Janet Alcoriza was born on January 4, 1918 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary as Janet Riesenfeld. She was a writer and actress, known for La isla de las mujeres (1953), Nocturno de amor (1948) and El hambre nuestra de cada día (1959). She was married to Luis Alcoriza. She died on November 12, 1998 in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.