María Félix
Acting
Born: 1914-04-08 in Alamos, Sonora, Mexico
Biography
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 with Pedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she is one of the most important figures of Mexican 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.
Known For
Café Colón
Juan Gabriel: I Must, I Can, I Will
Self (archive footage)
Tizoc
María
La Valentina
Valentina Zúñiga
La monja alférez
Catalina de Erauso
French Cancan
Lola
Quand Jean devint Renoir
Lola de Castro (archive footage)
Fever Mounts at El Pao
Inés Rojas
The Affairs of Messalina
Messalina
Sonatas
La Niña Chole
La Generala
Mariana Sampedro, La Generala
La Cucaracha
Refugio / La cucaracha
The Hidden One
Gabriela
An Ordinary Woman
Nieves Blanco
Camelia
Camelia
Enamorada
Beatriz Peñafiel
La estrella vacía
Olga Lang
Woman Without a Soul
Teresa López
Heroes and Sinners
Manuella
Il falso bugiardo
Self (archive footage)
The Rock of Souls
María Ángela Valdivia
Doña Bárbara
Doña Bárbara
La Devoradora
Diana de Arellano
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
Si yo fuera millonario
Mare nostrum
Freyra
México de mis amores
Reportaje
Movie star
The Abduction
Aurora Campos
La noche del sábado
Donina
The White Monk
Galata Orsina
The Kneeling Goddess
Raquel
The Beautiful Otero
Carolina Otero
Maclovia
Maclovia
Acuérdate de Acapulco
Self (archive footage)
Beyond All Limits
Magdalena Gamboa
Juana Gallo
Ángela Ramos (Juana Gallo)
May God Forgive Me
Sofía / Lena Kovach
Doña Diabla
Angela
Ash Wednesday
Victoria