and died on 30 January at the age of 38.[9][10] She was buried in Mexico City's Panteón Español.[1]

In 2023, alongside Diego Rivera, José Alfredo Jiménez and María Grever, Lamar was portrayed on the tickets for issue No. 2790 of the National Lottery's Sorteo Superior draw, commemorating prominent artistic figures from the state of Guanajuato on the occasion of its 200th anniversary.[9][11]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ Her birth date is unclear. Most sources give 1908; others range from 1906 to 1909; while the claim that she died in January 1946 at the age of 38[1] would indicate 1907 or early 1908.
  1. ^ a b c Flores, Mariana (27 April 2022). "Bella actriz del Cine de Oro que trabajó en La Llorona tuvo una trágica muerte". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish).
  2. ^ Jarvinen p.141
  3. ^ a b c d Keller, Gary D. (1997). A Biographical Handbook of Hispanics and United States Film. Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe. ISBN 978-0-927534-65-9.
  4. ^ a b González, Esaú (6 November 2016). "Adriana Lamar un celayense de oro". Notus (in Spanish).
  5. ^ a b c "Adriana Lamar – Ramón Pereda: Pareja Ideal". La Opinión. 18 August 1935. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  6. ^ "Celebra Guanajuato 200 años de Grandeza con el Premio Mayor". Boletines. Gobierno de Guanajuato. 15 December 2023.
  7. ^ Díaz de la Vega, Alonso (6 July 2018). "Mexico's first horror film: The Crying Woman". Morelia International Film Festival.
  8. ^ Jr, Rogelio Agrasánchez (17 June 2011). Mexican Movies in the United States: A History of the Films, Theaters and Audiences, 1920–1960. McFarland. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-4766-0456-5.
  9. ^ a b García, Alejandra (19 May 2025). "Adriana Lamar: La actriz celayense que brilló en la Época de Oro del cine mexicano". El Sol del Bajío (in Spanish).
  10. ^ "Pereda Saro, Marcelo Ramón". Diccionario de directores del cine mexicano. Cineteca Nacional. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  11. ^ "Con billete de lotería se conmemora Bicentenario de Guanajuato". gob.mx (in Spanish). 24 November 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g Mondragón Olivares, David (2002). Catálogo de fichas de películas sonoras y parlantes mexicanas: 1929–1936 (PDF) (Thesis) (in Spanish). Mexico City: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  13. ^ Wilt, David E. (17 October 2024). The Mexican Filmography, 1916 through 2001. McFarland. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-4766-0430-5.
  14. ^ Waldman, Harry (26 December 1996). Hollywood and the Foreign Touch: A Dictionary of Foreign Filmmakers and Their Films from America, 1910-1995. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-8108-3192-6.
  15. ^ Kearney, Milo; Knopp, Anthony K.; Zavaleta, Antonio (2013). More Studies in Rio Grande Valley History. Texas Center for Border and Transnational Studies, the University of Texas at Brownsville. p. 141.
  16. ^ Peña Doria, Olga Martha. "Del teatro al guión cinematográfico: Catalina D'Erzell, escritora pionera en México". Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  17. ^ "Triunfa otra vez Adriana Lamar". La Opinión. 4 November 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  18. ^ "Mujeres en la historia: Adriana Lamar". Kiosco de la historia (in Spanish). 30 January 2025.

Bibliography

  • Lisa Jarvinen. The Rise of Spanish-Language Filmmaking: Out from Hollywood's Shadow, 1929–1939. Rutgers University Press, 2012.