(Leticia Lilia Amezcua Prado)
(1929 - )
Lilia Prado, born in Michoacán, made her screen debut in the late 1940s after winning a beauty contest. She originally alternated dramatic roles with parts as cheerful, sexy rumberas, but later worked mostly as a dramatic actress. Prado appeared in three films for Luis Buñuel, as well as for directors like Roberto Gavaldón, Alberto Isaac, Luis Alcoriza, and Ismael Rodríguez. She received a Best Actress Ariel nomination for Talpa (1955), and the Lifetime Achievement Ariel de Oro (1999), in addition to a Diosa de Plata for El rincón de las virgenes (1972). She has also worked on TV and the stage. Prado was at one time married to torero Gabriel España.
Biographical Dictionary of Mexican Film Performers. EdwART. 2012.