Fanny Schiller Hernández (3 August 1901 â€" 26 September 1971) was an
award-winning Mexican character actress and television star, who also
acted in operettas and musicals, during the Golden Age of Mexican
cinema. She won two Ariel Awards for best supporting actress, and was
nominated for two additional films. She was a social activist,
creating the Actor's Union and inspiring the creation of “Rosa
Mexicano†. She was accomplished at dubbing and was the voice of many
animated characters as well as the official voice of several other
notable Mexican actresses.Fanny Schiller Hernández was born on 3
August 1901 in Mexico City, Mexico. At the age of 20, she began
performing in the comedy company of Rosita Arriaga touring around the
country. She then worked as a dancer with José MarÃa Topete,
Consuelo Vivanco, MarÃa Conesa, before joining the company of her
future mother-in-law, Virginia Fábregas.She made her starring film
debut in the movie El Cristo de oro (The Christ of Gold) with Manuel
R. Ojeda in 1926, but did not make another film for approximately ten
years. Instead, she was touring the country performing in vaudeville
and comedy shows. Most of her film work in the 1940s was completed in
Mexico. During the 1950s she worked for several periods in
Hollywood.Schiller was primarily known for character acting,
portraying eccentric elderly women. She received a Herald Award for
her role in Los cuervos están de luto ("The Crows are in Mourning")
(1965) and was nominated four times for an Ariel Award. She won the
Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress twice, in 1947 and 1951.
award-winning Mexican character actress and television star, who also
acted in operettas and musicals, during the Golden Age of Mexican
cinema. She won two Ariel Awards for best supporting actress, and was
nominated for two additional films. She was a social activist,
creating the Actor's Union and inspiring the creation of “Rosa
Mexicano†. She was accomplished at dubbing and was the voice of many
animated characters as well as the official voice of several other
notable Mexican actresses.Fanny Schiller Hernández was born on 3
August 1901 in Mexico City, Mexico. At the age of 20, she began
performing in the comedy company of Rosita Arriaga touring around the
country. She then worked as a dancer with José MarÃa Topete,
Consuelo Vivanco, MarÃa Conesa, before joining the company of her
future mother-in-law, Virginia Fábregas.She made her starring film
debut in the movie El Cristo de oro (The Christ of Gold) with Manuel
R. Ojeda in 1926, but did not make another film for approximately ten
years. Instead, she was touring the country performing in vaudeville
and comedy shows. Most of her film work in the 1940s was completed in
Mexico. During the 1950s she worked for several periods in
Hollywood.Schiller was primarily known for character acting,
portraying eccentric elderly women. She received a Herald Award for
her role in Los cuervos están de luto ("The Crows are in Mourning")
(1965) and was nominated four times for an Ariel Award. She won the
Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress twice, in 1947 and 1951.
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