María Luisa Aragón
# María Luisa Aragón

María Luisa Aragón (died February 11, 1974) was a Guatemalan playwright, actress, and radio producer.

Aragon was a native of Guatemala City; her date of birth is given in various sources as 1897, 1899, or 1910. She joined the Grupo Artístico Nacional in 1918; in 1945 she ceased stage activity and turned instead to the radio, broadcasting a program entitled Radioteatro Infantil, La voz de Guatemala. Other programs which she produced or created include Milagroso Señor de Esquipulas and El precio de una honra, both for Radio Reloj; with Armando Moreno Morales she developed El Tribunal de la Alegria and La Tremenda Corte. She also wrote numerous works for the stage; although theatrical performances were significantly curtailed under the dictatorship of Jorge Ubico, plays such as hers and those of Manuel Galich were encouraged. Continuing her acting career, Aragón toured with a variety of foreign theatrical troupes; on film she was seen in El Sombrerón and Cuando vuelvas a mí, and she appeared on television as well. She received the Quetzal de Oro from the Asociación de Periodistas de Guatemala in 1961, and she was made a member of the Order of the Quetzal by the government of Guatemala.

## Works

### Plays

* Un loteriazo en plena crisis
* Amargo secreto
* El misterio de la cumbre
* Tempestad en el alma
* El tesoro de los pobres
* También los ricos sufren
* El testamento del compadre
* Falsa acusación
* La fuerza de la verdad
* La Cipriana
* Martín esta celoso
* Madre querida
* Amor indio
* Así es Guatemala
* ¿Por qué pecan la mujeres?
* En la zarabanda nació el amor
* Senderos de angustia
* Cadenas de un pecado
* Entre el amor y el orgullo
* En la red de su pecado
* La culpa de los padres
* Frente al destino
* Esclavo de su honra

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