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Ana Ofelia Murguía

Actor
Died December 31, 2023 (90 years)
Ana Ofelia Murguía was a Mexican actress with a long career in theater, film and television for more than 40 years. She is a graduate of the Theater School of the National Institute of Fine Arts and a student of the “father of Mexican theater” Seki Sano, which forged her for a fruitful career on stage. She received the Ariel Award for Best Female Co-Acting on four occasions for "Cadena Perpetua" (1979), "Los Motivos de Luz" (1986), "La Reina de la Noche" (1996), and the Ariel de Oro for lifetime achievement in 2011. She also won three times the Silver Goddess award for The Motifs of Light (1986), Written in the Body of the Night (2002), The Good Herbs (2011). In 2004 he received the silver Mayahuel for his career at the Guadalajara Film Festival, and in 2007 he obtained special recognition at the Lunas del Auditorio. Ana Ofelia Murguía voiced Miguel's great-grandmother in the Oscar-winning animated film Coco (2017).
Known For
  • Blue Eyelids
  • Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead
  • El viaje de la nonna
  • Life Sentence
  • Naufragio
  • Otilia Rauda
  • Fecha de Caducidad
  • The Queen of the Night
  • One Man's War
  • Las poquianchis (De los pormenores y otros sucedidos del dominio público que acontecieron a las hermanas de triste memoria a quienes la maledicencia así las bautizó)
  • The Good Herbs
  • The Heist
  • Mi querido Tom Mix
  • The Black Widow
  • Goitia, un dios para sí mismo
  • El corazón de la noche
  • I Miss You
  • Amor libre

Filmography

2018
Jose Jose: The Prince of Song (TV Series) · as Abuela Carmelita
2017
Coco · as Mamá Socorro "coco" Rivera (voice)
2014
Mozart in the Jungle (TV Series) · as Nana Graciela
2013
2012
Fecha de Caducidad · as Ramona
2011
2010
2010
The Good Herbs · as Blanquita
2010
2008
Walking Vengeance · as Doña Amelia
2008
Tear This Heart Out · as Clarita
2007
2007
Blue Eyelids · as Lulita
2007
Mientras haya vida (TV Series) · as Toto
2006
Bandidas · as Consuelo
2005
2003
The Gardener's Daughter (TV Series) · as Rigoberta Rondón
2001
Lo Que Callamos Las Mujeres (TV Series) · as Abuela
2001
Otilia Rauda · as Maid
2001
2001
His Most Serene Highness · as La Salamandra
2001
2000
Compassionate Sex · as Vendedora De Colmado
1999
Ave María · as Úrsula
1997
Esmeralda Comes by Night · as Doña Beatriz, Jorge Luis' Mother
1996
El anzuelo · as Doña Rosa
1995
1995
1994
The Queen of the Night · as Doña Victoria
1994
Ámbar · as Frau Buschberger
1994
1992
Mi querido Tom Mix · as Joaquina
1992
El abuelo y yo (TV Series) · as Señorita Estrada
1991
1991
One Man's War · as Doña Teresa
1990
Morir en el golfo · as Chiara
1989
1989
1989
1988
The Marked Hour (TV Series)
1987
Gaby: A True Story · as Nurse At Brimmer House
1987
Los confines · as Madre De Natalia
1986
¿Cómo ves? · as Mother
1986
Chido Guan, el tacos de oro · as Doña Meche
1986
Las inocentes · as Chief Nun
1985
Los motivos de Luz · as Luz's Mother In Law
1984
Dune · as Palace Maid (uncredited)
1984
El corazón de la noche · as La Alumna
1981
1981
Mary My Dearest · as Doctora Murguía
1979
Life Sentence · as Mrs. Romero
1979
Amor libre · as Esposa De Ernesto
1978
Naufragio · as Amparo
1977
Pedro Páramo · as Damiana Cisneros
1977
1977
Maten al león · as Esperanza De Pereira
1976
1976
The Heist · as Celadora
1976
1973
The Prophet Mimi · as Catita
1971
El águila descalza · as Trabajadora Factoria

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