Tina Romero
Tina Romero (born Tina Romero Alcázar, August 14, 1949) is a Mexican actress. A native of New York City, Romero moved to Mexico in her youth, and later established a career there as an actress. Her early film roles included "The Divine Caste" (1973) and the title character in the horror film "Alucarda" (1977). She has also appeared in American films, including "Missing" (1982), opposite Sissy Spacek and Jack Lemmon. Romero has also appeared in numerous Mexican television series, including numerous telenovelas, such as "Rosalinda" (1999), "Mi pecado" (2009), "Quiero amarte" (2014), Early life. Romero was born on  August 14, 1949, in New York City, the daughter of Mexican parents. She and her family relocated to Mexico in 1958 where she developed her skills in acting school. In 1976, at the age of 27, she made her debut as a protagonist in the movie "Lo Mejor de Teresa". The same year she participated in the films "Chin Chin el Teporocho" and "Las Poquianchis", directed by Felipe Cazals. Career. In 1977, she starred in her first mexican telenovela "Santa", and starred in the film "Alucarda", directed by Juan Lopez Moctezuma with Claudio Brook, David Silva, considered a classic horror  film. In 1979 she filmed "Cuatro mujeres y un Hombre", "Bandera Rota" and "My Horse Cantador", and also appeared in the telenovela "Angel Guerra" alongside Andrea Palma and Diana Bracho. Romero married in the 1980s to the Mexican film director Gabriel Retes, with whom she had two children. In the 1980s she filmed "Estampas de Sor Juana" and in 1982 makes her Hollywood debut in the film "Missing" starring Sissy Spacek. In 1983 Romero returned to Mexico and made film and television appearances as "The Castaways of Liguria" directed by her then husband Retes. In 1986 she starred in the  film "Miracles", and in 1988 returned to Hollywood to take part in Clif Ossmond's movie "The Penitent". In México, she starred in the telenovelas "La Casa al Final de la Calle" and "Simplemente María". In the 1990s and 2000s she participated in such notable telenovelas as; "Cadenas de Amargura" (1991), "Muchachitas" (1991), "Alondra" (1995), "Rosalinda" (1999, with Thalía), "Abrázame muy fuerte" (2000), and most recently "Pasión" (2007), "Mi pecado" (2009) and "Una Maid en Manhattan" (2011), among others.