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María Félix

María Félix

Birthday: 1914-04-08 | Place of Birth: Alamos, Sonora, Mexico

María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña (8 April 1914 – 8 April 2002) was a Mexican film actress. She is considered one of the most important female figures of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She was also considered one of the most beautiful film actresses of her time, and one of the greatest erotic myths of Spanish-language cinema. Along withPedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she is one of the most important figures of Latin American cinema of the 1940s and 1950s. She is known by the nickname La Doña a name derived from her character in the film Doña Bárbara (1943). She is also known as María Bonita, thanks to the anthem composed exclusively for her, as a wedding gift by the composer Agustín Lara. She completed a film career that included 47 films made in Mexico, Spain, France, Italy and Argentina.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
María: La Diva Eterna

as    Self (archive footage)

1971
La Generala

as    Mariana Sampedro, La Generala

1964
Love & Sex (Sappho 1963)

as    Diana

1963
La Bandida

as    María Mendoza 'La Bandida'

1961
La Cucaracha

as    Refugio / La cucaracha

1961
Juana Gallo

as    Ángela Ramos (Juana Gallo)

1959
Fever Mounts at El Pao

as    Inés Rojas

1959
Sonatas

as    La Niña Chole

1959
Beyond All Limits

as    Magdalena Gamboa

1959
Heroes and Sinners

as    Manuella

1958
Ash Wednesday

as    Victoria

1957
Tizoc

as    María

1956
The Hidden One

as    Gabriela

1956
French Cancan

as    Lola

1956
Basket of Mexican Tales

as    Luisa Bravo

1954
The Abduction

as    Aurora Campos

1954
Camelia

as    Camelia

1954
The Beautiful Otero

as    Carolina Otero

1951
Black Crown

as    Mara Russell

1951
The Affairs of Messalina

as    Messalina

1951
Incantesimo tragico

as    Oliva

1950
Doña Diabla

as    Angela

1950
La noche del sábado

as    Imperia (Donina)

1949
Enamorada

as    Beatriz Peñafiel

1949
An Ordinary Woman

as    Nieves Blanco

1948
Hidden River

as    Rosaura Salazar