Arnold Federic Hartman is an American entrepreneur and also the father of Angélica María. Arnold Federic Hartman’s daughter, Angélica is an American-born Mexican singer-songwriter and actress.
Arnold Federic Hartman had her daughter Angélica with Mexican theater producer, Angélica de Jesús Ortiz Sandoval. When their daughter was just 5, Arnold Federic Hartman and Ortiz divorced. Following the divorce of her parents at the age of 5, María moved to Mexico City with her mother.
Arnold Federic Hartman’s daughter Angélica María
Arnold Federic Hartman’s daughter Angélica María was introduced to the Mexican Cinema when Gregorio Wallerstein, a movie producer, was looking for a boy for his next movie by her mother’s sister, Yolanda Ortiz.
Angélica told the producer, “Give me a haircut and I’m that boy”. Charmed by the girl, he let her into his audition. She got the role in the movie Pecado (“Sin”). Soon afterwards, she worked on, Una Mujer Decente (“A Decent Woman”), La Hija de la Otra (“The Daughter of the Mistress”), Los Amantes (“The Lovers”), Fierecilla (Little Beast), Sígueme, Corazón (“Follow Me, Sweetheart”). She obtained the Ariel award for her role in Mi Esposa y la Otra (“My Wife and the Mistress”) when she was 6. She also performed in her first fotonovela Rayito del Sol (“Little Sunray”). She sang in her two next movies, 2 Caras Tiene el Destino (“Destiny Has Two Faces”) and Los Gavilanes (The Hawks) with superstar Pedro Infante, who told her she would be a great actress, because she spoke with her eyes, as he did.
In 1955, Rita Macedo offered her a role in the play La mala semilla (The Bad Seed), which would be the first of a series of plays she was involved with while she filmed. When she was 16 she joined the telenovela industry with the production Cartas de amor (Love Letters).
The following year, Arnold Federic Hartman’s daughter acted in musicals as well as in “lucha libre” movies such as El Señor Tormenta (Lord Storm) and Muerte en el ring (Death in the Ring). At that time she was beginning to be referred to as La novia de la juventud (Youth’s girlfriend) and after her first musical, a journalist, Octavio de Alba, named her La Novia de México (Mexico’s girlfriend or Mexico’s sweetheart), which is the title she would keep thereafter.
After a few musicals, she asked for her mother’s assistance (who was also her manager), and together with Armando Manzanero, then a new songwriter, she sang 1962’s Eddy Eddy which would eventually become one of her greatest musical successes. Her singing career spans through 2013, being her most recent album “With Your Love”, produced by R. Levaron, and launched by Universal Music.
In 2003 Arnold Federic Hartman’s daughter Angélica María joined the cast of Sea of dreams sharing credits with Sonia Braga. In 2004 she took part in Amar otra vez, produced by Lucero Suárez, which began broadcasting in January in the U.S. and in México in May 2004.
In 2011 participated in the Telemundo telenovela Aurora, co-starred in Mi corazon insiste and had a special guest appearance in the telenovela La Casa de al Lado, (2011 to 2012).
From August 2012 to May 2013, Angelica Maria acted as ‘Amalia Mendoza’ in Qué Bonito Amor, starring along Danna García, Jorge Salinas, Juan Ferrara, Evita Muñoz “Chachita”, etc.
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