Born in Guaymas, Sonora, México, Columba was discovered in Mexico City by the great Mexican director Emilio Fernández. She achieved international recognition with the film Pueblerina (1949), directed by Fernández. She was married with Fernández from 1949 to 1986, until his death. They had a daughter named Jacaranda. She also worked with Luis Buñuel in El Río y La Muerte (1955) and with Toshirô Mifune in Ánimas Trujano (The Important Man) in 1962. After years of retirement, she returned to the film sets with Paloma, a short film directed by Roberto Fiesco in 2008 . —Wikipedia