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.
Acted in 48
2010s
- 2017
Quand Jean devint Renoir
Lola de Castro (archive footage)
2000s
- 2002
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
Movie
1970s
- 1979
México de mis amores
Movie
- 1971
La Generala
Mariana Sampedro, La Generala
1960s
- 1966
- 1964
Love & Sex (Sappho 1963)
Diana
- 1963
La Bandida
María Mendoza 'La Bandida'
- 1962
Si yo fuera millonario
Movie
- 1961
- 1960
La estrella vacía
Olga Lang
1950s
- 1959
Fever Mounts at El Pao
Inés Rojas
La Cucaracha
Refugio / La cucaracha
Sonatas
La Niña Chole
Beyond All Limits
Magdalena Gamboa
- 1958
Ash Wednesday
Victoria
- 1957
Tizoc
María
Faustina
Faustina
- 1956
The Hidden One
Gabriela
Basket of Mexican Tales
Luisa Bravo
- 1955
Heroes and Sinners
Manuella
French Cancan
Lola
- 1954
The Beautiful Otero
Carolina Otero
The Abduction
Aurora Campos
Camelia
Camelia
- 1953
Reportaje
Movie star
Naked Passion
Movie
- 1951
The Affairs of Messalina
Messalina
Tragic Spell
Oliva
Black Crown
Mara Russell
- 1950
La noche del sábado
Donina
Doña Diabla
Angela
1940s
- 1949
An Ordinary Woman
Nieves Blanco
- 1948
Mare nostrum
Freyra
May God Forgive Me
Sofía / Lena Kovach
Hidden River
Rosaura Salazar
- 1947
The Kneeling Goddess
Raquel
- 1946
Enamorada
Beatriz Peñafiel
La Devoradora
Diana de Arellano
Everybody's Woman
María Romano
- 1945
The White Monk
Galata Orsina
Vertigo
Movie
- 1944
Amok
Madame Travis / Sra. Belmont
Woman Without a Soul
Teresa López
La monja alférez
Catalina de Erauso
- 1943
Doña Bárbara
Doña Bárbara
María Eugenia
María Eugenia
The Rock of Souls
María Ángela Valdivia
Appearances5
2020s
- 2025
- 2023
María: La Diva Eterna
Self (archive footage)
2010s
- 2013
Acuérdate de Acapulco
Self (archive footage)
2000s
- 2008
Il falso bugiardo
Self (archive footage)
- 2001
Inasible María Félix
Himself