Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'

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Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'

Acting November 26, 1936

Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico

Eva María Muñoz Ruíz[a] (November 26, 1936 – August 23, 2016), known professionally as Evita Muñoz "Chachita", was a Mexican actress and comedian. Her professional career began in…

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Columbo

Columbo

8.1 1971 TV Show
Romancing the Stone

Romancing the Stone

6.8 1984 Movie
Don't Mess with the Angel

Don't Mess with the Angel

7.5 2008 TV Show
Contra viento y marea

Contra viento y marea

7.2 2005 TV Show
We the Poor

We the Poor

8.1 1948 Movie
Unforgettable

Unforgettable

7.2 1999 TV Show
Mundo de Juguete

Mundo de Juguete

9.0 1974 TV Show
Alma Rebelde

Alma Rebelde

7.0 1999 TV Show
The Marked Hour

The Marked Hour

8.3 1988 TV Show
El Barrendero

El Barrendero

7.8 1982 Movie
You the Rich

You the Rich

7.7 1948 Movie
Hermelinda Linda

Hermelinda Linda

6.9 1984 Movie

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Eva María Muñoz Ruíz[a] (November 26, 1936 – August 23, 2016), known professionally as Evita Muñoz "Chachita", was a Mexican actress and comedian. Her professional career began in 1941, when she was only four years old, and she continued performing through, and contributing to, the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Muñoz was still four years old when she played the character Chachita in her second film, ¡Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes! (Ay! Jalisco, don't back down) (1941), and went on to play Chachita in eight more films and numerous television roles over the subsequent decades, and would be credited as Eva Muñoz "Chachita" in other appearances. For more than 75 years, "Chachita" was recognized as a successful artist in cinema, television, theater, radio, nightclub and circus shows.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2008
    Don't Mess with the Angel

    TV show Candelaria Martínez

  2. 2005
    Contra viento y marea

    TV show Doña Cruz Cárdenas

  3. 2002
    Las Lunas del Auditorio

    TV show Self

  4. 2001
    Serafín: La Película

    Movie Cocó (voice)

  5. 2000
    Mimí Derba

    Movie Self

  6. 1999
    Serafín

    TV show Coco (voz)

  7. 1999
    Alma Rebelde

    TV show Berenice

  8. 1999
    Unforgettable

    TV show Benita

  9. 1998
    Gotita de Amor

    TV show Dolores "Lolita" Lomeli de Centella

  10. 1996
    Bendita Mentira

    TV show Goya

  11. 1992
    Cambiando el destino

    Movie Hermana Margarita

  12. 1992
    Ángeles sin paraíso

    TV show Asunción "Mamá Chonita"

  13. 1990
    De lengua, me como un plato

    Movie

  14. 1988
    Dia de Madres

    Movie

  15. 1988
    Dos machos que ladran no muerden

    Movie

  16. 1988
    The Marked Hour

    TV show

More credits
  1. 1986
    Agente 0013 - Hermelinda Linda 2

    Movie Hermelinda Linda

  2. 1986
    Se Sufre pero se Goza

    Movie Remi

  3. 1984
    Hermelinda Linda

    Movie Hermelinda Linda

  4. 1984
    Romancing the Stone

    Movie Hefty Woman

  5. 1984
    Los humillados

    Movie

  6. 1983
    En el camino andamos

    Movie

  7. 1982
    ¡El que no corre... vuela!

    Movie Doña Chona

  8. 1982
    El Barrendero

    Movie Pachita

  9. 1982
    Vividores de mujeres

    Movie

  10. 1981
    La casa prohibida

    Movie

  11. 1981
    Las musiqueras

    Movie

  12. 1976
    La palomilla al rescate

    Movie

  13. 1974
    Mundo de Juguete

    TV show Hermana Carmela

  14. 1973
    Peluquero de señoras

    Movie

  15. 1972
    Cayó de la gloria el diablo

    Movie Nachita

  16. 1971
    Columbo

    TV show Chambermaid

  17. 1970
    La hermana Trinquete

    Movie Fat tourist

  18. 1970
    Unethical Behaviour

    Movie Doña Cata "La pulques"

  19. 1967
    Death Arrives on Time

    Movie Creolina

  20. 1966
    Cuando el diablo sopla

    Movie

  21. 1966
    Planetary Giants

    Movie Frijol

  22. 1965
    El dengue del amor

    Movie

  23. 1963
    This was Pedro Infante

    Movie Evita Muñoz

  24. 1961
    Dos tontos y un loco

    Movie Cuquis