Lupe Ontiveros
Biography
Lupe Ontiveros was an American actress who began her career as a film extra before building a long stage and screen career. Born in El Paso, Texas, she estimated her maid roles at 150 or more, and she wanted more diverse roles for Latina actors. Her early film work included El Norte (1983), where she played a seamstress and mentor, and The Goonies (1985), as the housekeeper Rosalita. She later appeared in As Good as It Gets (1997) and portrayed Yolanda SaldÃvar in Selena. For Chuck & Buck (2000), she won the National Board of Review's supporting actress prize and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. She also received an Emmy nomination for Desperate Housewives and a Sundance Special Jury Prize for Real Women Have Curves (2002). She died in 2012.
69years old at death
- Born El Paso
- Died Whittier
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Guadalupe Moreno (birth name)Also credited as Guadalupe Ontiveros
Movie Career
- Films
- 20
- Career span
- 36 years1977 to 2013
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First role
In 1978, Ontiveros took the part of Dolores in Luis Valdez's play Zoot Suit, her first major theatrical role. She later played the same role on Broadway, where no Mexican American theatrical production had ever appeared before.
A first
Ontiveros once estimated that on stage and screen she had portrayed a maid no fewer than 150 times, and this history in the role led to her being picked to narrate the documentary Maid in America.
Lupe Ontiveros movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Patricia Cardoso directed two of these films. Alma Martinez appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Alma Martinez's page
Cheech Marin's page
Tony Plana's page
Regina King's page
America Ferrera's page
Ed Peck's page
Patricia CardosoDirector, 2 films, 2002 to 2010
All films by Patricia Cardoso
Also two films together1 more actor
- Mike GomezEl Norte (1983) and Zoot Suit (1981)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Lupe Ontiveros's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$479 million
10 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 20 films: 10 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$314M65.5% of the total
- 2$70M14.5% of the total
- 3$42M8.7% of the total
- 4$21M4.5% of the total
- 5$17M3.6% of the total
- 6$7.7M1.6% of the total
- 7$3.3M0.7% of the total
- 8$1.7M0.4% of the total
$2.5 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
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