Simplemente Maria'''s 1989 version was popular in countries such as Puerto Rico and Venezuela. During the 1990s, Derbez's son Eugenio Derbez became famous as a television comedian. He and Ruffo got married. Derbez made three movies during the early 1990s, including 1993's Zapatos Viejos (Old Shoes), where she acted alongside singer Gloria Trevi. In 1994, Derbez was in Prisionera de Amor (Prisoner of Love), and in 1995, she played "Milagros" in Lazos de Amor. Those two soap operas became popular among Hispanic viewers in the United States. Derbez once again returned to cinema acting after Prisionera de Amor and Lazos de Amor, acting in three movies before returning to television as "Leonor" in Los hijos de nadie (Nobody's Children). In 1998, she participated in another highly acclaimed Mexican telenovela, La usurpadora (The supplanter), which starred Gabriela Spanic. Her last work as an actress came in 2001's version of Caridad Bravo Adams' La intrusa (The Intruder''). Death On April 6, 2002, aged 70, from lung cancer. Family She had one son, Eugenio, and a daughter, Silvia Eugenia. Her granddaughter, Aislinn Derbez, is an actress. Two other grandchildren, Vadhir Derbez and José Eduardo Derbez, are actors as well. Filmography External links Silvia Derbez at the Telenovela database 1932 births 2002 deaths Mexican people of French descent Mexican film actresses Mexican stage actresses Mexican television actresses Mexican telenovela actresses People from San Luis Potosí 20th-century Mexican actresses Deaths from lung cancer in Mexico