This morning the entertainment world woke up with the sad news of the death of Irma Serrano, better known as ‘La Tigresa’. This was reported by the National Association of Interpreters. Until now, the cause of her death is unknown.
Irma Serrano was a chameleonic character in the recent history of Mexico. Controversial and outlandish, she was a woman who has been in the headlines of the media for many different reasons.
Irma Consuelo Cielo Serrano Castro was born on December 9, 1933 in Chiapas. She is a cousin of Rosario Castellanos. Her poetry came to him from her father, Santiago Serrano Ruiz, El Chanti, who was also a journalist and writer. Her mother, María Castro Domínguez, was a farmer from Chiapas.
Irma Serrano: dancer, singer, actress
Her artistic career began as a dancer and then rose to prominence as a singer during the 1960s. While leading the popularity charts for her ranchera performances, she starred alongside the Silver Masked Man in the legendary film The Saint against the Zombies.
He soon had an entrepreneurial vision and acquired the Virginia Fábregas Theater, located on Donceles street in the Historic Center of CDMX and turned it into the Fru Fru Theater.
The romance with a former president that ended with a serenade in Los Pinos and the publication of two books
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (Puebla, 1911) was President of Mexico from December 1, 1964 to November 30, 1970. The romance between him and Irma Serrano occurred, as revealed by the actress in two autobiographical books (with pants off and tied shorts) between 1969 and 1974.
The social events that occurred in the Tlatelolco massacre complicated the marital situation of the former president with the first lady Guadalupe Borja, who fell ill after the events and the social and political tension that the country was going through.
Guadalupe Borja even stopped appearing in various public events due to his poor health. At this distance, it seems, the politician from Puebla showed interest in the incomparable beauty and intense and penetrating gaze of Irma Serrano.
She, for her part, felt attracted by the power and luxuries that her closeness to the president meant. The kind of gifts she received from her, among which she offered him what was Empress Charlotte’s bed, were described in her autobiographies.
Writing openly about their relationship was the product of revenge that was unleashed due to the statement made by the then Mexican ambassador to Spain when referring to Irma Serrano as a Totonaca, in a derogatory manner.
The intensity of their romance was riddled with eccentricities and as such the ending could not disappoint: the first lady hatched a boycott of Irma Serrano’s career; The vedette and singer, histrionic by nature, decided to answer her attack on her career with a serenade for her birthday, so she brought mariachis to Los Pinos.
The scandal that it caused brought about the definitive breakup of the romance, since the former president confronted the singer to ask her to leave and end the relationship. She, in pain, slapped him that, it is said, detached the former president’s retina. Without a doubt, neither of them came out clean.
Political career and scandals
During 1990, Irma Serrano took a turn in her career and decided to venture into politics. She was a deputy and senator for the state of Chiapas; first through the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), then through the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), and later independently.
Younger lovers more than 20 years old or accusations of fraud have surrounded the enigmatic figure of the also known as La Tigresa.