CORONA, SERGIO

(1928 - )

   cherubic-looking comedian, born in Hidalgo, who started out as a dancer, appearing as a "chorus boy" in some early 1950s musicals. He formed a comedy/dance team with Alfonso Arau, working in films like Caras nuevas (New Faces,1955) and Viaje a la luna (Trip to the Moon, 1957). After seven years together, the team broke up and Arau eventually became a film director; Corona moved into television (one of his sitcoms, "Hogar Dulce Hogar" [Home Sweet Home], ran for 8 years) and stage work, although he would occasionally return to the screen, notably in José Estrada's Pum! (1980).