CINEFILER

María Félix

Born
April 8, 1914
Died
April 8, 2002
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
(1955)
Lola
Enamorada
(1946)
Beatriz Peñafiel
Doña Bárbara
(1943)
Doña Bárbara
La Cucaracha
(1959)
Refugio / La cucaracha
The Abduction
(1954)
Aurora Campos
Full Filmography
Acting
María Eugenia
(1943)
María Eugenia
Doña Bárbara
(1943)
Doña Bárbara
The Spirit's Canyon
(1943)
María Ángela Valdivia
Amok
(1944)
Woman Without a Soul
(1944)
Teresa López
La monja alférez
(1944)
Catalina de Erauso
The White Monk
(1945)
Galata Orsina
Vertigo
(1945)
Enamorada
(1946)
Beatriz Peñafiel
La Devoradora
(1946)
Diana de Arellano
La mujer de todos
(1946)
María Romano
The Kneeling Goddess
(1947)
Raquel Serrano
Maclovia
(1948)
Maclovia
Río escondido
(1948)
Rosaura Salazar
Mare nostrum
(1948)
Freyra
May God Forgive Me
(1948)
Sofía / Lena Kovach
An Ordinary Woman
(1949)
Nieves Blanco
La noche del sábado
(1950)
Imperia (Donina)
The Devil Is a Woman
(1950)
Angela
The Affairs of Messalina
(1951)
Messalina
Incantesimo tragico
(1951)
Olivia
Black Crown
(1951)
Mara Russell
Naked Passion
(1953)
Reportaje
(1953)
Movie star
Camelia
(1954)
Camelia
The Abduction
(1954)
Aurora Campos
The Beautiful Otero
(1954)
Carolina Otero
Heroes and Sinners
(1955)
Manuella
French Cancan
(1955)
Lola
Basket of Mexican Tales
(1956)
Luisa Bravo
The Hidden One
(1956)
Gabriela
Faustina
(1957)
Faustina
Tizoc
(1957)
María
El cine mexicano de fiesta
(1958)
Self
Ash Wednesday
(1958)
Victoria
Sonatas
(1959)
La Niña Chole
Fever Mounts at El Pao
(1959)
Inés Rojas
Beyond All Limits
(1959)
Magdalena Gamboa
La Cucaracha
(1959)
Refugio / La cucaracha
Café Colón
(1959)
La estrella vacía
(1960)
Olga Lang
Juana Gallo
(1961)
Ángela Ramos (Juana Gallo)
Si yo fuera millonario
(1962)
La Bandida
(1963)
María Mendoza 'La Bandida'
Love & Sex (Sappho 1963)
(1964)
Diana
La Valentina
(1966)
La Generala
(1971)
Mariana Sampedro, La Generala
Inasible María Félix
(2001)
Himself
Il falso bugiardo
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
Quand Jean devint Renoir
(2017)
Lola de Castro (archive footage)
María: La Diva Eterna
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
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