Mimí Derba: Mimí Derba. Actress: En defensa propia. Althought most of her career was before the cameras, Mimí Derba is better remembered as the first woman director in Mexico (and perhaps in Latin America). On 1917, when Mexican screens were filled by italian melodramas of "divas", Derba organized one of the very first Mexican production companies: Azteca Films. Practically without previous experience on screen, the actress produced, wrote and performed in two...
Known For: En defensa propia (Enriqueta), Santa (Doña Elvira), Las colegialas (Doña Rosario, señora directora), Alma de sacrificio (Rosa)