DOMÍNGUEZ, COLUMBA

(1929 or '30? - )

   actress protegé of director Emilio Fernández. She lived with him from 1945 to 1952 (their daughter Jacaranda was born in 1951), but remained on good terms with the noted director afterwards, working in a total of 13 films for him between 1945 and 1962. She also appeared in numerous pictures - mostly melodramas - during the 1950s and occasionally thereafter. She was nominated for an Ariel for Maclovia (1949) and received a special award from Imcine at the 1996 Arieles.