
Person
María Félix
Acting · 1914–2002 · Alamos, Sonora, Mexico
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 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.
Known for

Juan Gabriel: I Must, I Can, I Will
Self (archive footage)
Café Colón
1959

La estrella vacía
Olga Lang

La Valentina
Valentina Zúñiga

Tizoc
María

La monja alférez
Catalina de Erauso

Quand Jean devint Renoir
Lola de Castro (archive footage)

French Cancan
Lola

An Ordinary Woman
Nieves Blanco

Si yo fuera millonario
1962
Filmography
- 2025Juan Gabriel: I Must, I Can, I WillSelf (archive footage)
- 2023María: La Diva EternaSelf (archive footage)
- 2017Quand Jean devint RenoirLola de Castro (archive footage)
- 2013Acuérdate de AcapulcoSelf (archive footage)
- 2008Il falso bugiardoSelf (archive footage)
- 2002The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
- 2001Inasible María FélixHimself
- 1979México de mis amores
- 1971La GeneralaMariana Sampedro, La Generala
- 1966La ValentinaValentina Zúñiga
- 1964Love & Sex (Sappho 1963)Diana
- 1963La BandidaMaría Mendoza 'La Bandida'
- 1962Si yo fuera millonario
- 1961Juana GalloÁngela Ramos (Juana Gallo)
- 1960La estrella vacíaOlga Lang
- 1959Fever Mounts at El PaoInés Rojas
- 1959La CucarachaRefugio / La cucaracha
- 1959SonatasLa Niña Chole
- 1959Beyond All LimitsMagdalena Gamboa
- 1959Café Colón
- 1958Ash WednesdayVictoria
- 1958El cine mexicano de fiestaSelf
- 1957TizocMaría
- 1957FaustinaFaustina
- 1956The Hidden OneGabriela
- 1956Basket of Mexican TalesLuisa Bravo
- 1955Heroes and SinnersManuella
- 1955French CancanLola
- 1954The Beautiful OteroCarolina Otero
- 1954The AbductionAurora Campos
- 1954CameliaCamelia
- 1953ReportajeMovie star
- 1953Naked Passion
- 1951The Affairs of MessalinaMessalina
- 1951Tragic SpellOliva
- 1951Black CrownMara Russell
- 1950La noche del sábadoDonina
- 1950Doña DiablaAngela
- 1949An Ordinary WomanNieves Blanco
- 1948Mare nostrumFreyra
- 1948MacloviaMaclovia
- 1948May God Forgive MeSofía / Lena Kovach
- 1948Hidden RiverRosaura Salazar
- 1947The Kneeling GoddessRaquel
- 1946EnamoradaBeatriz Peñafiel
- 1946La DevoradoraDiana de Arellano
- 1946Everybody's WomanMaría Romano
- 1945The White MonkGalata Orsina
- 1945Vertigo
- 1944AmokMadame Travis / Sra. Belmont
- 1944Woman Without a SoulTeresa López
- 1944La monja alférezCatalina de Erauso
- 1943Doña BárbaraDoña Bárbara
- 1943María EugeniaMaría Eugenia
- 1943The Rock of SoulsMaría Ángela Valdivia
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