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 with Pedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she is one of the most important figures of Mexican 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.

Filmografi

Café Colón1959 · La Valentina1966 · Valentina ZúñigaChina poblana1944 · Tizoc1957 · MaríaLa monja alférez1944 · Catalina de ErausoSi yo fuera millonario1962 · La noche del sábado1950 · DoninaAn Ordinary Woman1949 · Nieves BlancoQuand Jean devint Renoir2017 · Lola de Castro (archive footage)French Cancan1955 · LolaFever Mounts at El Pao1959 · Inés RojasMéxico de mis amores1979 · Heroes and Sinners1955 · ManuellaLa estrella vacía1960 · Olga LangThe Affairs of Messalina1951 · MessalinaEnamorada1946 · Beatriz PeñafielThe Rock of Souls1943 · María Ángela ValdiviaWoman Without a Soul1944 · Teresa LópezThe Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema2002 · Ash Wednesday1958 · VictoriaAcuérdate de Acapulco2013 · Self (archive footage)The Hidden One1956 · GabrielaMaclovia1948 · MacloviaMaría: La Diva Eterna2023 · Self (archive footage)