María Félix
Known for: Acting
Born: April 8, 1914
Died: April 8, 2002
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 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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Filmography
54 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
8.6
Juan Gabriel: I Must, I Can, I Will
2025
6.9
María: La Diva Eterna
2023
10.0
Quand Jean devint Renoir
2017
NR
Acuérdate de Acapulco
2013
NR
Il falso bugiardo
2008
6.5
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
8.5
Inasible María Félix
2001
6.0
México de mis amores
1979
5.5
La Generala
1971
6.4
La Valentina
1966
5.5
Love & Sex (Sappho 1963)
1964
5.0
La Bandida
1963
5.4
Si yo fuera millonario
1962
6.5
Juana Gallo
1961
6.6
La estrella vacía
1960
6.2
Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959
6.4
La Cucaracha
1959
5.1
Sonatas
1959
4.9
Beyond All Limits
19595.8
Café Colón
1959
4.6
Ash Wednesday
1958NR
El cine mexicano de fiesta
1958
7.6
Tizoc
1957
6.1
Faustina
1957
5.3
The Hidden One
1956
7.3
Basket of Mexican Tales
1956
8.1
Heroes and Sinners
1955
7.2
French Cancan
1955
5.5
The Beautiful Otero
1954
4.9
The Abduction
1954
6.2
Camelia
1954
7.3
Reportaje
1953
6.3
Naked Passion
1953
4.1
The Affairs of Messalina
1951
5.5
Tragic Spell
1951
5.4
Black Crown
1951
5.6
La noche del sábado
1950
7.1
Doña Diabla
1950
5.9
An Ordinary Woman
1949
6.0
Mare nostrum
1948
6.8
Maclovia
1948
6.3
May God Forgive Me
1948
6.2
Hidden River
1948
6.8
The Kneeling Goddess
1947
7.8
Enamorada
1946
6.6
La Devoradora
1946
6.2
Everybody's Woman
1946
6.8
The White Monk
1945
7.0
Vertigo
1945
6.7
Amok
1944
6.4
Woman Without a Soul
1944
6.0
La monja alférez
1944
7.1
Doña Bárbara
1943
6.4
María Eugenia
1943
6.2
The Rock of Souls
1943