RIP Erna Martha Bauman

 

3 Mexican Actors Die: From a Miss Universe Representative to The Rose of Guadalupe

ANDI confirmed the departure of actress and former beauty queen, Erna Martha Bauman Krauze, who is cataloged as one of the unforgettable faces of Mexican fantasy cinema

N+ Newsroom

November 21, 2025

 

Mourning in film and television in Mexico the death of three endearing actors and actresses, the deaths of two actors who participated in the Rose of Guadalupe, The Lord of the Skies, and of an actress who was even a beauty queen and participated in Miss Universe, were confirmed this Friday, November 21, 2025.

The first of these deaths was reported by the National Association of Interpreters (ANDI) when confirming the departure of actress and former beauty queen, Erna Martha Bauman Krauze, who is cataloged as one of the unforgettable faces of Mexican fantasy cinema, and who died at the age of 86.

Who was Erna Martha Bauman Krauze the beauty queen?

Actress Erna Martha Bauman Krauze dedicated herself in her last years of life to piano lessons.

Erna Martha Bauman Krauze was born on July 6, 1938, in Mexico City, she became a public figure from a very young age, when in 1956 she obtained the title of Miss Mexico and represented the country in Miss Universe, where she managed to advance to the semifinals. Her beauty led her to professional modeling and, later, to cinema.

Her film debut occurred at the end of the fifties, starting a career that consolidated her as one of the most emblematic actresses of Mexican horror cinema.

During the sixties she participated in productions that are currently cult, such as "The Bloody Vampire", "The Invasion of the Vampires" and "The World of the Vampires", where she played some of the most iconic vampires on the Mexican screen. Although terror marked a large part of his career.

She had a filmography that combined national and international productions, including the American film Vampire Hookers (1978).

BAUMAN, Erna Martha

Born: 7/6/1938, Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico

Died: 11/20/2025, Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico

 

Erna Martha Bauman’s western – actress:

Los siete proscritos – 1969 (Mary Garrison)