Doubtlessly the most famous Mexican movie star, MarĂa FĂ©lix created a
larger-than-life character: herself. La Doña, as the star was known
after the character of her 1943 movie Doña Bårbara, 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 AgustĂn 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.
Cristina(1970)as Domenica, La Leona
La generala(1971)as Mariana Sampedro, La Generala
La constituciĂłn(1970)as MarĂa Guadalupe
La Valentina(1966)as Valentina ZĂșñiga
Amor y sexo (Safo 1963)(1964)as Diana
Si yo fuera millonario(1962)
La estrella vacĂa(1960)
The Soldiers of Pancho Villa(1959)
Faustina(1957)
Cinema 3(1984)as Self
Un Recuerdo Para Ellos de Gloria(2020)as Doña Bårbara, Raquel Serrano
Quand Jean devint Renoir(2017)as Lola de Castro
Un Français nommé Gabin(2017)as Self
Il falso bugiardo(2008)as Self
