Edith González

Edith González Fuentes (10 December 1964 – 13 June 2019) was a Mexican actress, regarded as a blonde bombshell and one of the most beautiful actresses in Mexican cinema.

She is best remembered for working on multiple telenovelas produced by three different multimedia companies, which included Televisa, TV Azteca and Telemundo.

González was born on 10 December 1964 in Mexico City.

Edith was discovered in a mall when both her and her mother went to buy shoes by a man who worked for Televisa, they urgently needed a beautiful girl with blonde hair and blue eyes - her mother accepted the offer and Edith with the help of her parents embarked in the Mexican Film Industry.

She participated in school plays since her childhood and studied acting in New York, London and Paris.

She was part of the academy of theater director Lee Strasberg, as well as studying at the Neighborhood Playhouse and the Actors Institute.

González was also part of the Sorbonne University, where she studied English and art history, and jazz in Great Britain.

Aged 5 and during a visit to the Siempre en Domingo program, she was chosen by the public to play a role with actor Rafael Baledón.

From then on she appeared as a child actress in several films and TV series from the 70s.

González made her acting debut on the telenovela produced by Televisa Cosa juzgada in 1970.

According to IMDb, her first acting credit role was on the 1970 telenovela produced by Televisa, Cosa juzgada.

Her early papers on telenovelas included on Lucía Sombra (1971), La maldición de la blonda (1971), El amor tiene cara de mujer (1971), El edificio de enfrente (1972), Mi primer amor (1973), Los miserables (1973), for which she was awarded in 1974 with an Heraldo award in the category of "revelation artist" and Lo imperdonable (1975).

In film, she made her debut in the television film Un cuento de Navidad (1974).

She made her film debut in 1974 on the television film Canción de Navidad.

Beginning in films, she had little roles as an uncredited or extra actress in movies such as Alucarda, la hija de las Tinieblas (1977), Cyclone (1978) and Guyana: Crime of the Century (1979).

Following this, some of her early films included El rey de los gorilas (1977), Alucarda, la hija de las Tinieblas (1977), Cyclone (1978), Guyana: Crime of the Century (1979), Fabricantes de pánico (1980) and Cosa fácil (1982).

González would continued working in multiple telenovelas produced by Televisa.

She would later start a prominent career on multiple telenovelas produced by the same company, with her most famous works including Los ricos también lloran (1979–1980), Bianca Vidal (1982–1983), Corazón salvaje (1993–1994), Salomé (2001–2002), Mundo de fieras (2006–2007), Palabra de mujer (2007–2008) and Camaleones (2009–2010).

At the age of 15, she had her first important paper on television participating on the telenovela Los ricos también lloran of 1979 sharing credits with Verónica Castro and Rogelio Guerra, and in which she also met and acted along Christian Bach with whom she had a longtime friendship until Bach's death.

As a teenager, her works in telenovelas included Ambición (1980), Soledad (1980), in which she shared credits with Libertad Lamarque and El hogar que yo robé (1981), in which she shared credits with Angélica María.

In 1982, González had her first leading role in the telenovela Bianca Vidal and the same year she also appeared on the telenovela Chispita.

The next year in 1983, she participated on the telenovela La Fiera.

In 1984, she appeared on the film Adiós Lagunilla, adiós and had another leading role in the telenovela Sí, mi amor (TV series)Sí, mi amor.

In 1986, she appeared on the anthology series La hora marcada as well as appearing on the telenovelas Monte Calvario, in which she had the leading role and Lista negra.

In 1987 she made an appearance as herself on the program Papá soltero and had her first villain role on the telenovela Rosa salvaje, she participated in this project until episode 48 and at the time several versions for her exit were woven.

It was said that she had been fired, but in the words of González herself, she actually resigned because of the alleged mistreatment she received from the production of the series.

In an interview, González defended her version of the events, explaining that at that moment in her career she could not afford an antagonistic role after having starred in other fictions.

In her opinion, she was not going to endure any "humiliation" stating the following:

I had already starred (in other telenovelas) and they asked me to be antagonistic.

I said 'it's cool'.

At that time being antagonistic for Veronica had no problem, what was gacho is that they had already raised you and 'órale my queen, you go back.'

The actress also pointed out that during the filming she experienced "unpleasant experiences" and denounced that she was not treated properly, so she decided to give up the series.

González assured that she was not fired for the production by stating:

I quit.

Continuing her career in films her most famous works included Trampa Infernal (1989), Salón México (1996), Señorita Justice (2004), Poquita Ropa (2011) and Deseo (2013).

As well as being actress of television and films, she also participated on plays such as Aventurera (theatrical adaptation of the film with the same name) produced by Carmen Salinas.

For her work as an actress in films and telenovelas, she was nominated and awarded with prizes such as the Diosas de Plata and Heraldo de México.

She also starred in the telenovelas produced by Telemundo Doña Bárbara (2008–2009) and Eva la Trailera in 2016, with the latter being her last leading acting role.

In 2011, she moved to TV Azteca, the second best-known multimedia company in Mexico, where she starred in the telenovelas Cielo rojo (2011–2012), Vivir a destiempo (2013) and Las Bravo (2014–2015).

Her last televised work was in 2019 as judge on the fashion program produced by TV Azteca, Este es mi estilo.