María Félix

María Félix

Known for
Acting
Born
April 8, 1914
Died
April 8, 2002 (aged 88)
Birthplace
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

Photos

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Filmography

2025
Juan Gabriel: I Must, I Can, I Will poster

Juan Gabriel: I Must, I Can, I Will

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 4 eps

2023
María: La Diva Eterna poster

María: La Diva Eterna

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
Quand Jean devint Renoir poster

Quand Jean devint Renoir

Movie · as Lola de Castro (archive footage)

2013
Acuérdate de Acapulco poster

Acuérdate de Acapulco

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2008
Il falso bugiardo poster

Il falso bugiardo

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2008
Pedro Infante: La trayectoria

Pedro Infante: La trayectoria

Movie · as Self

2002
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema poster

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

Movie

2001
Inasible María Félix poster

Inasible María Félix

Movie · as Himself

1979
México de mis amores poster

México de mis amores

Movie

1971
La Generala poster

La Generala

Movie · as Mariana Sampedro, La Generala

1966
La Valentina poster

La Valentina

Movie · as Valentina Zúñiga

1964
Love & Sex (Sappho 1963) poster

Love & Sex (Sappho 1963)

Movie · as Diana

1963
La Bandida poster

La Bandida

Movie · as María Mendoza 'La Bandida'

1962
Si yo fuera millonario poster

Si yo fuera millonario

Movie

1961
Juana Gallo poster

Juana Gallo

Movie · as Ángela Ramos (Juana Gallo)

1960
La estrella vacía poster

La estrella vacía

Movie · as Olga Lang

1959
Fever Mounts at El Pao poster

Fever Mounts at El Pao

Movie · as Inés Rojas

1959
La Cucaracha poster

La Cucaracha

Movie · as Refugio / La cucaracha

1959
Sonatas poster

Sonatas

Movie · as La Niña Chole

1959
Café Colón

Café Colón

Movie

1959
Beyond All Limits poster

Beyond All Limits

Movie · as Magdalena Gamboa

1958
El cine mexicano de fiesta

El cine mexicano de fiesta

Movie · as Self

1958
Ash Wednesday poster

Ash Wednesday

Movie · as Victoria

1957
Tizoc poster

Tizoc

Movie · as María

1957
Faustina poster

Faustina

Movie · as Faustina

1956
Basket of Mexican Tales poster

Basket of Mexican Tales

Movie · as Luisa Bravo

1956
The Hidden One poster

The Hidden One

Movie · as Gabriela

1955
Heroes and Sinners poster

Heroes and Sinners

Movie · as Manuella

1955
French Cancan poster

French Cancan

Movie · as Lola

1954
The Abduction poster

The Abduction

Movie · as Aurora Campos

1954
Camelia poster

Camelia

Movie · as Camelia

1954
The Beautiful Otero poster

The Beautiful Otero

Movie · as Carolina Otero

1953
Reportaje poster

Reportaje

Movie · as Movie star

1953
Naked Passion poster

Naked Passion

Movie

1951
Black Crown poster

Black Crown

Movie · as Mara Russell

1951
The Affairs of Messalina poster

The Affairs of Messalina

Movie · as Messalina

1951
Tragic Spell poster

Tragic Spell

Movie · as Oliva

1950
La noche del sábado poster

La noche del sábado

Movie · as Donina

1950
Doña Diabla poster

Doña Diabla

Movie · as Angela

1949
An Ordinary Woman poster

An Ordinary Woman

Movie · as Nieves Blanco

1948
Hidden River poster

Hidden River

Movie · as Rosaura Salazar

1948
Maclovia poster

Maclovia

Movie · as Maclovia

1948
May God Forgive Me poster

May God Forgive Me

Movie · as Sofía / Lena Kovach

1948
Mare nostrum poster

Mare nostrum

Movie · as Freyra

1947
The Kneeling Goddess poster

The Kneeling Goddess

Movie · as Raquel

1946
Enamorada poster

Enamorada

Movie · as Beatriz Peñafiel

1946
La Devoradora poster

La Devoradora

Movie · as Diana de Arellano

1946
Everybody's Woman poster

Everybody's Woman

Movie · as María Romano

1945
The White Monk poster

The White Monk

Movie · as Galata Orsina

1945
Vertigo poster

Vertigo

Movie

1944
Amok poster

Amok

Movie · as Madame Travis / Sra. Belmont

1944
Woman Without a Soul poster

Woman Without a Soul

Movie · as Teresa López

1944
La monja alférez poster

La monja alférez

Movie · as Catalina de Erauso

1944
China poblana

China poblana

Movie

1943
María Eugenia poster

María Eugenia

Movie · as María Eugenia

1943
Doña Bárbara poster

Doña Bárbara

Movie · as Doña Bárbara

1943
The Rock of Souls poster

The Rock of Souls

Movie · as María Ángela Valdivia