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María Félix

Actor, Additional Credits
Born April 8, 1914Died April 8, 2002 (88 years)
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.

Known For

  • French Cancan
  • Fever Mounts at El Pao
  • Enamorada
  • Tizoc
  • The Kneeling Goddess
  • Doña Bárbara
  • The Soldiers of Pancho Villa
  • Maclovia
  • Viva Revolution
  • Doña Diabla
  • The Affairs of Messalina
  • Black Crown
  • La bandida
  • The Guns of Juana Gallo
  • Beyond All Limits
  • Vértigo
  • Ash Wednesday
  • La generala
  • Sonatas
  • Amor y sexo (Safo 1963)
  • La monja alférez
  • Mare nostrum
  • May God Forgive Me
  • Una mujer cualquiera

Filmography

2017
Quand Jean devint Renoir · as Lola De Castro (archive Footage)
1971
La generala · as Mariana Sampedro, La Generala
1966
1964
1962
La bandida · as María Mendoza 'la Bandida'
1962
1961
The Guns of Juana Gallo · as Ángela Ramos (juana Gallo)
1960
La estrella vacía · as Olga Lang
1959
Fever Mounts at El Pao · as Inés Rojas
1959
The Soldiers of Pancho Villa · as Refugio / La Cucaracha
1959
Sonatas · as La Niña Chole
1959
Beyond All Limits · as Magdalena Gamboa
1958
Ash Wednesday · as Victoria
1957
Tizoc · as María
1957
Faustina · as Faustina
1956
1956
Viva Revolution · as Gabriela
1955
Heroes and Sinners · as Manuella
1955
French Cancan · as Lola
1954
El rapto · as Aurora Campos
1954
Camelia · as Camelia
1953
Reportaje · as Movie Star
1953
1951
Black Crown · as Mara Russell
1951
The Affairs of Messalina · as Messalina
1950
Doña Diabla · as Angela
1949
Una mujer cualquiera · as Nieves Blanco
1948
Mare nostrum · as Freyra
1948
Maclovia · as Maclovia
1948
May God Forgive Me · as Sofía / Lena Kovach
1948
Hidden River · as Rosaura Salazar
1947
The Kneeling Goddess · as Raquel Serrano
1946
Enamorada · as Beatriz Peñafiel
1946
La mujer de todos · as María Romano
1946
La devoradora · as Diana De Arellano
1946
1945
El monje blanco · as Galata Orsina
1944
Amok · as Mme Travis / Sra Belmont
1944
La monja alférez · as Catalina De Erauso
1944
Woman Without a Soul · as Teresa López
1943
Doña Bárbara · as Doña Bárbara
1943
María Eugenia · as María Eugenia
1943
The Rock of Souls · as María Ángela Valdivia

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