Fanny Schiller Biography

Fanny Schiller Hernndez (1897-1971) was an award-winning Mexican character actress, television star and also acted in operettas and musicals in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She won two best supporting actress awards from the Ariels 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.

Biography

Fanny Schiller Hernndez was born on August 3, 1897 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 Jos Mara Topete, Consuelo Vivanco, Mara Conesa, before joining the company of her future mother-in-law, Virginia Fbregas.

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. In 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 estn 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 both 1947 and 1951.

Schiller was well respected for her work at voice-overs and dubbing; Edmundo Santos, voice director of Disney's releases in Spanish, was so impressed with her that he hired her to dub the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella (1950. She also was the voice of Snapdragon (the purple flower) in Alice in Wonderland, Aunt Sara in Lady and the Tramp, and the fairy Flora in the 1959 version of Sleeping Beauty. In the 1960s she did dubbing work for Hanna-Barbera and was the voice of Fred Flintstone's mother in the animated series.

In 1955 Schiller ran for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies. This was the first time that women had been eligible to run for office in Mexico and the first time that women in Mexico would be able to participate in a national election, having won the right to vote in 1952. She was defeated, but attended the PRI Civic Day of Mexican Women on April 6, 1955 to celebrate the gains in women's rights.

Shortly before her death in the early 1970s, Schiller pushed the National Association of Actors (ANDA) to form nurseries for actress's children. Several of her acting friends, including Socorro Avelar, Anita Blanch, Dolores del Rio, Irma Dorantes, Gloria Marn, Carmen Montejo, Silvia Pinal, and Amparo Rivelles joined to form a group called "Rosa Mexicano"?. The idea was that by establishing a nursery, actresses could continue working, and by establishing a Montessori education system, their children would receive a strong educational foundation. After operating in temporary spaces, the first stones for the formal location were laid on 30 April 1972, shortly after her death.

Personal life

Schiller came from a family of actors and her mother was an actress. She married actor Manuel Sanchez Navarro (1892-1969), son of actress Virginia Fbregas (1870-1950). Their son was actor Manolo Fbregas (1921-1996) and two of Manolo's children are also actors"?Mnica Snchez-Navarro and Rafael Snchez-Navarro. Schiller died on 26 September 1971 in Mexico City.

Awards and nominations

• 1947, "Cantaclaro", Best Supporting Actress, won Ariel Award
• 1947, "Las abandonadas", Best Actress co-performance, nominated for Ariel
• 1948, "A media luz", Best Supporting Actress, nominated for Ariel
• 1951, "La mujer que yo am", Best Supporting Actress, won Ariel

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1952	Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson		Episode: "Short Story"
1957	Captain David Grief	Mama Gideaux	"Distress Signal" (Season 1, Episode 13)
1958	Ms all de la angustia
1959	Puerta de suspenso
1959	Teresa	Eulalia
1960	Pensin de mujeres
1963	Tres caras de mujer
1963	Mi mujer y yo
1963	Madres egostas
1963	Las modelos
1964	Cumbres Borrascosas
1965	Un grito en la obscuridad
1965	La impostora
1965	Alma de mi alma
1966	El despertar
1966	Cristina Guzmn
1966	Corazn salvaje
1967	Un pobre hombre
1967	Engame
1968	Pasin gitana
1968	gueda
1969	No creo en los hombres	Asuncin
1970	La sonrisa del diablo	Toa
1970	El precio de un hombre
1971	Velo de novia

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1926	El Cristo de oro
1935	Heroic Silence	Modista
1935	Rosario
1937	No te engaes corazn	Refugio	Uncredited
1937	La paloma	Matilde
1939	Una luz en mi camino	Sra. Bonato
1940	Herencia macabra	Matilde
1941	Liga de las canciones
1942	Del rancho a la capital	Doa Consuelo de Rodrguez
1942	Alejandra	Rita
1942	Historia de un gran amor	Mesonera	Uncredited
1942	La virgen que forj una patria	Josefa Ortiz de Domnguez
1943	Santa	Elvira Gmez
1943	Cuando habla el corazn	Doa Rosa
1944	La guerra de los pasteles	Ta Marietta
1944	La corte de faran	Viuda
1944	El rosario	Duquesa
1944	La Monja Alfrez	Doa rsula
1944	Mi lupe y mi caballo
1944	El abanico de Lady Windermere	Duquesa
1944	Amores de ayer
1944	El rey se divierte
1944	Escndalo de estrellas	Paloma
1945	Las abandonadas	Ninn
1945	Tuya en cuerpo y alma	Deborah
1945	Nosotros
1945	Club verde
1945	Flor de durazno	Doa Encarnacin
1945	Canaima	Gallineta
1945	El monje blanco
1945	Lo que va de ayer a hoy
1945	He Who Died of Love	Ta Rita
1945	La casa de la zorra	Invitada a fiesta
1946	Cantaclaro	Doa Nico
1946	Palabras de mujer	Doa Mara, mam de Fernando
1946	La viuda celosa
1946	Bailando en las nubes
1946	T eres la luz
1946	Sinfona de una vida
1946	Por un amor
1946	Las Colegialas	Leondina
1946	Ramona
1946	El ltimo amor de Goya
1946	Los maridos engaan de 7 a 9
1946	Pervertida
1946	Mujer contra mujer
1947	A media luz	Fru-Fru
1947	El tigre de Jalisco	Ta de Mary, turista
1947	Encadenada (El yugo)	Doa Julia
1948	Adventures of Casanova	Woman who complains in crowd	Uncredited
1948	Mara la O
1948	La hermana impura
1948	La sin ventura
1948	Que Dios me perdone	Olga
1948	Seora tentacin	Lupe, tia de Blanca
1948	Algo flota sobre el agua	Mara Justina
1948	Ay, Palillo, no te rajes!	Ta Isadora
1948	El gallero	Isabel
1949	Saln Mxico	Seorita prefecta
1949	Pobres, pero sinvergenzas	Seora
1949	Secreto entre mujeres	Ta Laura
1949	Bamba	Doa Ofelia de Cacho
1949	Opio
1949	La panchita	Doa Martinita
1949	Las tandas del principal	Doa Romualda
1949	Nosotros los rateros
1949	Las puertas del presidio	Madre de Martin
1950	Duelo en las montaas	Madre de Esperanza
1950	La negra Angustias
1950	Lluvia roja	Ta de Elisa
1950	La dama del alba	Aurelia
1950	Guardin, el perro salvador
1950	La mujer que yo am	Magdalena, madre de Rosita
1950	De Tequila, su mezcal
1950	Donde nacen los pobres
1950	Curvas peligrosas	Madre de Esperanza
1950	Pata de palo	Seora de casade citas
1951	Una gringuita en Mxico	Tia Rosa
1951	Crimen y castigo	Mam de Ramn
1951	Baile mi rey!	Madame
1951	We Maids	Mam de Teresa
1951	Salon de Belleza	Doa Susana
1952	El beisbolista fenmeno	Doa Justa Carmona
1952	Cuando los hijos pecan
1952	Sangre en el barrio	Doa Beatriz
1952	La loca	Seora Gonzlez de la Cueva
1952	Anglica	Madre de Arturo
1952	Por ellas aunque mal paguen	Doa Victoria
1952	El enamorado	Anfitriona fiesta
1953	Fruto de tentacin	Seorita directora
1953	Sombrero	Doa Fela
1953	Doa Mariquita de mi corazn	Doa Micaela
1954	La infame	Victoria
1954	Lgrimas robadas
1954	Cantando nace el amor	Doa Ninfa
1954	El casto Susano	Doa Virtudes
1954	Mulata	Doa Rosario
1954	La sobrina del seor cura	Doa Dolores
1954	Cuidado con el amor	Isabel
1955	Pecado mortal	Flora
1955	Historia de un abrigo de mink	Sofa, madre de Camila
1955	Maternidad imposible
1955	A Life in the Balance	Carmen Martnez
1955	Las engaadas	Doa Carlota
1955	Padre contra hijo	Ta Domitila
1955	The Treasure of Pancho Villa	Laria Morales
1956	Locura pasional	Doa Jacinta, mam de Mabel
1956	Enemigos	Doa Lupe
1956	A Woman's Devotion	Seora Reidl
1956	Juventud desenfrenada	Doa Mercedes
1957	Pablo and Carolina	Seora Cirol
1957	The Black Scorpion	Florentina
1958	Tu hijo debe nacer	Enfermera
1958	The Boxer	Madrastra de Carmen
1958	El Zorro escarlata en la venganza del ahorcado
1959	El Zorro Escarlata	La Bruja
1959	La mujer y la bestia	La Mariposa
1959	The Life of Agustn Lara	Estrella
1959	Kermesse	Doa Cruz
1959	El zarco
1959	El regreso del monstruo	La bruja / Doa Rebeca
1959	Felicidad
1959	Escuela de verano	Seorita Rosario
1959	Una seora movida	Lola
1960	Poker de reinas
1960	Por ti aprend a querer
1960	Chucho el Roto
1960	Black Skull	Esposa de Remigio
1961	El proceso de las seoritas Vivanco	Doa Conchita
1961	El pandillero	Madame Helene
1961	Mujeres engaadas	Doa Rita
1961	Aventuras de Chucho el Roto
1961	Los jvenes	Carmelita, Madre de 'El Gato
1961	La captura de Chucho el Roto
1962	Genii of Darkness	Rebecca, the witch
1962	El malvado Carabel	Modista
1962	The Hooded Men from Hell		as herself
1962	La entrega de Chucho el Roto
1962	Cielo rojo
1962	La venganza del resucitado		as herself
1962	El muchacho de Durango	Doa Manuela
1962	La barranca sangrienta	Doa Blanca
1962	La emboscada mortal
1962	El tejedor de milagros
1963	Alias El Alacrn	Doa Manuela
1963	La risa de la ciudad
1963	Jugndose la vida	Graciela
1963	Mxico de mis recuerdos	Tia Gertrudis
1963	Baila mi amor
1963	El norteo
1965	Love Has Many Faces	Maria
1965	Los cuervos estn de luto	Doa Enedina
1966	El cachorro
1966	El temerario
1967	La muerte es puntual
1967	Domingo salvaje
1967	Los alegres Aguilares	Ta Natalia
1967	Arrullo de Dios	La bruja
1968	Sor Ye-y	Mam de Juan
1968	Mara Isabel	Manuela
1969	No se mande, profe	Headmistress
1969	No juzgars a tus padres
1969	La maestra inolvidable	Tedula
1970	Estafa de amor
1970	Crnica de un cobarde
1970	Rub	Toa - nana
1970	Las figuras de arena
1971	The Fearmaker
1971	Dos mujeres y un hombre		as herself