María Félix

María Félix

Born: April 8, 1914
Died: April 8, 2002
in 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 withPedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she is one of the most important figures of Latin American 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.

Movies for María Félix...

María: La Diva Eterna
Title: María: La Diva Eterna
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 6, 2023
Type: Movie
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Quand Jean devint Renoir
Title: Quand Jean devint Renoir
Character: Lola de Castro (archive footage)
Released: April 30, 2017
Type: Movie
The fascinating story of a man destined to be only a son of and who sought all his life to become "someone" by getting rid of the overwhelming image of his genius as a father, the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
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Il falso bugiardo
Title: Il falso bugiardo
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 3, 2008
Type: Movie
Based upon Vincenzoni's biography, "Pane e cinema", the documentary traces the story of the screen play writer who invented many stories that became blockbusters throughout the world.
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Inasible María Félix
Title: Inasible María Félix
Character: Himself
Released: May 23, 2001
Type: Movie
Untouchable, inaccessible, ungraspable... Maria Felix is one of the great myths of Latin American cinema. Fatal passions, multiple marriages, sudden deaths and fabulous diamonds, these are the components of the legendary life of this artist. Through the excerpts of her films and the archive material we can understand her characters and how this life of splendor also led her to the high solitude of her mansions, temples of her cultures.
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La Generala
Title: La Generala
Character: Mariana Sampedro, La Generala
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
During the Mexican Revolution, a hardened and rich lady landowner is overtaken by the violence of the times. Losing her land and house, she falls in love with a revolutionary leader that is killed by a sadistic and corrupt federal officer. She takes the revolutionary flag and leads a rampage of violence and destruction.
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La Valentina
Title: La Valentina
Released: February 10, 1966
Type: Movie
A smuggler, condemned to be shot, is pardoned in exchange for kidnapping "La Valentina."
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Love & Sex (Sappho 1963)
Title: Love & Sex (Sappho 1963)
Character: Diana
Released: May 14, 1964
Type: Movie
Independently-wealthy woman tries to break free of repressive, conservative cultural constraints.
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La Bandida
Title: La Bandida
Character: María Mendoza 'La Bandida'
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
During a lull in the Mexican Revolution when Francisco Madero became president and attempted to implement land reforms, two former revolutionaries are pitted against each other for the love of the same woman.
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Si yo fuera millonario
Title: Si yo fuera millonario
Released: August 26, 1962
Type: Movie
White-collar criminals conspire to prevent a shmuck from collecting an inheritance.
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Juana Gallo
Title: Juana Gallo
Character: Ángela Ramos (Juana Gallo)
Released: May 21, 1961
Type: Movie
Peasant woman leads a regiment during the final days of the Mexican Revolution. Also, romantic entanglements.
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La estrella vacía
Title: La estrella vacía
Character: Olga Lang
Released: May 5, 1960
Type: Movie
Mourners share their memories of a dead film-star at her wake, a la Citizen Kane. Only melodrama.
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Fever Mounts at El Pao
Title: Fever Mounts at El Pao
Character: Inés Rojas
Released: December 5, 1959
Type: Movie
Aroused citizens assassinate an unpopular Caribbean despot, then two men vie for his gorgeous widow Ines. Ojeda is a steamy, isolated island, the penal colony for an oppressive dictatorship. A reactionary seizes the murdered governor's post, and rushes to eliminate his romantic rival, an idealistic underling. The bureaucrat Vazquez hopes to marshal the angry residents of the capitol, El Pao, plus the many political prisoners, to oust Governor Gual.
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La Cucaracha
Title: La Cucaracha
Character: Refugio / La cucaracha
Released: November 12, 1959
Type: Movie
The Mexican Revolution serves as a backdrop to a torrid love triangle composed of three freedom fighters: a colonel, a widow, and a fiery female soldier.
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Sonatas
Title: Sonatas
Character: La Niña Chole
Released: October 12, 1959
Type: Movie
In the fall of 1824 Javier Montenegro, Bradomin Marquis is spared death hanging by Captain Casares, and in return, the Marquis agrees to help him escape to America. Adaptation of "Sonata de Otoño" and "Sonata de Estío" of Ramón María del Valle-Inclan, which included elements Bardem later works of the author.
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Beyond All Limits
Title: Beyond All Limits
Character: Magdalena Gamboa
Released: July 8, 1959
Type: Movie
This typical Mexican melodrama is set in a coastal fishing village where a wealthy fisherman lives with his wife and young son. Their lives are turned upside down when an American of dubious morality comes into town. The American and the fisherman's wife had been lovers years and years ago -- and now the fisherman begins to suspect that the son he always thought was his, is really the offspring of this foreign intruder.
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Café Colón
Title: Café Colón
Released: March 5, 1959
Type: Movie
Expensively-kept woman unexpectedly falls for a Zapatista general. She sells her jewels to help finance the revolution and ends up fighting on the front lines. Yeah, right.
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Ash Wednesday
Title: Ash Wednesday
Character: Victoria
Released: October 1, 1958
Type: Movie
1913: A young woman is raped by a priest and turns away from the Church as a result of the experience. 1924: She now is the owner of an expensive brothel, and she plays a small role on both sides of the Cristero Uprising, when foreign-born clergy were deported from Mexico.
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El cine mexicano de fiesta
Title: El cine mexicano de fiesta
Character: Self
Released: September 1, 1958
Type: Movie
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Tizoc
Title: Tizoc
Character: María
Released: October 23, 1957
Type: Movie
An Indian arouses envy for his expertise in hunting animals without ruining their skins, for his wisdom and his kindness.
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Faustina
Title: Faustina
Character: Faustina
Released: May 13, 1957
Type: Movie
A conquering woman of love, power, and fame is challenged by the devil, as he too wants to conquer all. Even the devil learns that there is no wrath like a woman’s scorn.
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The Hidden One
Title: The Hidden One
Character: Gabriela
Released: June 9, 1956
Type: Movie
Judging by the number of times it has shown up on Spanish-language cable TV, La escondida is one of the most popular and best beloved of the Maria Felix vehicles. The star runs the emotional gamut as Gabriela, who rises from the depths of poverty to the heights of Mexican society as a much-sought-after courtesan. Eventually, however, Gabriela proves that she is still true to her peasant heritage by casting her lot with the rebels in the 1916 Mexican civil war. Pedro Armendariz co-stars as Felipe, the charismatic rebel leader who wins Gabriela's heart - and inadvertently causes her downfall. La escondida is stunningly photographed by the late, great Gabriel Figueroa.
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Basket of Mexican Tales
Title: Basket of Mexican Tales
Character: Luisa Bravo
Released: May 17, 1956
Type: Movie
Strong-willed Luisa attracts lots of men, but her intelligence and sharp tongue often sends them running. When she meets Carlos, who is equally cagey, sparks fly. The two of them marry, and quickly begin clashing on a daily basis, humiliating each other as they try to teach one another lesson after lesson.
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Heroes and Sinners
Title: Heroes and Sinners
Character: Manuella
Released: September 12, 1955
Type: Movie
A good cast smooths over the rough spots of Les Heros sont Fatigues. The scene is the African republic of Liberia, which in this film proves to be a stopping-off point for a number of shady characters. Yves Montand plays a French ex-pilot who becomes involved in a scheme to smuggle stolen diamonds. His cohorts include a Nazi collaborator, a German refugee, and the white mistress of a prominent Liberian. A romance develops between the ex-pilot and the aforementioned mistress. Meanwhile, one of the conspirators (Curt Jurgens) has a last-minute attack of conscience, effectively queering the deal. The steamier romantic passages in Les Heros sont Fatigues had to be trimmed for American consumption.
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French Cancan
Title: French Cancan
Character: Lola
Released: April 27, 1955
Type: Movie
Nineteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir’s exhilarating tale of the opening of the world-renowned Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin plays the wily impresario Danglard, who makes the cancan all the rage while juggling the love of two beautiful women—an Egyptian belly-dancer and a naive working girl turned cancan star.
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The Beautiful Otero
Title: The Beautiful Otero
Character: Carolina Otero
Released: November 4, 1954
Type: Movie
An Italo-French biopic about one of the most famous women of Belle Époque, Spanish-born dancer and actress, star of Folies-Bèrgere: Carolina Otero.
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The Abduction
Title: The Abduction
Character: Aurora Campos
Released: April 23, 1954
Type: Movie
In a small Mexican village the news shock neighbors, Ricardo Alfaro, a wealthy local rancher has disappeared without a trace. Taking advantage of the circumstance, Aurora Campos, a strong woman with overwhelming beauty, convinces the authorities to sell her the property in exchange for twelve thousand dollars. Soon after, when Ricardo suddenly reappears, a real battle is about to begin.
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Camelia
Title: Camelia
Character: Camelia
Released: February 16, 1954
Type: Movie
A sort of meta riff on Alexandre Dumas fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias or Camille) here in Mexican melodrama form involving the doomed love of a bullfighter and a beautiful but ailing actress/courtesan.
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Reportaje
Title: Reportaje
Character: Movie star
Released: November 13, 1953
Type: Movie
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
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Naked Passion
Title: Naked Passion
Released: April 1, 1953
Type: Movie
A woman who works doing chores in the convent where her paralyzed daughter, that believes that is dead, and falls in love of a doctor.
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The Affairs of Messalina
Title: The Affairs of Messalina
Character: Messalina
Released: December 4, 1951
Type: Movie
A story, set in Rome of 44 A.D., concerning the amorous and political intrigues of the evil Empress Messalina, the wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius, and her eventual hounding to death.
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Incantesimo tragico
Title: Incantesimo tragico
Character: Olivia
Released: October 13, 1951
Type: Movie
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Black Crown
Title: Black Crown
Character: Mara Russell
Released: May 23, 1951
Type: Movie
A woman suffers from amnesia after killing her husband, who was just about to demand a divorce for having found her engaging in an affair with a lover, who is only interested in her to find where some precious jewels are hidden.
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La noche del sábado
Title: La noche del sábado
Character: Imperia (Donina)
Released: December 29, 1950
Type: Movie
In Rome, a beautiful young model named Donina is hired by a sculptor, Leonardo, inspired her to do a statue he hopes will be his masterpiece. The striking statue of Prince Florencio, heir to the throne of Preslavia, who presented at the banquet in his villa in Rome. Soon their beauty is all the rage across the country, the girl is the feeling of the moment and decides to leave with her ​​prince, leaving behind all his life, including his daughter, who leaves her under the protection of Leonardo.
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The Devil Is a Woman
Title: The Devil Is a Woman
Character: Angela
Released: January 28, 1950
Type: Movie
A woman, after committing a murder, flees into a church, confessing her life story to a priest.
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An Ordinary Woman
Title: An Ordinary Woman
Character: Nieves Blanco
Released: August 15, 1949
Type: Movie
A woman who has walked out of an unhappy marriage is unsuccessful trying to earn herself a new living and gets mixed with a man who is a murderer and tries to incriminate her.
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Mare nostrum
Title: Mare nostrum
Character: Freyra
Released: December 21, 1948
Type: Movie
The Spanish merchant "Mare Nostrum", captained by Ulises Ferragut, docked in September 1939 at the port of Naples to repair a breakdown. Walking through the ruins of Pompeii, Ferragut meets Freyra, an enigmatic and beautiful woman of whom she instantly falls madly in love, unaware that the girl is in fact a dangerous spy of the Third Reich.
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Maclovia
Title: Maclovia
Character: Maclovia
Released: September 30, 1948
Type: Movie
On a small Mexican island dwells a group of Indians who live in the traditional manner and who disdain outsiders. The beautiful Maclovia and the poverty-stricken Jose Maria are in love, but her father refuses to allow their marriage, or even any communication between them, due to Jose Maria's lack of means.
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May God Forgive Me
Title: May God Forgive Me
Character: Sofía / Lena Kovach
Released: March 25, 1948
Type: Movie
Concentration Camp survivor tries to start over with a new identity.
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Río escondido
Title: Río escondido
Character: Rosaura Salazar
Released: February 12, 1948
Type: Movie
Called by the Mexican President himself, a rural teacher goes to work in a village that is dominated by a malevolent chieftain.
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The Kneeling Goddess
Title: The Kneeling Goddess
Character: Raquel Serrano
Released: August 13, 1947
Type: Movie
Legendary superstar María Félix, stars in this melodrama noir playing the role of Raquel, a woman who has a passionate love affair with married aristocrat Antonio. However, a sensual sculpture untitled “The Kneeling Goddess” and modeled after Raquel will lead Antonio down a memory lane he'd rather soon forget.
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Enamorada
Title: Enamorada
Character: Beatriz Peñafiel
Released: December 25, 1946
Type: Movie
In Mexican Revolution times, a guerrilla general and his troops take the conservative town of Cholula, near by Mexico City. As the revolutionaries mistreat the town's riches, General Reyes falls for beautiful and wild Beatriz Peñafiel, the daughter of one of the town's richest men.
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La Devoradora
Title: La Devoradora
Character: Diana de Arellano
Released: April 18, 1946
Type: Movie
A Mexican film noir revolving around a crime: the suicide of one of Diana (María Félix)'s lovers and the disposal of his body in order to avoid a scandal. Diana not only engineers the entire scheme, but drafts her two other suitors: her fiance Adolfo (Julio Villareal) and his nephew Miguel (Luis Aldas).
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La mujer de todos
Title: La mujer de todos
Character: María Romano
Released: January 11, 1946
Type: Movie
A beautiful woman of affairs falls in love with a handsome young man of great promise. Fearing for his future, the man's father begs her to leave his son so that her reputation will not hold him back.
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The White Monk
Title: The White Monk
Character: Galata Orsina
Released: October 6, 1945
Type: Movie
In an Italian monastery during the XIII century, a white image appears sculpted by Fray Paracleto humble mystically and sew clothes. Besides a mysterious woman appears Orsina Galata. She tells her story to the Father Provincial and thus dates back to his past.
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Vertigo
Title: Vertigo
Released: September 6, 1945
Type: Movie
Young woman's fiance unexpectedly falls in love with her mom, and ends up arranging the young woman's death.
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Amok
Title: Amok
Released: December 22, 1944
Type: Movie
A European doctor, in self-imposed exile in some place like Borneo, obsesses crazily over a ruling-class white woman.
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Woman Without a Soul
Title: Woman Without a Soul
Character: Teresa López
Released: October 10, 1944
Type: Movie
Ambitious young woman climbs the social ladder. A bit too fast.
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La monja alférez
Title: La monja alférez
Character: Catalina de Erauso
Released: July 27, 1944
Type: Movie
A 17th century woman, imprisoned for fighting in a bar, recounts her past to a priest. She tells of her father teaching her how to fence, of being sent to a convent by her aunt when her father died, of escaping by dressing as a man, and of her life as a man following the escape.
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Doña Bárbara
Title: Doña Bárbara
Character: Doña Bárbara
Released: September 16, 1943
Type: Movie
A woman hardened by her past now runs a ranch she acquired through manipulation and bribery.
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María Eugenia
Title: María Eugenia
Character: María Eugenia
Released: April 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Before marrying María Eugenia, landowner Carlos are away to visit her godmother to break the promise to marry his daughter. The godmother is dying, Carlos quiets and everything takes an unexpected course.
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The Spirit's Canyon
Title: The Spirit's Canyon
Character: María Ángela Valdivia
Released: February 25, 1943
Type: Movie
The love between María Ángela and Fernando is impossible because there's an ancient history of hate between their families. His father killed hers, and other family members have killed each other for years. When María Ángela's grandfather finds she's in love with Fernando, he frames the young man and forces her to marry Manuel. Maria Ángela finds that Manuel doesn't love her and together plan her escape with Fernando. But things go wrong and the lovers find their destiny in The Spirit's Canyon.