María Félix

María Félix

  • Birthday: 1914-04-08
  • Deathday: 2002-04-08
  • Place of birth: Alamos, Sonora, Mexico
  • Also know as: María Bonita

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.

Filmography

Fever Mounts at El Pao

1959

As Inés Rojas

The Abduction

1954

As Aurora Campos

La Bandida

1963

As María Mendoza 'La Bandida'

Tizoc

1957

As María

María Eugenia

1943

As María Eugenia

Sonatas

1959

As La Niña Chole

Doña Bárbara

1943

As Doña Bárbara

Enamorada

1946

As Beatriz Peñafiel

La noche del sábado

1950

As Imperia (Donina)

Mare nostrum

1948

As Freyra

Río escondido

1948

As Rosaura Salazar

The Kneeling Goddess

1947

As Raquel Serrano

Faustina

1957

As Faustina

Maclovia

1948

As Maclovia

The White Monk

1945

As Galata Orsina

Black Crown

1951

As Mara Russell

La Devoradora

1946

As Diana de Arellano

May God Forgive Me

1948

As Sofía / Lena Kovach

Amok

1944

As

Heroes and Sinners

1955

As Manuella

La mujer de todos

1946

As María Romano

An Ordinary Woman

1949

As Nieves Blanco

Reportaje

1953

As Movie star

Camelia

1954

As Camelia

Woman Without a Soul

1944

As Teresa López

La monja alférez

1944

As Catalina de Erauso

Café Colón

1959

As

La estrella vacía

1960

As Olga Lang

La Valentina

1966

As

French Cancan

1955

As Lola

Vertigo

1945

As

The Devil Is a Woman

1950

As Angela

La Generala

1971

As Mariana Sampedro, La Generala

La Cucaracha

1959

As Refugio / La cucaracha

The Spirit's Canyon

1943

As María Ángela Valdivia

The Beautiful Otero

1954

As Carolina Otero

The Hidden One

1956

As Gabriela

The Affairs of Messalina

1951

As Messalina

Juana Gallo

1961

As Ángela Ramos (Juana Gallo)

Incantesimo tragico

1951

As Olivia

Beyond All Limits

1959

As Magdalena Gamboa

Quand Jean devint Renoir

2017

As Lola de Castro (archive footage)

Il falso bugiardo

2008

As Self (archive footage)

Inasible María Félix

2001

As Himself

Ash Wednesday

1958

As Victoria

María: La Diva Eterna

2023

As Self (archive footage)

Basket of Mexican Tales

1956

As Luisa Bravo

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