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Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'

Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'

Birthday: 1936-11-26 | Place of Birth: Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico

Eva María Muñoz Ruíz[a] (November 26, 1936 – August 23, 2016), known professionally as Evita Muñoz "Chachita", was a Mexican actress and comedian. Her professional career began in 1941, when she was only four years old, and she continued performing through, and contributing to, the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Muñoz was still four years old when she played the character Chachita in her second film, ¡Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes! (Ay! Jalisco, don't back down) (1941), and went on to play Chachita in eight more films and numerous television roles over the subsequent decades, and would be credited as Eva Muñoz "Chachita" in other appearances. For more than 75 years, "Chachita" was recognized as a successful artist in cinema, television, theater, radio, nightclub and circus shows.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2008
Don't Mess with the Angel

as    Candelaria Martínez

2005
Contra viento y marea

as    Doña Cruz Cárdenas

2001
Serafín: La Película

as    Cocó (voice)

1999
Unforgettable

as    Benita

1998
Gotita de Amor

as    Dolores "Lolita" Lomeli de Centella

1996
Bendita Mentira

as    Goya

1992
Ángeles sin paraíso

as    Asunción "Mamá Chonita"

1992
Cambiando el destino

as    Hermana Margarita

1986
Agente 0013: Hermelinda linda II

as    Hermelinda Linda

1984
Hermelinda Linda

as    Hermelinda Linda

1982
¡El que no corre... vuela!

as    Doña Chona

1982
El Barrendero

as    Pachita

1974
Mundo de Juguete

as    Hermana Carmela

1970
Unethical Behaviour

as    Doña Cata "La pulques"

1970
La hermana Trinquete

as    Fat tourist

1967
Death Arrives on Time

as    Creolina

1967
Planetary Giants

as    Frijol

1963
This was Pedro Infante

as    Evita Muñoz