{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Short description|Mexican actress (born 1956)}} {{family name hatnote|Chahin|Martínez|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox person | name = Angelica Chain | image = Angelica_Chain_1975.jpg | caption = Angelina Chain in 1975 | birth_name = Angelica Chahin Martínez | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|5|12}} | birth_place = Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico | death_date = | death_place = | education = | occupation = Television and film actress, dancer, model | political_party = | other_names = | status = | title = | family = | spouse = | children = | relatives = | credits = "Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dr. Frankenstein", "El Sexo me da Risa", "Los Verduleros" | agent = }} '''Angelica Chain''' (born '''Angelica Chahin Martínez'''; May 12, 1956) is a Mexican actress, model and vedette, who is best known for her acting in fichera (Mexican sex comedy) films, many of which she participated playing the couple of another famous actor, Alfonso Zayas. She was once considered a sex symbol in Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/entretenimiento/2021/06/25/el-misterio-de-angelica-chain-que-fue-del-sex-symbol-del-cine-de-ficheras/|title=El misterio de Angélica Chain, qué fue del sex symbol del "cine de ficheras"|website=infobae|date=June 25, 2021 }}</ref>
== Early life == Chain was born in Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://noticiamx.com/2020/10/reaparece-angelica-chain-asi-luce-luego-de-casarse-con-millonario.html|title=Reaparece Angélica Chain, así luce luego de casarse con millonario|date=October 27, 2020}}</ref> in 1956, the daughter of a man of Arab descent,<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/espectaculos/2021/7/20/angelica-chain-que-fue-de-la-misteriosa-actriz-del-cine-de-ficheras-317775.html|title=Angélica Chain: ¿Qué fue de la misteriosa actriz del cine de ficheras?|website=El Heraldo de México|date=July 20, 2021 }}</ref> and of a Mexican woman. Her father's family was from Lebanon.<ref name="auto1"/> Chain became involved in the entertainment industry as a teenager.
== Acting career == By the early 1970s Chain was involved in some romantic and erotic fotonovelas which helped her get discovered by Mexican film producers.<ref name="auto"/>
In 1973, at the age of 17, Chain was hired to participate in her first film, which was named ''Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dr. Frankestein'', where she acted alongside wrestlers and actors Santo and Blue Demon. She was hired for that movie, in which she also shared credits with Ruben Aguirre (who was to become better known later as Profesor Girafales from the ''El Chavo del Ocho'' television shows) and with Sasha Montenegro, by the director Miguel M. Delgado.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/espectaculos/2022/5/6/angelica-chain-asi-de-bella-lucia-en-su-debut-en-el-cine-mexicano-fotos-402254.html|title=Angélica Chaín: Así de bella lucía en su debut en el cine mexicano | FOTOS|website=El Heraldo de México|date=May 6, 2022 }}</ref>
She had a prolific acting career from that moment on. From there on and until the early 1990s she participated in some 50 Mexican sex comedies, and also had more serious roles in some telenovelas. Among many other films where she acted, some of the best remembered are ''El sexo me da risa'' (''Sex Makes me Laugh''), ''Las siete cucas'' (''The Seven Pussies'', but Cuca is also used as a female name in many Hispanic countries<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.babycenter.com/baby-names/details/cuca-1510651|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326060751/https://www.babycenter.com/baby-names/details/cuca-1510651|url-status=usurped|archive-date=March 26, 2023|title=Cuca - Girl's name meaning, origin, and popularity|website=BabyCenter}}</ref>), ''La pulquería'' (''The Tavern''), ''Muñecas de medianoche'' (''Midnight Lady Dolls''), ''Ratas de la ciudad'' (''City Rats''), ''Los verduleros'' (''The Greengrocers'') and ''Ratero de la vecindad'' (''Neighborhood Thief'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/espectaculos/2022/3/3/las-fotos-que-muestran-por-que-angelica-chain-era-la-actriz-mas-bella-del-cine-mexicano-de-los-anos-70-80-383886.html|title=Las FOTOS que muestran por qué Angélica Chaín era la actriz más bella del cine mexicano de los años 70 y 80|website=El Heraldo de México|date=March 3, 2022 }}</ref>
She retired from her acting career early in the 1990s after her husband, a well-known millionaire, allegedly forced her to retire, fearful that his image could be affected if she kept acting in sex comedies.<ref name="auto2"/>
Chain made a brief return to her acting career in 2020.<ref name="auto2"/>
== Personal life == Chain is married to millionaire Enrique Molina Sobrino, who is a Mexican soda and hotel mogul and banker.<ref name="auto1"/> They live in the United States.<ref name="auto2"/>
She and her husband founded the "Fundacion Angie" (named after her), whose declared purpose was to eradicate poverty in Mexico by helping people regardless of nationality, genre, religion or age.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jap.org.mx/diriap/index.php?iap=0516|title=Directorio|date=December 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223035839/http://www.jap.org.mx/diriap/index.php?iap=0516 |archive-date=December 23, 2014 }}</ref>
== See also == *List of Mexicans
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Category:Living people Category:1956 births Category:Mexican vedettes Category:People from Orizaba Category:Actresses from Veracruz Category:20th-century Mexican actresses Category:21st-century Mexican actresses Category:Mexican people of Lebanese descent Category:Mexican emigrants to the United States