Conchita Gentil Arcos

Conchita Gentil Arcos (1897 – 23 December 1982) was a Mexican actress of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema as a character actress in supporting roles.

Career She was the sister of María Gentil Arcos, also an actress in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema; Conchita began her work as an actress in 1932, while María did not start her career until 1938.

The writer Carlos Monsiváis referred to her (alongside her sister María) as one of the "complementary faces" of Mexican cinema, writing, "After all, they are not many, but their years on the screen make them a tribe..."

Selected filmography

Una vida por otra (1932) La Llorona (1933) as Criada The Woman of the Port (1934) as Vecina Martín Garatuza (1935) as Catalina Poppy of the Road (1937) as Gerarda La Zandunga (1938) as Doña Mariquita (uncredited) Dos cadetes (1938) as Luz Beautiful Mexico (1938) as Doña Ángeles Three Peasants on a Donkey (1939) as Antonia Terruel Calumnia (1939) as Doña Refugio In the Times of Don Porfirio (1940) as Doña Julia Poor Devil (1940) as Blandina Miente y serás feliz (1940) as Doña Julita ¡Que viene mi marido! (1940) as Genoveva Here's the Point (1940) as Loretito El jefe máximo (1940) El secreto de la monja (1940) as Bereguela The 9.15 Express (1941) as Toñita, casera (uncredited) Simón Bolívar (1942) as Señora del Toro The Black Angel (1942) as Doña Meche ¡Así se quiere en Jalisco! (1942) as Doña Tula The Rock of Souls (1943) as Madame (as Concha Gentil Arcos) Land of Passions (1943) as Doña Albina (uncredited) Cinco fueron escogidos (1943) as Marfa The Rebel (1943) as Criada de don Pablo Romeo and Juliet (1943) Saint Francis of Assisi (1944) My Memories of Mexico (1944) as Tía Blandina Michael Strogoff (1944) as Mujer en tren Nana (1944) as Zoe Gran Hotel (1944) as Doña Estefania The Intruder (1944) (uncredited) Porfirio Díaz (1944) La trepadora (1944) as Cándida (uncredited) Alma de bronce (1944) El secreto de la solterona (1945) as Federica (as C. Gentil Arcos) Mischievous Susana (1945) as Clienta en zapateria The Museum of Crime (1945) as Clementina Cardoso de Ramos The Devourer (1946) as Jacinta El Superhombre (1946) Don't Marry My Wife (1947) Five Faces of Woman (1947) as Casera de Roberto (as Concha Gentil Arcos) The Lost Child (1947) as Pita Torre Nosotros los Pobres (1948) as La prestamista Music, Poetry and Madness (1948) as Doña Altagracia (as Conchita G. Arcos) El cuarto mandamiento (1948) as María Luisa Lucio, enfermera abortista (uncredited) A Family Like Many Others (1949) as Doña Jovita, invitada a fiesta (uncredited) Philip of Jesus (1949) as Invitada a recital (uncredited) Dos pesos dejada (1949) as Doña Refugio Confessions of a Taxi Driver (1949) as Doña Remedios Love for Love (1950) as Doña Lucecita Cuatro contra el mundo (1950) as Doña Trini Wife or Lover (1950) Rosauro Castro (1950) as Señora Campos The Doorman (1950) as Doña Cuca, vecina History of a Heart (1951) as Miembro educativo Daughter of Deceit (1951) as Toña García Woman Without Tears (1951) as Sarita (uncredited) Get Your Sandwiches Here (1951) as Manuelita The Atomic Fireman (1952) as Vecina de Guadalupe (uncredited) The Border Man (1952) as Tía Mechita My Adorable Savage (1952) Tropical Delirium (1952) as Doña Esperanza Neither Rich nor Poor (1953) Here Come the Freeloaders (1953) as Señora Correa del Toro Prieto (uncredited) Seven Women (1953) The Second Woman (1953) as Juliana The Photographer (1953) as Mamá de Chelito What Can Not Be Forgiven (1953) as Nana Rafaela Illusion Travels by Streetcar (1954) as Pasajera con santo Romance de fieras (1954) as Tía Remedios A Tailored Gentleman (1954) as Doña Manuelita (as Concha Gentil Arcos) Los Fernández de Peralvillo (1954) as Doña Esperanza The Seven Girls (1955) as Cholita Illusion Travels by Streetcar (1956) El fantasma de la casa roja (1956) as Romula Feucha The King of Mexico (1956) as Dueña de vitrina Las medias de seda (1956) as Trabajadora chismosa Las aventuras de Pito Pérez (1957) as Espectadora de falso misionero (uncredited) Asesinos, S.A. (1957) as Profesora de gimnasia (as Conchita G. Arcos) Chucho el Roto (1960) Ruletero a toda marcha (1962) as Anciana samaritana So Loved Our Fathers (1964)