Marriage was never for Elsa Aguirre; the actress considered it so after three divorces

Mexican cinema icon Elsa Aguirre has reflected that marriage was never for her, a conclusion solidified after enduring three divorces. The actress found that the disappointments of married life ultimately led her to value her independence and personal freedom above all else.

At the age of 29, after living with her parents for an extended period, Aguirre moved to Paseo de las Palmas. Around this time, she decided to step away from acting, a career she had pursued for 14 years since her debut at 15. Her motivation was a desire to gain her own life experiences, mirroring the dramatic narratives she had enacted on screen.

"I retired from cinema, despite having worked with Pedro Infante and everyone else, because I told my mother, 'I want to be me, Mom, I want to live all that I am living there, but as me,'" she recalled in an interview in 2024. "That is not living."

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I retired from cinema, despite having worked with Pedro Infante and everyone else, because I told my mother, 'I want to be me, Mom, I want to live all that I am living there, but as me,' That is not living.

Before considering other professions, Aguirre took a break. During this time, she often drove her older sister, Hilda, to her job as a typist at a soft drink company. It was during these daily commutes that a man, who had been observing her, approached her. This man would become her first husband, journalist Armando Rodríguez Morado.

Aguirre revealed that she was pregnant with their only son, Hugo Morado Aguirre (R.I.P.), even before they married. Coming from a conservative family where out-of-wedlock children were frowned upon, she feared telling her mother but received her family's approval to wed. She described initial marital bliss, akin to movie scenes, but soon experienced unsettling feelings as she realized she knew little about her husband's background.

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He called me 'divine,' just like my father called my mother, he carried me before entering the apartment, like in the movies, and that's when I felt like the happiest woman in the world. That was a very beautiful experience, but I didn't even know his parents, I didn't ask him anything, I didn't know what he was like, who he was, nothing, and we got married.