Marín, Gloria

(Gloria Méndez Ramos or Gloria Ramos Luna)

(1916 or 1919?-1983)

   Gloria Marín was one of the most popular actresses of the 1940s and 1950s in Mexico, one step below María Félix, Dolores del Río, and Marga López. Marín was the daughter of stage performer Laura Marín, and started acting while still a child; for a time she and her sister Lilí were a team. In 1938, Marín moved from the stage to films, and in 1941 appeared as Jorge Negrete's co-star in Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes!. For more than a decade, Marín and Negrete were lovers (they never legally married, although the press at the time referred to them as man and wife) and frequent co-stars. In 1952, Marín and Negrete separated, and she began a long relationship with Abel Salazar (although they did not marry until 1958), which ended in divorce in 1961. Marín continued to work on the stage, in films, and on TV until her death in 1983. She was nominated for an Ariel as Best Actress for Si Adelita se fuera con otro, and as Best Co-Starring Actress for Mecánica nacional and Aquel famoso Remington. She won Diosas de Plata for Mecánica nacional and En la trampa.