# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elsa-cardenas
# Generated: 2026-09-01T19:07:18.268Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elsa-cardenas"
name: "Elsa Cárdenas"
slug: "elsa-cardenas"
description: "Elsa Cárdenas Rentería is a Mexican actress. Since 1954 she has appeared in more than 100 films and television shows. She starred in the film Happiness, which was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. She acted alongside many stars, including James Dean in Giant and Elvis Presley in Fun in Acapulco. She was formerly married to Houston independent oil operator Guy Patton."
tagline: "Mexican actress"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Actriz_mexicana_Elsa_C%C3%A1rdenas_en_1964.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Mexico"
  isoCode: "MX"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1935-08-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.47
  momentum:             5.701846920683332
  historical:           13.67787333333333
  currentAttention:     28.97822445561138
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0194597/"
    handle:    "nm0194597"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Elsa Cárdenas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "إيلسا كارديناس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ايلسا كارديناس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_C%C3%A1rdenas"
    title: "Elsa Cárdenas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_C%C3%A1rdenas"
    title: "Elsa Cárdenas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_C%C3%A1rdenas"
    title: "Elsa Cárdenas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "السا کاردناس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_C%C3%A1rdenas"
    title: "Elsa Cárdenas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_C%C3%A1rdenas"
    title: "Elsa Cárdenas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_C%C3%A1rdenas"
    title: "Elsa Cárdenas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_C%C3%A1rdenas"
    title: "Elsa Cárdenas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_C%C3%A1rdenas"
    title: "Elsa Cárdenas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_C%C3%A1rdenas"
    title: "Elsa Cárdenas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%B0"
    title: "Карденас, Эльса"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/233128"
    title: "Elsa Cárdenas"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump