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.
Filmography
María: La Diva Eterna
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Quand Jean devint Renoir
2017
as Lola de Castro (archive footage)
Acuérdate de Acapulco
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Il falso bugiardo
2008
as Self (archive footage)
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
Inasible María Félix
2001
as Himself
México de mis amores
1979
La Generala
1971
as Mariana Sampedro, La Generala
La Valentina
1966
as Valentina Zúñiga
Love & Sex (Sappho 1963)
1964
as Diana
La Bandida
1963
as María Mendoza 'La Bandida'
Si yo fuera millonario
1962
Juana Gallo
1961
as Ángela Ramos (Juana Gallo)
La estrella vacía
1960
as Olga Lang
Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959
as Inés Rojas
La Cucaracha
1959
as Refugio / La cucaracha
Sonatas
1959
as La Niña Chole
Beyond All Limits
1959
as Magdalena Gamboa
- No poster
Café Colón
1959
Ash Wednesday
1958
as Victoria
- No poster
El cine mexicano de fiesta
1958
as Self
Tizoc
1957
as María
Faustina
1957
as Faustina
The Hidden One
1956
as Gabriela