- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMaría de los Ángeles Félix Güereña
- Nicknames
- María Bonita
- La Doña
- Height1.75 m
- 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.- IMDb mini biography by: Maximiliano Maza <mmaza@campus.mty.itesm.mx>
- SpousesAlex Berger(1956 - 1974) (his death)Jorge Negrete(October 18, 1952 - December 5, 1953) (his death)Agustín Lara(1945 - October 1947) (divorced)Raúl Prado Gutiérrez(June 17, 1943 - ?) (divorced)Enrique Álvarez Alatorre(1931 - 1938) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- ParentsBernardo Félix FloresJosefina Güereña Rosas
- RelativesKuno Becker(Niece or Nephew)María del Carmen Félix(Niece or Nephew)Maria Von Ritchie Lopez(Cousin)
- Arched right eyebrow
- Taught herself French to be able to act in French movies.
- Is considered Mexico's greatest screen diva for three reasons: she never played supporting roles, she preferred film to television, and she always took great care of her beauty.
- After her third marriage, she bred race horses in Paris.
- One of 16 children (twelve of whom survived), but had only one child herself, a son who predeceased her.
- Appearing as a guest on the popular 1960s Mexican TV show La hora del Orange Crush, María Félix was asked if, as rumored, she believed she was "La Divina Garza" (Divine Beauty). "I don't 'believe' that," she adamantly replied, "I AM La Divina Garza!".
- Me Empty? Nobody has seen inside of me.
- What can I do? I can't be ugly.
- Some friends told me that pearls make people cry. The only pearls that have made me cry are false pearls
- [upon being asked her age by a journalist] Look, young lady, I have been very busy living my life and I've not had time to count it.
- I cannot complain about men. I have had tons of them and they have treated me fabulously well. But sometimes I had to hurt them to keep them from subjugating me.
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