María Félix

María Félix was born on Apr 08, 1914 in Mexico. María Félix's big-screen debut came with María Eugenia directed by Felipe Gregorio Castillo in 1943. María Félix is known for La Valentina directed by Rogelio A. González, María Félix stars as Valentina Zúñiga and Eulalio González as Genovevo Cruz García. María Félix has got 8 awards and 2 nominations so far. The most recent award María Félix achieved is Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival. The upcoming new movie María Félix plays is La generala which will be released on Jan 14, 1971.

Doubtlessly the most famous Mexican movie star, María Félix created a larger-than-life character: herself. La Doña, as the star was known after the character of her 1943 movie Doña Bárbara, starred in 47 movies, most of them forgettable except for her presence in them. More a star than an actress, she constructed an image of a tough woman, a sort of one-liner she-male that went beyond the traditional role of Latin American women. Her marriage to Agustín Lara the most popular Latin composer from the 30s to the 60s, was a great event itself. Her fame went beyond Mexico to Latin America, Spain, France and Italy. She always refused to learn English, so she never acted in any English language movie. That's the main reason why her fame was related almost exclusively to Latin countries. After her last film, she was linked to a number of film projects, but never came back to the screen. Her last performance was on a Mexican historic soap opera, in 1970.