Portrait of Ana Ofelia Murguía

Ana Ofelia Murguía

Acting

Biography

Ana Ofelia Murguía was a Mexican actress with a long career in theater, film and television for more than 40 years. She is a graduate of the Theater School of the National Institute of Fine Arts and a student of the “father of Mexican theater” Seki Sano, which forged her for a fruitful career on stage. She received the Ariel Award for Best Female Co-Acting on four occasions for "Cadena Perpetua" (1979), "Los Motivos de Luz" (1986), "La Reina de la Noche" (1996), and the Ariel de Oro for lifetime achievement in 2011. She also won three times the Silver Goddess award for The Motifs of Light (1986), Written in the Body of the Night (2002), The Good Herbs (2011). In 2004 he received the silver Mayahuel for his career at the Guadalajara Film Festival, and in 2007 he obtained special recognition at the Lunas del Auditorio. Ana Ofelia Murguía voiced Miguel's great-grandmother in the Oscar-winning animated film Coco (2017).

Born: December 8, 1933

Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico

Filmography

2017
Coco

as Mamá Coco (voice)

2014
Mozart in the Jungle

as Nana Graciela

2013
2012
2010
The Good Herbs

as Blanquita

2008
Walking Vengeance

as Doña Amelia

2008
2007
Blue Eyelids

as Lulita

2006
Bandidas

as Consuelo

2003
La Hija del Jardinero

as Rigoberta Rondón

2003
La caja

as Anciana

2002
2001
Written on the Body of Night

as Nicolás' gandmother

2000
His Most Serene Highness

as La Salamandra

2000
Compassionate Sex

as Vendedora de Colmado

1999
Ave María

as Úrsula

1998
Luces de la noche

as Doña Mary

1997
Esmeralda Comes by Night

as Doña Beatriz, Jorge Luis' mother

1996
El Anzuelo

as Doña Rosa

1995
1994
The Queen of the Night

as Doña Victoria

1994
Amber

as Frau Buschberger

1994
1992
My dear Tom Mix

as Joaquina

1992
Lost Objects

as Neighbor woma

1991
One Man’s War

as Doña Teresa

1990
1987
Gaby: A True Story

as Nurse at Brimmer House

1987
Los confines

as Madre de Natalia

1986
1986
1986
Luz's Motives

as Luz's mother in law

1986
The Humiliated

as Chief Nun

1985
1984
Dune

as Palace Maid (uncredited)

1984
1982
The Eve

as Irma

1979
Life Sentence

as Mrs. Romero

1979
Maria of My Heart

as Doctora Murguía

1978
Naufragio

as Amparo

1978
Free Love

as Esposa de Ernesto

1977
Maten al León

as Esperanza de Pereira

1976
1976
The Heist

as Celadora

1973
1971
El águila descalza

as Trabajadora factoria

1970
Zuzanka's Game

as Voz de Zuzanka (voice)