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- Actress
- Soundtrack
Lorelei Linklater was born on 29 May 1994 in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Bomb City (2017), Waking Life (2001) and Boyhood (2014).- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Christiann Castellanos was born on 6 November 1990 in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. She is an actress and producer, known for Ladies of Rap (2012), In Time (2011) and Veronica Mars (2014).- Marga López was born on 21 June 1924 in San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Salón México (1949), El privilegio de amar (1998) and Lazos de amor (1995). She was married to Carlos Amador. She died on 4 July 2005 in Mexico City, Mexico.
- Luz María Jerez was born on 5 July 1958 in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Tú o nadie (1985), Acapulco La vida va (2017) and Por un beso (2000).
- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Pedro Vargas was born on 29 April 1904 in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Great Expectations (1998), Los chiflados del rock and roll (1957) and Los tres bohemios (1957). He was married to María Teresa Campos y Fernández de Jáuregui. He died on 30 October 1989 in Mexico City, Mexico.- Gregorio Casal was born on 13 July 1935 in San Miguel el Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an actor and director, known for Chanoc en las garras de las fieras (1970), Chanoc contra el tigre y el vampiro (1972) and Mercenarios de la muerte (1983). He died on 25 April 2018 in Tepatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Renato Münster was born on 28 December 1962 in San Miguel, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile. He is an actor, known for Primera Dama (2010), Machos (2003) and Hidden in the Woods (2012).
- Visual Effects
- Additional Crew
Gaston Ugarte was born in San Miguel de Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina. He is known for I Am Legend (2007), Brave (2012) and Lightyear (2022).- Cehlia Barnum Newman was born in San Miguel De Allende in October of 1968. Newman's parents had lived there for 7 years before she was born, and just a few short years after her birth they moved to Texas. Cehlia attended and received a degree from The University of The Incarnate Word, where she majored in Child Psychology and Minored in Theater and Fine Art.
Cehlia Newman began acting in 1974 as a young child in stage productions at the San Antonio Little Theater. She continued to act in theater productions off and on throughout her youth. Newman appeared in several episodes of "Dallas" as well as numerous television and print advertisements. She did a MFTV and some appearances on series.
Her first feature film role was a in the cult classic "Legend of Billie Jean". She met with the producer and director and it was decided that even though she wasn't right for the role for which she auditioned (she would have had to cut her hair into "Billie Jean's" style) they would write one in for her.
Newman went on to work periodically in several theater productions, honing her skills and exploring her option in the film world. In 1988 Cehlia was cast as "Paco's girlfriend; Maria" in "Lost Angels" with Donald Sutherland, Adam Horowitz and Amy Locane. Newman was convinced by her new agent, David Shapira, to move to LA and "seriously" pursue the acting gig. Newman moved to LA 1990 at that time she also acquired manager Mike Atkissson.
After hundreds upon hundreds of auditions for film and television, Newman realized she was only being cast as the "ethnic" character, i.e. biker's girlfriend, victim, gang member, etc... Cehlia had several casting directors suggest she change her name from the "Mexican" sounding Cehlia to something more "American". She was also encouraged to dye her hair, a more "90s" acceptable blond color.
Completely disgusted with the industry's lack of foresight, Cehlia began concentrating on her artwork. As the child of two professional artists, she was ultimately forced to accept her "genetic" path and pursue a more fulfilling career in Fine Art.
In early '91 Newman returned to Texas and worked as a computer program designer for several years before entering UIW and completing her degree.
Cehlia Newman is currently living in Texas with her husband(Jose Menendez)and son and daughter. She serves on several community boards, maintains a passionate interest in public policy and continues to support her husband's political career.
Cehlia owns an on-line jewelry company and designs one-of-a-kind jewelry. Newman is still creating and displaying her artwork, with private and public shows in San Antonio and Austin. - Guillermo Bravo Sosa was born on 13 February 1901 in San Miguel, Tlaxcala, Mexico. He was an actor, known for María Magdalena, pecadora de Magdala (1946), Reina de reinas: La Virgen María (1948) and La sombra vengadora vs. La mano negra (1956). He was married to Debora Zitácuaro and Concepcion Estrada. He died on 13 February 1976 in Mexico.
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Juan Antonio de la Riva was born on 21 December 1953 in San Miguel de Cruces, Durango, Mexico. He is a director and writer, known for Vidas errantes (1985), Elisa Before the End of the World (1997) and El gavilán de la sierra (2002).- Rigoberta Menchú was born on 9 January 1959 in San Miguel de Uspantan, Guatemala.
- Mario Casillas was born on 10 June 1938 in San Miguel el Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. He is an actor, known for Dear Enemy (2008), Don't Mess with an Angel (2008) and El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar (1988).
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Willy Cruz was born on 30 January 1947 in San Miguel, Manila, Philippines. He was a composer and actor, known for Bituing walang ningning (1985), On Borrowed Time (1989) and Sana'y wala nang wakas (1986). He died on 17 April 2017 in Quezon City, Philippines.- Writer
- Producer
- Actor
Alejandro Romay was born on 20 January 1927 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. He was a writer and producer, known for Grandes valores del tango (1963), Música en libertad (1970) and Ricos y famosos (1997). He was married to Leonor Rosio. He died on 25 June 2015 in Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Cristina Lemercier was born on 3 April 1951 in San Miguel, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for El pulpo negro (1985), Destino de un capricho (1972) and El novicio rebelde (1968). She was married to Freddy Tadeo. She died on 27 December 1996 in San Miguel, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
Martín Mauregui was born in 1980 in San Miguel del Monte, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a writer and assistant director, known for Leonera (2008), Love (Part One) (2005) and Carancho (2010).- Santanón was born on 24 October 1929 in San Miguel el Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an actor, known for El gato con botas (1961), La caperucita roja (1960) and Isle of the Snake People (1971). He died on 2 January 2002 in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico.
- Lara Bernasconi was born on 15 May 1978 in San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina. She is an actress, known for Andrés Calamaro: Flaca (1997), Un aplauso para el asador (2002) and Fugitivos (2000).
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Roger Herrera was born on 8 March 1973 in San Miguel, El Salvador. He is an actor, known for The Replacements (2000), Ernie & Cerbie (2018) and Caged Hearts (1995).- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Miguel Tapia was born on 9 May 1964 in San Miguel, Santiago, Metropolitan Region, Chile. He is an actor and producer, known for Santiago Violenta (2014), Ilusiones Ópticas (2009) and Jardín Secreto: No llores (1993).- Wilkie Mahoney was born on his family's homestead in San MIguel, California, a farming and ranching community in San Luis Obispo County that enveloped an old Spanish mission. Wilkie was nine years old in 1906 when his father was appointed county recorder and moved the family 50 miles south to relative civilization in the city of San Luis Obispo. Two years later, the construction of a theater made the city of fewer than 20,000 an attractive "sleeper jump" for traveling stage shows due to its location halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, and the chance to see the most popular performers of the day sparked in Wilkie an interest in dramatics.
Wilkie demonstrated a knack for comedic dialog early on . As a ninth-grader at San Luis Obispo High School, Wilkie was asked by a teacher, "What has been the major contribution of the automobile age?" Classmates would forever remember Wilkie for his response: "It has practically stopped horse stealing!"
Wilkie attended Santa Clara University, then struggled to find acting jobs in Hollywood. His highlight as an actor was a brief appearance in the 1927 Hal Roach-produced Lauren and Hardy short "The Battle of the Century." Wilkie played the clerk behind the counter of a bakery shop when a pie fight breaks out and the scene was later included in "The Golden Age of Comedy," a compilation of Mack Sennett/Hal Roach silent comedy films released in 1957.
During one slow period in Hollywood, Wilkie mailed jokes to two of the leading comedy periodicals of the 1920s, "Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" and "Judge." To his surprise, both magazines sent $5 checks in return. The relatively easy money convinced Wilkie that his future might be as a writer rather than performer, and he later took a job as an editor for humor-magazine publisher "Captain Billy" Fawcett and moved to the Minneapolis suburb of Robbinsdale.
Wilkie returned to Los Angeles and started pitching gags on a freelance basis. His buyers included radio personality Ben Bernie, who hired Wilkie as a writer for his show in the early 1930s. At the time, Bernie was carrying on a fake rivalry with newspaper columnist/radio gossip commentator Walter Winchell as part of a cross-promotional effort to boost ratings and Wilkie helped flame the faux feud by writing gags on behalf of each.
Wilkie followed Bernie to New York and in 1936 became the talk of Broadway when he sold Milton Berle the first joke the comic ever paid for. It was a momentous enough occasion that Wilkie made a copy of the $25 check via photostat and considered it the highlight of a year in which he also wrote gigs for Paul Whiteman.
The next year, Wilkie again returned to Los Angeles and was writing for Al Jolson when an all-around better opportunity came along. Bob Hope signed on to perform 10-minute monologues on the NBC Hollywood-based radio program "Your Hollywood Parade" and hired Wilkie to produce the topical jokes and rapid-fire monologues that brought the comedian international fame. Walter Winchell reported in his syndicated entertainment gossip column that when Wilkie informed Jolson he was leaving to work for Hope, "He gave Jolson one of those 'To Whom It May Concern' letters recommending Jolson to anyone who wanted a good boss."
In 1939, Wilkie transitioned to writing for the big screen, as he landed a writer's contract at Paramount and co-wrote (with Lewis R. Foster) the screenplay for the 1939 film "Some Like It Hot," starring Hope, Shirley Ross and Gene Krupa. Wilkie followed up by co-writing 1941's "Caught in the Draft," starring Hope and Dorothy Lamour. In 1942, Wilkie moved over to MGM, where he was contracted to write for another up-and-coming funny man who was being shaped in the Bob Hope vein: Red Skelton. Wilkie wrote for the Skelton films "Panama Hattie" and "Whistling in Dixie" in 1942 and the next year wrote for four more, "Du Barry Was a Lady" (co-starring Lucille Ball and Gene Kelly), "Whistling in Brooklyn," "I Dood It" and "Thousands Cheer."
While on loan to Warner Bros. in 1942, Wilkie gagged up "George Washington Slept Here," starring Jack Benny and Ann Sheridan.
Wilkie's subsequent screenwriting credits included "Abroad with Two Yanks" (1944) starring William Bendix and "Brewster's Millions" (1945) starring Dennis O'Keefe and Helen Walker.
At the point he most admired the work Wilkie was pounding out, Walter Winchell asked him what he told the dopes in every crowd who would press him to say something funny. "Belly button!" Wilkie replied.
"For every genius in Hollywood," Wilkie would say later, "there's a rotten play on Broadway."
Wilkie left Hollywood abruptly in 1952 and returned to San Luis Obispo to care for his ailing mother and elderly father, though he joked that his departure was the result of declining mental faculties. "I left Hollywood because I began worrying about my own condition. At times I used to think I was getting my mind back and the thought of going sane frightened me. So I got out while I was still nuts. I was no fool."
Wilkie never stopped writing humor, but in retirement he confined it to a trio of newspaper columnists who were more than happy to share his musings with their readers. Herb Caen, whose daily society column at the San Francisco Chronicle earned him a special Pulitzer as the "voice and conscience" of his city, welcomed Wilkie's contributions, especially the one that became an instant Bay Area classic: "Nob Hill-Where every address is a status and rooms facing Oakland cost $10 less." Caen nominated Wilkie as California poet laureate in 1965 and went so far as to launch a campaign to support the candidacy.
Wilkie was working on a book, "Thirty Years in a Haunted Joke Book," when his health took a turn for the worse and prevented him from finishing it. One chapter that was to be included in the book was titled "When is a Joke Not a Joke?" and includes an anecdote for aspiring comedy writers to consider:
"Should you ever crash the writing game, let me tip you off right here that there isn't much glory in it. I can best illustrate this with the following anecdote. Milton Berle was the master of ceremonies at a Friar's banquet at which Bob Hope was the guest of honor. Comes time for Bob to speak and he quipped, 'The reason Bishop Sheen is getting most of Berle's listeners is because Bishop Sheen has better writers-Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.' The joke has since been quoted in hundreds of newspapers, and to my knowledge Hope was only credited once. This was by the NY papers the morning after the banquet. From then on everyone was taking a bow for it. This is one of the heartbreaking ordeals of joke writing. You might not end up in the poor house, but the chances are great that you'll end up with a broken heart. (The above joke, incidentally, was authored by this writer.)"
Another tip: "Meanwhile, you'll find that one-line jokes are more effective than the long joke. In a one-liner you can get the punchline across before some point killer can interrupt you and spoil your joke. And don't press for laughs. If the joke is funny, your audience will laugh at it.
"And remember, he who laughs.... lasts!" - José Rafael Albrecht was born on 23 August 1941 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina. He died on 3 May 2021 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Juan José Pérez Padilla was born on 5 May 1927 in San Miguel el Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. He was a director and producer, known for Discriminación maldita (1990), Dueña de la noche (1991) and La gallera (1988). He was married to Maria Teresa Sanders and Beatriz Alcérreca Priego. He died on 2 August 2003 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.- Director
- Writer
- Editor
Rolando Aguilar was born on 11 October 1903 in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. He was a director and writer, known for Una aventura en la noche (1948), Rancho Alegre (1941) and Caminos de sangre (1945). He was married to Minerva Doria Gómez. He died on 28 November 1984 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.