Cantinflas: San Miguel’s Motel Movie Star [] Joseph Toone
News Category: News and Community News
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Published April 25, 2021
Back in 1963 Mexican comedian and movie star, Cantinflas, came to town to film a movie. Like many folks before and since, Cantinflas fell in love with the city and started buying real estate including a hacienda and a large tract of land, both by the mirador on the way up to the mall on the Real de Queretaro.
Cantinflas, born Mario Moreno Reyes in Mexico City back in 1911, started out performing in a circus. He changed his stage name to Cantinflas, to keep his work secret from his parents who considered being a performer immoral.
Cantinflas had a gift for both word play and physical comedy propelling him into theater then films. Even Charlie Chaplin commented he was the world’s best comedian. His career zenith was in the 1950s when he won the best actor Golden Globe for his performance in Around the World in 80 Days and was, at the time, the world’s highest paid actor.
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