María Begoña Palacios Ríos (28 December 1941 – 1 March 2000) was a Mexican film and television actress.
Begoña Palacios | |
|---|---|
| Born | María Begoña Palacios Ríos 28 December 1941 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Died | 1 March 2000 (aged 58) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1959–1997 |
| Spouse | Sam Peckinpah (1964–1967; 1974–1984) |
She became known for participating in several Mexican films in the 1960s, such as Rosa Blanca (1961) and El tejedor de milagros (1962), the latter with Pedro Armendáriz.[1] She later worked on some soap operas, the last of which was La chacala, her final acting role.[2]
Outside her native Mexico, she is arguably best known for having married American film director Sam Peckinpah. They married in 1965, after Palacios had a minor role in Peckinpah's film Major Dundee that same year. A stormy relationship developed, and over the years they would go on to marry, divorce and remarry. They had one daughter together, Maria Guadalupe "Lupita" Peckinpah (b 1973).[3][4]
On 1 March 2000, she died in Mexico City of hepatitis C. According to the wishes of her daughter, her remains were transferred to Malibu, California.[2][5]
Selected filmography edit
- The White Renegade (1960)
- Rosa Blanca (1961)
- El tejedor de milagros (1962)
- The Bloody Vampire (1962)
- Cita con la muerte (1963)
- Major Dundee (1965)
- Fiebre de juventud (1966)
References edit
- ^ "Begoña Palacios" (in Spanish). Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes. Sistema de Información Cultural. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Muere la actriz Begoña Palacios" [Actress Begoña Palacios dies]. Terra (in Spanish). 4 April 2007. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ Simmons 1982, pp. 63–64.
- ^ "Lupita Peckinpah Talks About Her Father, Sam Peckinpah". Money Into Light. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ Mendoza de Lira, Alejandra (3 March 2000). "Trasladarán los restos de Begoña Palacios a Malibú" [Remains of Begoña Palacios will be transferred to Malibu]. El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 April 2021.
Bibliography edit
- Simmons, Garner (1982). Peckinpah, A Portrait in Montage. University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-76493-6.