| Janet Alcoriza | |
| Birth Name: | Janet Riesenfeld |
| Birth Date: | 4 January 1918 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, United States |
| Death Place: | Cuernavaca, Mexico |
| Othername: | Raquel Rojas, Janet Gaye, Raquel Alcoriza |
| Occupation: | Screenwriter, actress |
| Years Active: | 1945–1987 |
| Spouse: | Luis Alcoriza |
| Parents: | Hugo Riesenfeld |
Janet Alcoriza (born Janet Riesenfeld; January 4, 1918 – November 12, 1998), also known as Raquel Rojas, was an American screenwriter and actress of Austrian and Scotch-Irish descent who spent most of her career in Mexico.[1] [2] She contributed to more than 50 films from 1945 to 1987, and early in her career was associated with Luis Buñuel.
Her father, Vienna-born composer Hugo Riesenfeld, emigrated to the United States in 1907, where he met and married Mabel Dunning.[3] The couple had Janet in 1918 in New York City.[4]
When she was a girl, she fell in love with acting when she observed performances at the theater her father operated.[5] She took lessons from her father's dancing teacher, and she later spent time in Mexico and Spain, which aided her in becoming fluent in Spanish. She later wrote about her experiences in Spain (which was at war at the time) in an autobiographical book.[6]
Janet was married to Mexican screenwriter and director Luis Alcoriza.
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