Flor Silvestre

This article is about the singer and actress. For the film, see Flor silvestre (film).
Flor Silvestre

in Ánimas Trujano (1962)
Born Guillermina Jiménez Chabolla
(1930-08-16) 16 August 1930
Salamanca, Guanajuato, Mexico
Occupation
  • Singer
  • actress
  • equestrienne
Years active 1943–present
Spouse(s) Paco Malgesto
(m. 1953–59)
Antonio Aguilar
(m. 1959–2007)
Children 5, including Dalia Inés, Marcela Rubiales, and Pepe Aguilar
Relatives Enriqueta Jiménez (sister)
Website florsilvestreoficial.com

Musical career

Genres
Instruments Vocals
Labels
Associated acts

Guillermina Jiménez Chabolla (born 16 August 1930),[1] commonly known by her stage name Flor Silvestre (Spanish pronunciation: [floɾ silˈβestɾe]) ("wild flower"), is a Mexican singer and actress whose multifaceted career spans seventy years.[2]

Famed for her beauty and sentimental style of singing, she began her career in the 1940s, performing ranchera music on radio stations.[3] In the early 1950s, she signed with Columbia Records and released her first successful recordings, which include "Guadalajara", "Imposible olvidarte", "Pobre corazón", and "Viejo nopal". In 1957, she signed with Musart Records, the label for which she recorded many of her best-selling songs such as "Cielo rojo", "Mi destino fue quererte", "Renunciación", "Cachito de mi vida", "Gaviota traidora", "Lágrimas del alma", "Qué bonito amor", and "Desolación".[4]

As an actress, she is regarded as one of the folkloric leading ladies of the "golden age" of Mexican cinema.[5] Her most prominent performances are featured in Primero soy mexicano (1950), El bolero de Raquel (1957), La cucaracha (1959), and Ánimas Trujano (1962), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[6] She also lent her name and likeness to the title character of La Llanera Vengadora, a comic book series.[7]

She married twice and has five children. Her second husband was singer and actor Antonio Aguilar, with whom she toured internationally. Her younger sister, Enriqueta Jiménez, is also a singer and actress.

Early life

Guillermina Jiménez Chabolla was born on 16 August 1930, in Salamanca, Guanajuato,[1] the daughter of Jesús Jiménez Cervantes and María de Jesús Chabolla Peña (c. 1907 – 5 September 1993).[8] She is the third of seven children; her siblings are Francisco, Raquel, José Luis, Enriqueta, María de la Luz, and Arturo.[9] Her maternal grandparents were Felipe Chabolla and Inés Peña.[8]

As a young child, Silvestre showed a passionate interest in singing and acting; she participated in festivals and organized school plays.[10] She completed primary school in Salamanca, and later moved to Mexico City, where she was enrolled in the Escuela Bancaria Comercial Milton.[11]

Career

Silvestre made her singing debut at the age of 13 in Mexico City; she sang the songs "La canción mexicana", "Yo también soy mexicana", and "El herradero" and received an ovation from the audience.[11] Shortly after, she was invited to sing on the XFO radio station, where she sang "La soldadera" by popular songwriter Jesús Morales.[11] Her first stage names were La Soldadera ("the female soldier"), based on the success of the aforementioned song, and La Amapola ("the poppy"), because an announcer told her that she looked "like a flower", until she was required to choose another name since those were already in use.[11] She then chose Flor Silvestre ("wild flower"), the title of a 1943 drama film starring Dolores del Río, as her stage name.[11]

In the late 1940s, Silvestre won a singing contest sponsored by the XEW radio station which led to many contracts, including one for her to perform at the important Teatro Colonial, where she caught the attention of showmen who hired her for tours across northern Mexico and South America.[11] Upon her return from those tours, she sang at El Patio, where she met producer Gregorio Walerstein, who invited her to participate in films.[11] Her musical career in radio started to rise in 1950, as reporter Mónica Fio noticed:

We unreservedly commend the young singer "Flor Silvestre" because her radio career, though quick, is made with effort, perseverance and study. Whenever we hear her programs we confirm that she does not abandon herself to passing and easy successes, but seeks to overcome. This is how one reaches the goal. This is how one creates prestige. This is how one triumphs.[12]

Silvestre made her acting debut alongside Joaquín Pardave, Luis Aguilar and fellow film newcomer Francisco Avitia, also a ranchera singer, in the comedy Primero soy mexicano (1950), a Walerstein production.[9] She worked with Aguilar and Francisco Avitia again in El tigre enmascarado (1951). Around the same time, she signed a contract with Columbia Records (her first record label) and released the successful singles "Llorar amargo" and "Oye morena".[13] She played the female lead in El lobo solitario, La justicia del lobo, and Vuelve el lobo (all in 1952). In 1955, she and Miguel Aceves Mejía starred the radio program Su programa Calmex, sponsored by Calmex Sardines.[14]

Flor Silvestre and María Félix in La cucaracha (1959)

Silvestre's first color film was Miguel M. Delgado's La doncella de piedra (1956). Her first film co-starring Antonio Aguilar, her future husband, was La huella del chacal (1956). She traveled to Nicaragua for Rapto al sol (1956), another color film. On Mother's Day 1957, she participated with great success in the television play Secreto de familia.[15] One of her famous roles was as Leonor, the mother of Cantinflas' godson, in the popular Eastmancolor comedy El bolero de Raquel (1957). She received top billing for the first time in Pueblo en armas (1959) and its sequel ¡Viva la soldadera! (1960), both directed by Miguel Contreras Torres. She had a supporting role opposite María Félix in Ismael Rodríguez's Mexican Revolution epic La cucaracha (1959); she also sang "Te he de querer", "La chancla", and "La Valentina" for the film's soundtrack album, La cucaracha: Música de la película, released by Musart Records.[16]

In the early 1960s, she starred with popular comedy duo Viruta and Capulina in Dos locos en escena (1960). Silvestre was cast along with Toshiro Mifune and Columba Domínguez in the award-winning film Ánimas Trujano (1962), another film directed by Ismael Rodríguez. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and contains her best known role among American and international audiences. In 1964, she released the album La sentimental, which included both ranchera and bolero songs; "Mi destino fue quererte", one of the album's ranchera tracks, became one of Silvestre's best-selling singles. In this decade, she would avert her roles from low-budget westerns and comedies to star in Mexican Revolution drama films starring her husband Antonio Aguilar, such as Caballo prieto azabache (1968), Lauro Puñales (1969), and El ojo de vidrio (1969).

By the 1970s, Silvestre had created a symbolic persona of a folkloric woman-hero, therefore she became the star of a comic book entitled La Llanera Vengadora,[7] which translates as "the avenging plainswoman," that used her likeness and name. The magazine featured a female hero who sought justice, and was dressed in brightly colored cowboy garb.[7]

Flor Silvestre in 1974

She made a cameo appearance as the singer Rafaela in Valente Quintero (1973), in which she sang "No me lo tomes a mal", and played the female lead in La yegua colorada (1973). Her next two films were historical dramas: she played Pancho Villa's lover in La muerte de Pancho Villa (1974) and the wife of Felipe Carrillo Puerto in Peregrina (1974). She sang "La palma" in Simón Blanco (1975) and played the female leads in Don Herculano enamorado (1975), El moro de cumpas (1977), and Mi caballo el cantador (1979). Her last soldadera role was featured in Benjamín Argumedo el rebelde (1979) and Persecución y muerte de Benjamín Argumedo (1980). Her last film was Triste recuerdo (1991).

On 21 December 2010, she released Soledad, an album dedicated to her late husband.[17]

On 9 March 2015, her documentary titled Flor Silvestre: Su destino fue querer premiered at the Plaza de las Américas as part of the Guadalajara International Film Festival.[18][19]

Personal life

Silvestre gave birth to her first child, Dalia Inés, when she was 16 years old.[20] Dalia Inés publicly omits the name of her biological father, who was a radio announcer, since she says that she considers Antonio Aguilar as her father figure.[20] Silvestre later married television presenter Paco Malgesto.[20] Their children are Marcela Rubiales Jiménez, a singer and actress, and Francisco Rubiales Jiménez, a voice-over actor.[20]

In an interview with Don Francisco in Don Francisco presenta, Silvestre confirmed that during her first few films with Antonio Aguilar she had not been romantically involved with him.[21] It wasn't until the film Heraclio Bernal when both decided to divorce their respective spouses (Aguilar being married to actress Otilia Larrañaga and Silvestre being married to television presenter Paco Malgesto) to marry each other.[22] Aguilar and Silvestre finally married on 29 October 1959, shortly before the release of their most recent film La cucaracha. Their marriage produced two sons: Antonio Aguilar hijo and Pepe Aguilar.

On 28 February 2012, Silvestre underwent surgery to extirpate the cancer-stricken half of her right lung.[23] She responded well to the surgery and has since been recuperating.[24]

Awards and honors

Selected discography

Studio albums

Title Release date Record label Catalog number
Flor Silvestre c. 1959 Musart 481
Flor Silvestre (II) c. 1963 771
Flor Silvestre, vol. 2 1964 871
La sentimental 1964 898
La acariciante voz 1965 1071
Celosa 1966 1174
Boleros rancheros con la acariciante voz c. 1967 1212
Flor Silvestre, vol. 6 1967 1310
Flor Silvestre, vol. 7 1968 1390
Flor Silvestre, vol. 8 1968 1417
Amor, siempre amor c. 1969 1470
Y las canciones de sus tríos favoritos c. 1970 1511
Las noches las hago días c. 1970 1519
Una gran intérprete y dos grandes compositores c. 1972 1557
La voz que acaricia 1972 1571
Canciones con alma 1973 1602
La onda norteña 1973 1613
Con todo mi amor a mi lindo Puerto Rico 1974 1643
La basurita 1976 1692
Arrullo de Dios 1977 1709
Ahora sí va en serio 1978 1742
No te pido más 1988 90018
Flor Silvestre con tambora 1991 90083
Me regalo contigo 1994 1076
Flor Silvestre con tambora (II) 2001 2422
Soledad: Canto a mi amado y a su recuerdo 21 December 2010 Green Dream N/A

Compilation albums

Title Release date Record label Catalog number
Flor Silvestre canta sus éxitos 1964 Okeh 10016
Los éxitos de Flor Silvestre 1972 Musart 1591
El disco de oro de Flor Silvestre 1977 1719
15 éxitos 1984
15 éxitos, vol. 2 28 August 1997 137
15 grandes éxitos 30 December 1998 2048
Colección de oro: Flor Silvestre con mariachi 1 July 2003 2890
Mexicanísimo 2 June 2015 Sony Music Latin 5090642

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 "Guillermina Jimenez-chabolla, "United States, Border Crossings from Mexico to United States, 1903-1957"". FamilySearch. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Flor Silvestre recibe Diosa de Plata especial por su trayectoria". El Informador. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Se Inauguró Solemnemente el Teatro "Juárez": El C. Gobernador del Estado pronunció unas palabras – Asistieron artistas de México". El Informador. 22 November 1946.
  4. ↑ "Cielo rojo", "Mi destino fue quererte", and "Renunciación" were included in three of Flor's greatest hits compilation albums: Los éxitos de Flor Silvestre (1972), El disco de oro de Flor Silvestre (1977), and 15 éxitos (1989).
  5. ↑ "Cine Confidencial: Folklóricas del cine mexicano". Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  6. ↑ "The 34th Academy Awards (1962)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 "An International Catalogue of Superheroes". Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  8. 1 2 "Maria de Jesus Chabolla Pena Mexico, Distrito Federal, Civil Registration, 1832-2005". FamilySearch. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  9. 1 2 "Flor Silvestre, estandarte de la música ranchera". Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  10. ↑ Liner notes by Raúl Vieyra for the album Flor Silvestre, vol. 6.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kühne, Cecilia (23 October 2003). "Una flor que comenzó cantando". Imagen. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  12. ↑ Fio, Mónica (9 April 1950). "Micrófono: "Flor Silvestre"". El Siglo de Torreón. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  13. ↑ "Novedades de esta Semana y de más Exito". El Siglo de Torreón. 8 July 1951. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  14. ↑ "Advertisement for Su programa Calmex". El Siglo de Torreón. 2 January 1955. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  15. ↑ "El Cine en México: Flor Silvestre Artista de Cine y TV.". El Siglo de Torreón. 9 June 1957. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  16. ↑ "Liner notes for the album La cucaracha: Música de la pelicula.". Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  17. ↑ "FLOR SILVESTRE: SOLEDAD". Google Play. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  18. ↑ Jiménez, Lorena (7 March 2015). "Flor Silvestre, una vida musical". Mural. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  19. ↑ "Flor Silvestre, pilar de la dinastía Aguilar, estrena documental". Esto. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  20. 1 2 3 4 "Muestra Dalia Inés 'orgullo' familiar". lasnoticiasmexico.com. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  21. ↑ "Flor Silvestre recordó a su Charro". Univision Interactive Media. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
  22. ↑ "Dificiles momentos". La Cronica de Hoy. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  23. ↑ "Le extirparon la mitad del pulmón derecho a la mamá de Pepe Aguilar". TVyNovelas. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  24. ↑ "Flor Silvestre fue operada de tumor en el pulmón". Univision. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  25. ↑ "Discos Musart Awards The Golden Clover To Its Best Selling Artists - 1969". Billboard. 28 February 1970. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  26. ↑ Guzmán Frías, Habacuc (14 November 2001). "Reconocen trayectoria de la dinastía Aguilar". El Universal. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  27. ↑ "Celebran el Los Ángeles desfile por la Independencia de México". Horacero. 7 September 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  28. ↑ Camacho, Alma Rosa (28 September 2009). "Flor Silvestre y Lucha Villa serán homenajeadas". Esto. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  29. ↑ Camacho, Alma Rosa (16 November 2012). "Antonio Aguilar y Flor Silvestre, homenajeados". Esto. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  30. 1 2 Camacho, Alma Rosa (1 August 2013). "Reconocen a histriones del cine mexicano". El Sol de Puebla. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  31. ↑ Ortiz, Isela (16 June 2014). "Emotivo homenaje a Flor Silvestre". El Sol de Zacatecas. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  32. ↑ Casillas Gómez, Carlos (10 March 2015). "Homenajean a Flor Silvestre". La Cronica de Hoy - Jalisco. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  33. ↑ "Rinden homenaje a Flor Silvestre en Los Ángeles". El Universal. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  34. ↑ "Homenaje de Aguascalientes a la Señora Flor Silvestre". Palestra Aguascalientes. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.

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