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Mercedes Pascual was born in Spain and moved to Mexico at the age of nine with her family due to the Spanish Civil War. She began attending ballet classes at the age of nine and participated in the Ballet Moderno de Bellas Artes and the Ballet de Opera de Bellas Artes. She later studied acting with maestro Seki Sano and at the Andrés Soler Theater Academy. Her debut as an actress was in the play La soga in 1952.