María Félix

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María Félix

Acting April 8, 1914

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 Mexica…

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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.

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  1. 2025
    Juan Gabriel: I Must, I Can, I Will

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  2. 2023
    María: La Diva Eterna

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2017
    Quand Jean devint Renoir

    Movie Lola de Castro (archive footage)

  4. 2013
    Acuérdate de Acapulco

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 2008
    Il falso bugiardo

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  6. 2002
  7. 2001
    Inasible María Félix

    Movie Himself

  8. 1979
  9. 1971
    La Generala

    Movie Mariana Sampedro, La Generala

  10. 1966
    La Valentina

    Movie Valentina Zúñiga

  11. 1964
    Love & Sex (Sappho 1963)

    Movie Diana

  12. 1963
    La Bandida

    Movie María Mendoza 'La Bandida'

  13. 1962
  14. 1961
    Juana Gallo

    Movie Ángela Ramos (Juana Gallo)

  15. 1960
    La estrella vacía

    Movie Olga Lang

  16. 1959
    Fever Mounts at El Pao

    Movie Inés Rojas

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  1. 1959
    La Cucaracha

    Movie Refugio / La cucaracha

  2. 1959
    Sonatas

    Movie La Niña Chole

  3. 1959
    Beyond All Limits

    Movie Magdalena Gamboa

  4. 1959
    Café Colón

    Movie

  5. 1958
    Ash Wednesday

    Movie Victoria

  6. 1958
  7. 1957
    Tizoc

    Movie María

  8. 1957
    Faustina

    Movie Faustina

  9. 1956
    The Hidden One

    Movie Gabriela

  10. 1956
    Basket of Mexican Tales

    Movie Luisa Bravo

  11. 1955
    Heroes and Sinners

    Movie Manuella

  12. 1955
    French Cancan

    Movie Lola

  13. 1954
    The Beautiful Otero

    Movie Carolina Otero

  14. 1954
    The Abduction

    Movie Aurora Campos

  15. 1954
    Camelia

    Movie Camelia

  16. 1953
    Reportaje

    Movie Movie star

  17. 1953
  18. 1951
    The Affairs of Messalina

    Movie Messalina

  19. 1951
    Tragic Spell

    Movie Oliva

  20. 1951
    Black Crown

    Movie Mara Russell

  21. 1950
    La noche del sábado

    Movie Donina

  22. 1950
    Doña Diabla

    Movie Angela

  23. 1949
    An Ordinary Woman

    Movie Nieves Blanco

  24. 1948
    Mare nostrum

    Movie Freyra