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• Moved to Mexico City after her father's death, at which time she began working as a dancer at the Teatro Tivoli, and later, as a showgirl she participated in sketches starring comedians José "El Ojón" Jasso and Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo, among others.
• Met her husband, Russian-born choreographer Julián de Meriche, while working at the Teatro Blanquita in the 1960s.
• Studied drama with Dimitrios Sarrás and Carlos Ancira and film directing and screenwriting with Ludwig Margules, Xavier Robles and Raul Figueroa.
• Became a star with the creation and portrayal of La India Maria, a comical indigenous Mexican character who got into mischievous situations and appeared in dozens of films and television series during the 1960s, '70s and '80s.