Mimí Derba (1893–1953) was a Mexican actress and the first female director in Mexico. Derba founded one of the very first Mexican production companies, Azteca Films. She had a successful career in Vaudeville before entering films.

KNOWN FOR

La soñadora
1917
The Tigress
1917
Naná
1944
Dos tipos de cuidado
1953
El abandonado
1949
Café Concordia
1939
Oh, Love… How Have You Put Me!
1951
María
1938
Santa
1932
México de mis recuerdos
1944
La casa de la zorra
1945
Mi mujer no es mía
1951

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
58
Directing
2
Writing
1
Producing
3
1953
Dos tipos de cuidado
as Doña Josefa
1953
Cuatro horas antes de morir
as Doña Florencia
1952
Acapulco
as Abuela de Ricardo
1952
The Absentee
as Doña Elena, madre de Isabel
1952
Sangre en el barrio
1951
Tale of a Heart
1951
Mi mujer no es mía
as Tía Agustina
1951
Oh, Love… How Have You Put Me!
as Doña Beatriz
1950
White hair
as Doña Emilia
1950
La loca de la casa
as Madre superiora
1950
Rosauro Castro
as Doña Margarita
1950
La vida en broma
as Doña Eugenia
1950
Inmaculada
as Madre de Luis Angel
1950
Nosotras, las taquígrafas
as Mamá de Bertha
1950
Médico de guardia
as La Madre (doña Carmen, madre de Jaime)
1949
The Unloved Woman
as Dona Mercedes
1949
The Seminarian
as Nun
1949
El abandonado
1949
Salon Mexico
as Señora directora
1949
Rondalla
as Doña Luisa
1949
La hija del penal
as La abadesa
1949
Prisión de sueños
as Águeda
1948
You the Rich
as La Millonaria
1947
When the Brave Cry
as Mamá de Cristina
1947
Fantasía ranchera
1946
Rocambole
as Madre de Antonieta
1945
Una gitana en México
as Doña Engracia
1945
Me he de comer esa tuna
1945
El capitán Malacara
1945
La casa de la zorra
1945
Toda una vida
as Sra. Isabel Olmedo
1945
Club verde
1944
Porfirio Díaz
1944
Balajú
as Doña Lupe
1944
La trepadora
1944
Woman Without a Soul
as Mamá de Teresa
1944
Felipe Derblay, el herrero
1944
México de mis recuerdos
as Tía Gertrudis
1944
Naná
as Madame Hugon (Mamá de Bebé)
1943
María Eugenia
as Virginia
1943
La razón de la culpa
1943
A Letter of Love
as Doña Rosa
1943
Wild Flower
as Doña Clara
1943
El espectro de la novia
as Señora Guzmán
1942
El baisano Jalil
as Doña Carmen
1941
Adios mi chaparrita
as Doña Panchita
1939
Café Concordia
as Doña Laura
1938
Refugiados en Madrid
as La marquesa
1938
María
1938
Abnegación
1935
Martín Garatuza
1935
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
as Doña Leonor Ma. de Carreto (La Virreyna)
1932
Santa
as Doña Elvira
1919
Dos corazones
1917
In Self Defense
1917
Soul Sacrifice
1917
La soñadora
1917
In the Shadow