DORANTES, IRMA

(Irma Aguirre Martínez)

(1934 - )

Yucatecan-born actress and occasional singer who made her debut as a teen-aged extra in the late 1940s. She married Pedro Infante in 1952 (although his previous divorce was later nullified) and their daughter, Irma Infante, is also an actress. Later married producer Carlos Amador. Although her career was aided by her association with Infante, Dorantes forged her own identity and had leading roles in numerous second-level films of the late 1950s through the mid-'60s, with occasional character parts afterwards.