Pedro Infante’s wife retired from acting in 2014, at the age of 78, but continues to participate in different show events
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Irma Dorantes left the screens in 2014 to rest at her home in Cuernavaca (Photo: INAH)
Irma Dorantes, who retired in her youth b>from the cinema at the request of Pedro Infante, but who had to return to the cinema due to economic necessity, currently lives far from the seventh art and drinks a daily shot of tequila.< /p>
The 87-year-old actress lives in a house she bought in Cuernavacaand occasionally she travels to Mexico City to attend the different events to which she is invited for being one of the last great stars of the Golden Age.
He began his artistic career at four years old , singing Cri cri songs in radio contests in which he participated out of economic necessity. Although it was a difficult start in the show, she managed to grow in the environment, until she had her first roles as an extra in different movies.
The actress is currently 87 years old and claimed to be in good health (Photo: Televisa – 24xSegundo)
It was on one of those tapes that she met Pedro Infante, whom he married after he had turned 19. Thanks to the popularity that she gained from her performances, she began to have higher earnings, to the point where she bought a house for her and her mother.
En In the midst of his rise to fame, he married the Ídolo de Guamúchil in 1953, who asked him to retire from the cinema, since he wanted to take financial responsibility for she since she had the possibility; In addition, he wanted to start a family with the actress and they agreed that she would not be in the artistic environment if she became pregnant.
Thus, Dorantes devoted herself entirely to her family for three years, completely distancing herself from the media, until in 1957 she was forced to return to the big screen, as Pedro died and she stayed behind. without any financial support.
After the death of Pedro Infante, she had to go back to work to support herself and her daughter financially, since they did not obtain an inheritance from the “Idol” at that time (Photo: INAH)
After having cared for her and her daughter’s needs for more than forty years and having acted in dozens of films, in 2000 Irma again He retired from film and television. In 2010 she returned to participate in the melodrama When I fall in love , Letters to Elena and in 2014 Moctezuma’s daughter. she Today she only cares about relaxing at her house, away from the show .
As she shared in a short interview with Eden Dorantes, she Currently she is dedicated to enjoying her life. She spends most of her days contemplating the garden of her house, she also spends much of her time reading, but mainly, “being calm”.
He commented that he is no longer interested in going back to the screens because “I think that everything I had to do, I already did, already,” he said. Therefore, he completely ruled out doing another biographical project or a series about his life or that of Pedro Infante.
Her most recent birthday was celebrated among her actor friends, who organized a small gathering dedicated to her (Photo: Instagram/@alejandrotommasiof)
She added that she also usually sees her actress friends and celebrate with them the different birthday parties that arise, he spends a lot of time with his family and has recently started a habit to feel better.
Revealed that someone recommended that he drink a shot of tequila daily and, he assured, that is what he does. Religiously, at 1:00 p.m. he drinks his shot and said he thinks it is doing him good.
Regarding his health, he stated that he is fine according to his age, although “dragging the claw of youth”.
Days ago he shared that he still thinks that the cancer that was diagnosed in 2012 could reappear at any time, since he is aware that this disease is like this in some people, so he continues to have his respective check-ups to rule it out.