Blanca de Castejón

Blanca de Castejón (May 13, 1906 – December 26, 1969) was a Puerto Rican actress who worked in the Golden Age of Argentine cinema in the 1930s and especially the Golden Age of Mexican cinema since the 1940s, where she achieved the greatest success and recognition. She was born in Comerío, Puerto Rico, and died in Mexico City.

Castejón began her career working for FOX in 1931. By the following year, had debuted in Mexico as part of an international career that would also take her to Spain, Uruguay and Argentina.

Life and career With José Gola in a film still for the 1935 Argentine film Por buen camino, directed by Eduardo Morera.

Blanca de Castejón Otero was born in Comerío, Puerto Rico, to Rafael Castejón Arnáiz, a telegraph operator, and Josefa Otero Rivera, a housewife. Had a younger sister named Margarita, a dancer. She began her career by participating in the theater and radio of Puerto Rico. After stops in Mexico City and Havana, where she worked in the theater, Castejón went to Buenos Aires, where she made two feature films: Crimen a las tres (1935, a box-office flop) and Por buen camino (1935).

By the late 1930s she returned to Hollywood and starred in Spanish-language films, notably Mis dos amores (1938), starring the popular Mexican star Tito Guizar, and Los hijos mandan (Gabriel Soria, 1939), with Fernando Soler and Arturo de Córdova. Castejón co-wrote the screenplay of Los hijos mandan and both films were produced by Puerto Rican Rafael Ramos Cobián. The actress was married to Mexican actor Rafael Banquells when she relocated to Mexico City and joined the national film industry, where she made about thirty movies, taking part in what is known as the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. Castejón's last film was Los Signos del Zodiaco (1963).

Filmography Resurrection (1931) El impostor (1931) – Sandra Esclavas de la moda (1931) – Dora Durke Eran trece (There Were Thirteen) (1931) – Peggy Minchin (credited as Blanca Castejón) Crimen a las tres (1935) Por buen camino (1936) El carnaval del diablo (1936) Mis dos amores (1938) – Rita Santiago Los hijos mandan (1939) Qué hombre tan simpático (1943) – Doña Blanca La razón de la culpa (1943) – María de la Paz Ave sin nido (1943) – Anita de Medina Divorciadas (1943) – Cristina Imprudencia (1944) ¡Ya tengo a mi hijo! (1946) – Ana María Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9 (1946) Yo soy tu padre (1948) – Doña Carmen Cuide a su marido (1950) – Rosario Yo también soy de Jalisco (1950) Nosotras las taquígrafas (1950) – Blanquita My Goddaughter's Difficulties (1951) – Doña Carmen Martínez Todos son mis hijos (1951) – Doña María de Salgado Mamá nos quita los novios (1952) – Amadora Prefiero a tu papá (1952) – Anita Adalis Escuela para vagabundos (School for Tramps) (1955) – Emilia de Valverde El gallo colorado (1957) Escuela para suegras (School for Mothers-In-Law) (1958) – Amalia Mientras el cuerpo aguante (1958) – Regina Sarmiento Tres lecciones de amor (1959) – Doña Angustias Vagabundo y millonario (1959) – María de Aguilar Los signos del zodiaco (1963) – Lola Casarini