María Félix
Born
April 8, 1914
Died
April 8, 2002 (88 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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 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.
María: La Diva Eterna
Self (archive footage)
2023
Quand Jean devint Renoir
Lola de Castro (archive footage)
2017
Il falso bugiardo
Self (archive footage)
2008
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
Inasible María Félix
Himself
2001
La Generala
Mariana Sampedro, La Generala
1971
La Valentina
1966
Love & Sex (Sappho 1963)
Diana
1964
La Bandida
María Mendoza 'La Bandida'
1963
Si yo fuera millonario
1962
Juana Gallo
Ángela Ramos (Juana Gallo)
1961
La estrella vacía
Olga Lang
1960
Fever Mounts at El Pao
Inés Rojas
1959
La Cucaracha
Refugio / La cucaracha
1959
Sonatas
La Niña Chole
1959
Beyond All Limits
Magdalena Gamboa
1959
Café Colón
1959
Ash Wednesday
Victoria
1958
El cine mexicano de fiesta
Self
1958
Tizoc
María
1957
Faustina
Faustina
1957
The Hidden One
Gabriela
1956
Basket of Mexican Tales
Luisa Bravo
1956
Heroes and Sinners
Manuella
1955
French Cancan
Lola
1955
The Beautiful Otero
Carolina Otero
1954
The Abduction
Aurora Campos
1954
Camelia
Camelia
1954
Reportaje
Movie star
1953
Naked Passion
1953
The Affairs of Messalina
Messalina
1951
Incantesimo tragico
Oliva
1951
Black Crown
Mara Russell
1951
La noche del sábado
Donina
1950
Doña Diabla
Angela
1950
An Ordinary Woman
Nieves Blanco
1949
Mare nostrum
Freyra
1948
Maclovia
Maclovia
1948
May God Forgive Me
Sofía / Lena Kovach
1948
Hidden River
Rosaura Salazar
1948
The Kneeling Goddess
Raquel
1947
Enamorada
Beatriz Peñafiel
1946
La Devoradora
Diana de Arellano
1946
Everybody’s Woman
María Romano
1946
The White Monk
Galata Orsina
1945
Vertigo
1945
Amok
Mme Travis / Sra Belmont
1944
Woman Without a Soul
Teresa López
1944
La monja alférez
Catalina de Erauso
1944
Doña Bárbara
Doña Bárbara
1943
María Eugenia
María Eugenia
1943
The Rock of Souls
María Ángela Valdivia
1943