Portrait of María Félix

María Félix

Acting

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 withPedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she is one of the most important figures of Latin American 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.

Born: April 8, 1914

Place of Birth: Alamos, Sonora, Mexico

Filmography

2023
María: La Diva Eterna

as Self (archive footage)

2017
Quand Jean devint Renoir

as Lola de Castro (archive footage)

2013
Acuérdate de Acapulco

as Self (archive footage)

2008
Il falso bugiardo

as Self (archive footage)

1971
La Generala

as Mariana Sampedro, La Generala

1963
La Bandida

as María Mendoza 'La Bandida'

1961
Juana Gallo

as Ángela Ramos (Juana Gallo)

1960
La estrella vacía

as Olga Lang

1959
1959
La Cucaracha

as Refugio / La cucaracha

1959
Sonatas

as La Niña Chole

1959
Beyond All Limits

as Magdalena Gamboa

1958
Ash Wednesday

as Victoria

1957
Tizoc

as María

1957
Faustina

as Faustina

1956
The Hidden One

as Gabriela

1956
1955
1955
1954
The Beautiful Otero

as Carolina Otero

1954
The Abduction

as Aurora Campos

1954
Camelia

as Camelia

1953
Reportaje

as Movie star

1951
1951
Black Crown

as Mara Russell

1950
Doña Diabla

as Angela

1949
An Ordinary Woman

as Nieves Blanco

1948
Mare nostrum

as Freyra

1948
Maclovia

as Maclovia

1948
May God Forgive Me

as Sofía / Lena Kovach

1948
Hidden River

as Rosaura Salazar

1946
Enamorada

as Beatriz Peñafiel

1946
La Devoradora

as Diana de Arellano

1946
Everybody’s Woman

as María Romano

1945
The White Monk

as Galata Orsina

1944
Amok

as Mme Travis / Sra Belmont

1944
Woman Without a Soul

as Teresa López

1944
La monja alférez

as Catalina de Erauso

1943
Doña Bárbara

as Doña Bárbara

1943
María Eugenia

as María Eugenia

1943
The Rock of Souls

as María Ángela Valdivia