Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 8, 1914
Place of Birth:
Alamos, Sonora, Mexico
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María Félix
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 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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | María: La Diva Eterna | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Quand Jean devint Renoir | Lola de Castro (archive footage) |
| 2008 | Il falso bugiardo | Self (archive footage) |
| 2002 | The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema | |
| 2001 | Inasible María Félix | Himself |
| 1971 | La Generala | Mariana Sampedro, La Generala |
| 1966 | La Valentina | |
| 1964 | Love & Sex (Sappho 1963) | Diana |
| 1963 | La Bandida | María Mendoza 'La Bandida' |
| 1962 | Si yo fuera millonario | |
| 1961 | Juana Gallo | Ángela Ramos (Juana Gallo) |
| 1960 | La estrella vacía | Olga Lang |
| 1959 | Fever Mounts at El Pao | Inés Rojas |
| 1959 | La Cucaracha | Refugio / La cucaracha |
| 1959 | Sonatas | La Niña Chole |
| 1959 | Café Colón | |
| 1959 | Beyond All Limits | Magdalena Gamboa |
| 1958 | El cine mexicano de fiesta | Self |
| 1958 | Ash Wednesday | Victoria |
| 1957 | Tizoc | María |
| 1957 | Faustina | Faustina |
| 1956 | Basket of Mexican Tales | Luisa Bravo |
| 1956 | The Hidden One | Gabriela |
| 1955 | Heroes and Sinners | Manuella |
| 1955 | French Cancan | Lola |
| 1954 | The Abduction | Aurora Campos |
| 1954 | Camelia | Camelia |
| 1954 | The Beautiful Otero | Carolina Otero |
| 1953 | Reportaje | Movie star |
| 1953 | Naked Passion | |
| 1951 | Black Crown | Mara Russell |
| 1951 | The Affairs of Messalina | Messalina |
| 1951 | Incantesimo tragico | Oliva |
| 1950 | La noche del sábado | Donina |
| 1950 | Doña Diabla | Angela |
| 1949 | An Ordinary Woman | Nieves Blanco |
| 1948 | Hidden River | Rosaura Salazar |
| 1948 | Maclovia | Maclovia |
| 1948 | May God Forgive Me | Sofía / Lena Kovach |
| 1948 | Mare nostrum | Freyra |
| 1947 | The Kneeling Goddess | Raquel |
| 1946 | Enamorada | Beatriz Peñafiel |
| 1946 | La Devoradora | Diana de Arellano |
| 1946 | Everybody’s Woman | María Romano |
| 1945 | The White Monk | Galata Orsina |
| 1945 | Vertigo | |
| 1944 | Amok | Mme Travis / Sra Belmont |
| 1944 | Woman Without a Soul | Teresa López |
| 1944 | La monja alférez | Catalina de Erauso |
| 1943 | María Eugenia | María Eugenia |
| 1943 | Doña Bárbara | Doña Bárbara |
| 1943 | The Rock of Souls | María Ángela Valdivia |
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