Carlos Savage | |
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Born | 20 May 1919 |
Died | 29 September 2000 Mexico City, Mexico |
Occupation(s) | Film Editor and Actor |
Years active | 1938-2000 |
Carlos Savage (1919-2000) was a Mexican film editor and actor. [1] He is also one of the descendants of Mexican President Benito Juarez, who was indigenous. [2] His father, Carlos Savage Juarez, the grandson of President Benito Juarez, was a cadet in Mexico's Heroic Military Academy, where he participated in the famous "Marcha de la Lealtad" or "March of Loyalty" of the Mexican ex-president Francisco I. Madero.
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