ALONSO, ERNESTO

(1919 or '20? - )

born in Aguascalientes, Alonso came to Mexico City and made his stage debut in 1939; he was a film actor from the 1940s on, often as character leads (as in Luis Buñuel'sEnsayo de un crimen- for which he received a Best Actor Ariel nomination). A pioneer in television production, Alonso is the acknowledged king of telenovela producers and a vice-president of the telenovela division of Televisa. He made occasional acting appearances into the '90s.