
María Félix
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1914-04-08 – 2002-04-08
Place of birth: Alamos, Sonora, Mexico
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.
Known for
El cine mexicano de fiesta
1958Self
María: La Diva Eterna
2023Self (archive footage)
Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959Inés Rojas
The Abduction
1954Aurora Campos
La Bandida
1963María Mendoza 'La Bandida'
La Cucaracha
1959Refugio / La cucaracha
Tizoc
1957María
María Eugenia
1943María Eugenia
Sonatas
1959La Niña Chole
La noche del sábado
1950Donina
Enamorada
1946Beatriz Peñafiel
Doña Bárbara
1943Doña Bárbara
Hidden River
1948Rosaura Salazar
The Kneeling Goddess
1947Raquel
The Rock of Souls
1943María Ángela Valdivia
Faustina
1957Faustina
Maclovia
1948Maclovia
The White Monk
1945Galata Orsina
Black Crown
1951Mara Russell