Delia Casanova
Delia Casanova (born Delia Margarita Casanova Mendiola November 4, 1948, in Poza Rica, Veracruz) is a Mexican actress.
Also recorded as Delia Margarita Casanova Mendiola
Delia Casanova

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- Name
- Delia Casanova
- Birth Name
- Delia Margarita Casanova Mendiola
- Born
- 4 November 1948
- Birthplace
- Poza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico
- Occupation
- Actress
- Awards
- Ariel Award for Best Actress 1989 Mentiras piadosas
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Honours
- Ariel Award for Best Actress
- Languages
- Spanish
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Delia Casanova, born on 4 November 1948, is documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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• Name — Delia Casanova • Birth Name — Delia Margarita Casanova Mendiola • Born — 4 November 1948 • Birthplace — Poza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico • Years Active — 1972-present • Occupation — Actress • Awards — Ariel Award for Best Actress 1989 Mentiras piadosas
Filmography
Filmography
• Films, Telenovelas • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1972 — Palacio chino — Film • 1975 — El cumpleaños del perro — Secretary — Film • 1976 — The Heist — La Chata — Film • El esperado amor desesperado — Baby's mother — Film • 1977 — El viaje — Film • Cuartelazo — Soldadera — Film • 1978 — Llovizna — Luisa — Film • 1980 — Algo sobre Jaime Sabines — Film • 1980-81 — Caminemos — Violeta — Supporting role • 1981 — Toda una vida — Moravia Castro — Supporting role • Que viva Tepito — María Luisa Vélez de Ochoa — Film • El infierno de todos tan temido — Mariana — Film • 1982 — El día que murió Pedro Infante — Film • Alsino y el cóndor — Rosaria — Film • Los gemelos alborotados — Film • 1983 — Eréndira — Narrator (voice) — Film • 1984 — La pasión de Isabela — Natalia "La Peregrina" — Supporting role • 1985 — El escuadrón de la muerte — Ruth "La Peregrina" — Film • Los Motivos de Luz — Dr. Rebollar — Film • Historias violentas — Film • 1985-86 — De pura sangre — Laura Blanchet — Supporting role • 1986-1987 — Cicatrices del alma — Blanca — Supporting role • 1988 — Pasión y poder — Dolores — Supporting role • Esperanza — Catalina — Film • 1989 — Mentiras piadosas — Clara Zamudio — Film • Luz y sombra — Marcedes "Meche" de Suárez — Supporting role • 1990 — Recuerdo de domingo — Film • 1991 — Después del sismo — Film • Cadenas de amargura — Natalia Vizcaíno Lara — Protagonist • 1992 — Una moneda en el aire — Film • El bulto — Alba — Film • 1993 — Memoria del cine mexicano — Film • Otoñal — Film • Los Parientes Pobres — Eloísa de Olmos — Antagonist • 1995 — El callejón de los milagros — Eusebia — Film • Bésame En La Boca — Consuelo — Film • La paloma — Elsa — Supporting role • 1996 — La culpa — Graciela — Supporting role • Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda — Film • Sobrenatural — Madame Endor — Film • 1999 — En un claroscuro dela luna — Rafaela — Film • La ley de herodes — Rosa — Film • Nunca Te Olvidaré — Doña Carmen — Supporting role • 2000-01 — Rayito de luz — Gertrudis Montes — TV mini-series • 2001 — Sin pecado concebido — Sor Jovita — Supporting role • 2005 — Como tú me has deseado — Film • La esposa virgen — Clemencia — Supporting role • 2006 — Mujer, casos de la vida real — TV series • Mas que a nada en el mundo — Film • 2007 — S.O.S.: Sexo y otros Secretos — Anciana — TV series • 2007-08 — Tormenta en el paraíso — Micaela Trinidad — Supporting role • 2008 — Todos hemos pecado — Doña Chayo — Film • Arráncame la vida — Film • 2008-09 — Alma de Hierro — Mother Perpetua — Special appearance • Cuidado con el ángel — Mrs. Márgara Riquelme — Special appearance • 2009 — Forever Lupe — Film • 2010 — Locas de amor — Cruz — Special appearance • 2011 — La Fuerza del Destino — Doña Carlota vda. de Curiel — Co-protagonist • La suerte está echada — Film • Así es la suerte — Lidia — Film • 2015 — Lo imperdonable — Matilde — Supporting role
Awards and nominations
• Year|| Award || Category ||Telenovela||Result • 1986 — TVyNovelas Awards — Best Young Lead Actress — De pura sangre — rowspan=2 • 1992 — Best Co-star Actress — Cadenas de amargura • 2006 — Best First Actress — La esposa virgen — rowspan=2 • 2012 — La Fuerza del Destino • 1984 — Ariel Award — Best Actress — El día que murió Pedro Infante • 1989 — Mentiras piadosas • 1992 — Best Actress in a Minor Role — El bulto — rowspan=3 • 1995 — El callejón de los milagros • 1996 — Best Supporting Actress — Sobrenatural • 2011 — Premios People en Español — La Fuerza del Destino — rowspan=2 • 2012 — Premios ACE (New York) — Best Actress Characteristic
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