Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'

Biography

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.

Known For

Columbo

Contra viento y marea

Don't Mess with the Angel

Mundo de Juguete

Romancing the Stone

Alma Rebelde

The Marked Hour

Las Lunas del Auditorio

All Movies (55)

• Serafín: La Película2001 · as Cocó (voice)
• Mimí Derba2000 · as Self
• Cambiando el destino1992 · as Hermana Margarita
• De lengua, me como un plato1990
• Dia de Madres1988
• Dos machos que ladran no muerden1988
• Agente 0013 - Hermelinda Linda 21986 · as Hermelinda Linda
• Se Sufre pero se Goza1986 · as Remi
• Hermelinda Linda1984 · as Hermelinda Linda
• Romancing the Stone1984 · as Hefty Woman
• Los humillados1984
• En el camino andamos1983
• ¡El que no corre... vuela!1982 · as Doña Chona
• El Barrendero1982 · as Pachita
• Vividores de mujeres1982
• La casa prohibida1981
• Las musiqueras1981
• La palomilla al rescate1976
• Peluquero de señoras1973
• Cayó de la gloria el diablo1972 · as Nachita
• La hermana Trinquete1970 · as Fat tourist
• Unethical Behaviour1970 · as Doña Cata "La pulques"
• Death Arrives on Time1967 · as Creolina
• Cuando el diablo sopla1966
• Planetary Giants1966 · as Frijol
• El dengue del amor1965
• This was Pedro Infante1963 · as Evita Muñoz
• Dos tontos y un loco1961 · as Cuquis
• En Cada Feria Un Amor1961
• Mi niño, mi caballo y yo1959
• My Parents Are Divorced1959 · as Maruja, amiga de Fernando
• The Man That Pleases Me1958
• Beneath the Sky of Mexico1958
• La locura del rock and roll1957
• This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter1957 · as Remedios
• Pepe El Toro1953 · as Chachita
• Padre nuestro1953 · as Elisa Molina
• Una calle entre tú y yo1952
• La Hija De La Otra1951
• Los pobres van al cielo1951
• Los hijos de la calle1951
• El Cristo de mi Cabecera1951
• El Cristo de mi Cabecera1951 · as Marcela
• Las dos huerfanitas1950
• Guardián, el perro salvador1950
• You the Rich1948 · as Chachita
• We the Poor1948 · as Chachita
• Yo vendo unos ojos negros1948
• ¡Qué verde era mi padre!1947 · as Chachita
• La hija del payaso1946
• La pequeña madrecita1944
• How Beautiful is Michoacan!1943 · as Chachita
• Morenita clara1943 · as Chachita
• Ay, Jalisco, Don't Give Up!1941
• El secreto del sacerdote1941

All TV Shows (13)

• Don't Mess with the Angel2008 · as Candelaria Martínez
• Contra viento y marea2005 · as Doña Cruz Cárdenas
• Las Lunas del Auditorio2002 · as Self
• Serafín1999 · as Coco (voz)
• Alma Rebelde1999 · as Berenice
• Unforgettable1999 · as Benita
• Gotita de Amor1998 · as Dolores "Lolita" Lomeli de Centella
• Bendita Mentira1996 · as Goya
• Ángeles sin paraíso1992 · as Asunción "Mamá Chonita"
• The Marked Hour1988
• Mundo de Juguete1974 · as Hermana Carmela
• Columbo1971 · as Chambermaid
• Gutierritos1958