Rosaura Revueltas (ca. 1909 - April 30, 1996) was a Mexican star of screen and stage, dancer, author, and teacher.

Revueltas was born in Ciudad Lerdo, Durango, Mexico, to an artistic family; her brothers included composer Silvestre, writer José, and painter Fermín. She studied acting and ballet in Mexico City, and made many movies in Mexico. During the filming of her one U.S. film, Salt of the Earth, about striking Mexican-American miners in New Mexico, she was arrested and deported to Mexico. Afterwards, she was blacklisted for her role in the film.

She worked in Germany in Brecht's theater and in Cuba. Her semi-autobiographical book, The Revueltas, about her family members, came out in 1979. In her later years, she served as a judge in film festivals in Berlin, Germany and Barcelona, Spain and taught yoga in Mexico.

She died at her home in Cuernavaca, Mexico, after a long illness. She was approximately 86 years old.

Filmography

• Balún Canán (1976)
• Lo Mejor de Teresa (1976)
• Mina, Viento de Libertad, aka Mina, Wind of Freedom (1976)
• Salt of the Earth (1954)
• Sombrero (1953)
• El Rebozo de Soledad, aka Soledad's Shawl (1952)
• El Cuarto Cerrado (1952)
• Islas Marías (1951)
• Muchachas de Uniforme, aka Girls in Uniform (1950)
• Un Día de Vida (1950)
• Vuelve Pancho Villa, aka Pancho Villa Returns (1950)
• The Torch, aka Bandit General (1949), aka Del Odio Nace el Amor (1951)
• La Deconocida de Arras (1946)

References

James J. Lorence. The Suppression of Salt of the Earth. How Hollywood, Big Labor, and Politicians Blacklisted a Movie in Cold War America. University of New Mexico Press: 1999. ISBN 0-8263-2027-9 (cloth) ISBN 0-8263-2028-7 (paper)