1952Nominee
Best Performance
Mi campeón
Germán Valdés
Actor · Director · Producer
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
September 20, 1915
Biography
Better known as Tin Tan, was an actor,singer and comedian who was born in Mexico City but was raised and began his career in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. He often displayed the pachuco dress and employed pachuco slang in many of his movies, some with his brothers Manuel "El Loco" Valdésand Ramón Valdés. He made the language of the Mexican American pachucos famous in Mexico. A "caló" based in Spanglish, it was a mixture of Spanish and English in speech based on that of Mexican immigrants.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1973Nominee
Best Performance
Las tarántulas
1955Nominee
Best Performance
Los líos de Barba Azul
Career Highlights
1971Highlight
Best Performance
El ogro
1958Highlight
Best Performance
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