María Félix

1914-2002

Biography: life and films

María Félix was a Mexican actress whose birth name was María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña. She was born in Alamos, Sonora, Mexico on 8th April 1914 and died in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico on 8th April 2002, aged 88.

Her best films as an actor include Jean Renoir's French Cancan (1954), Yves Ciampi's crime-thriller Les Héros sont fatigués (1955) and Luis Buñuel's La Fièvre monte à El Pao (1959).

María Félix appeared in 13 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Rafael Gil (3 films).

Her most frequent genres include: drama (11 films), romance (4) and history (2).

Our average rating for María Félix over all films is: 2.8

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Mare nostrum (1948) [a]

Una mujer cualquiera (1949) [a]

La Noche del sábado (1950) [a]

Incantesimo tragico (1951) [a]

La Corona negra (1951) [a]

Messalina (1951) [a]

Camelia (1954) [a]

French Cancan (1954) [a]

La Bella Otero (1954) [a]

Les Héros sont fatigués (1955) [a]

Faustina (1957) [a]

La Fièvre monte à El Pao (1959) [a]

Sonatas (1959) [a]



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