María Félix

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

French Cancan

Tizoc

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

The Affairs of Messalina

Enamorada

La Valentina

La Cucaracha

All Movies (54)

• María: La Diva Eterna2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Quand Jean devint Renoir2017 · as Lola de Castro (archive footage)
• Acuérdate de Acapulco2013 · as Self (archive footage)
• Il falso bugiardo2008 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema2002
• Inasible María Félix2001 · as Himself
• México de mis amores1979
• La Generala1971 · as Mariana Sampedro, La Generala
• La Valentina1966 · as Valentina Zúñiga
• Love & Sex (Sappho 1963)1964 · as Diana
• La Bandida1963 · as María Mendoza 'La Bandida'
• Si yo fuera millonario1962
• Juana Gallo1961 · as Ángela Ramos (Juana Gallo)
• La estrella vacía1960 · as Olga Lang
• Fever Mounts at El Pao1959 · as Inés Rojas
• La Cucaracha1959 · as Refugio / La cucaracha
• Sonatas1959 · as La Niña Chole
• Beyond All Limits1959 · as Magdalena Gamboa
• Café Colón1959
• Ash Wednesday1958 · as Victoria
• El cine mexicano de fiesta1958 · as Self
• Tizoc1957 · as María
• Faustina1957 · as Faustina
• The Hidden One1956 · as Gabriela
• Basket of Mexican Tales1956 · as Luisa Bravo
• Heroes and Sinners1955 · as Manuella
• French Cancan1955 · as Lola
• The Beautiful Otero1954 · as Carolina Otero
• The Abduction1954 · as Aurora Campos
• Camelia1954 · as Camelia
• Reportaje1953 · as Movie star
• Naked Passion1953
• The Affairs of Messalina1951 · as Messalina
• Tragic Spell1951 · as Oliva
• Black Crown1951 · as Mara Russell
• La noche del sábado1950 · as Donina
• Doña Diabla1950 · as Angela
• An Ordinary Woman1949 · as Nieves Blanco
• Mare nostrum1948 · as Freyra
• Maclovia1948 · as Maclovia
• May God Forgive Me1948 · as Sofía / Lena Kovach
• Hidden River1948 · as Rosaura Salazar
• The Kneeling Goddess1947 · as Raquel
• Enamorada1946 · as Beatriz Peñafiel
• La Devoradora1946 · as Diana de Arellano
• Everybody's Woman1946 · as María Romano
• The White Monk1945 · as Galata Orsina
• Vertigo1945
• Amok1944 · as Madame Travis / Sra. Belmont
• Woman Without a Soul1944 · as Teresa López
• La monja alférez1944 · as Catalina de Erauso
• Doña Bárbara1943 · as Doña Bárbara
• María Eugenia1943 · as María Eugenia
• The Rock of Souls1943 · as María Ángela Valdivia

All TV Shows (1)

• Juan Gabriel: I Must, I Can, I Will2025 · as Self (archive footage)