Mexican actor and director

Alfonso Arau

Alfonso Arau Incháustegui is a Mexican filmmaker and actor. He worked as an actor and director in both Mexican and Hollywood productions for over 40 years, before his international breakthrough with the 1992 film Like Water for Chocolate, based on his wife Laura Esquivel's novel of the same name. His other films include A Walk in the Clouds (1995), Picking Up the Pieces (2000), The Magnificent Ambersons (2002) and Zapata: El sueño del héroe (2004). He is a five-time Ariel Award winner, including Best Director for Like Water for Chocolate, and a BAFTA nominee.

Born

1932

January 11

Died

Living

Era

1930s

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Alfonso, in brief

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The world in 1932

When Alfonso arrived

april 24 Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.
april 5 Dominion of Newfoundland: Ten thousand rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.
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august 24 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).

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Alice Paul 1885–1977 American activist and suffragist (died 1977) August Heissmeyer 1897– German SS officer (died 1979) Bernard DeVoto 1897–1955 American historian and author (died 1955) Brett Bodine 1959– American NASCAR driver Bryan Robson 1957– English footballer and manager Eva Le Gallienne 1899– English-American actress, director, and producer (died 1991) James Paget 1814– English surgeon and pathologist (died 1899) Lionel Stander 1908–1994 American actor and activist (died 1994) Naomi Judd 1946–2022 American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1946)

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Athol Fugard 1932–2025 South African-American actor, director, and playwright (died 2025) Benigno Aquino Jr. 1932–1983 Filipino journalist and politician (born 1932) Christopher Lasch 1932–1994 American historian and critic (born 1932) Derek Taylor 1932–1997 English journalist and author (died 1997) Don Valentine 1932– American venture capitalist (died 2019) Fernando Botero 1932–2023 Colombian painter and sculptor (died 2023) Francis Arinze 1932– Nigerian cardinal Hassan al-Turabi 1932–2016 Sudanese activist and politician (died 2016) J. B. Sumarlin 1932– Indonesian economist and politician, 17th Indonesian Minister of Finance (died 2020)

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