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María Félix

María Félix

Born: 1914-04-08 • Alamos, Sonora, Mexico

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 poster
María: La Diva Eterna
2023 • Self (archive footage)
Quand Jean devint Renoir poster
Quand Jean devint Renoir
2017 • Lola de Castro (archive footage)
Acuérdate de Acapulco poster
Acuérdate de Acapulco
2013 • Self (archive footage)
Il falso bugiardo poster
Il falso bugiardo
2008 • Self (archive footage)
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema poster
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
Inasible María Félix poster
Inasible María Félix
2001 • Himself
México de mis amores poster
México de mis amores
1979
La Generala poster
La Generala
1971 • Mariana Sampedro, La Generala
La Valentina poster
La Valentina
1966 • Valentina Zúñiga
Love & Sex (Sappho 1963) poster
Love & Sex (Sappho 1963)
1964 • Diana
La Bandida poster
La Bandida
1963 • María Mendoza 'La Bandida'
Si yo fuera millonario poster
Si yo fuera millonario
1962
Juana Gallo poster
Juana Gallo
1961 • Ángela Ramos (Juana Gallo)
La estrella vacía poster
La estrella vacía
1960 • Olga Lang
Fever Mounts at El Pao poster
Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959 • Inés Rojas
La Cucaracha poster
La Cucaracha
1959 • Refugio / La cucaracha
Sonatas poster
Sonatas
1959 • La Niña Chole
Beyond All Limits poster
Beyond All Limits
1959 • Magdalena Gamboa
No Image
Café Colón
1959
Ash Wednesday poster
Ash Wednesday
1958 • Victoria
No Image
El cine mexicano de fiesta
1958 • Self
Tizoc poster
Tizoc
1957 • María
Faustina poster
Faustina
1957 • Faustina
The Hidden One poster
The Hidden One
1956 • Gabriela
Basket of Mexican Tales poster
Basket of Mexican Tales
1956 • Luisa Bravo
Heroes and Sinners poster
Heroes and Sinners
1955 • Manuella
French Cancan poster
French Cancan
1955 • Lola
The Beautiful Otero poster
The Beautiful Otero
1954 • Carolina Otero
The Abduction poster
The Abduction
1954 • Aurora Campos
Camelia poster
Camelia
1954 • Camelia
Reportaje poster
Reportaje
1953 • Movie star
Naked Passion poster
Naked Passion
1953
The Affairs of Messalina poster
The Affairs of Messalina
1951 • Messalina
Incantesimo tragico poster
Incantesimo tragico
1951 • Oliva
Black Crown poster
Black Crown
1951 • Mara Russell
La noche del sábado poster
La noche del sábado
1950 • Donina
Doña Diabla poster
Doña Diabla
1950 • Angela
An Ordinary Woman poster
An Ordinary Woman
1949 • Nieves Blanco
Mare nostrum poster
Mare nostrum
1948 • Freyra
Maclovia poster
Maclovia
1948 • Maclovia
May God Forgive Me poster
May God Forgive Me
1948 • Sofía / Lena Kovach
Hidden River poster
Hidden River
1948 • Rosaura Salazar
The Kneeling Goddess poster
The Kneeling Goddess
1947 • Raquel
Enamorada poster
Enamorada
1946 • Beatriz Peñafiel
La Devoradora poster
La Devoradora
1946 • Diana de Arellano
Everybody's Woman poster
Everybody's Woman
1946 • María Romano
The White Monk poster
The White Monk
1945 • Galata Orsina
Vertigo poster
Vertigo
1945
Amok poster
Amok
1944 • Madame Travis / Sra. Belmont
Woman Without a Soul poster
Woman Without a Soul
1944 • Teresa López
La monja alférez poster
La monja alférez
1944 • Catalina de Erauso
Doña Bárbara poster
Doña Bárbara
1943 • Doña Bárbara
María Eugenia poster
María Eugenia
1943 • María Eugenia
The Rock of Souls poster
The Rock of Souls
1943 • María Ángela Valdivia