Trivia

Taught herself French to be able to act in French movies.

After her third marriage, she bred race horses in Paris.

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.

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!".

She has an entry in Jean Tulard's Dictionnaire du Cinéma/Les Acteurs published in Paris in 2007 (pages 416, 417).

Her legacy extends to 21th-century artists, as she has been cited as an inspirational figure by actress Eva Mendes, musician Zayra and fashion designer Alicia Estrada of Stop Staring! among many others.

She had a son, Enrique Álvarez Félix, with her first husband, Enrique.

Since the mid-1980s she lived with French painter Antoine Tzapoff.

Festival tribute at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival, France. (1996)

First actress to win three Ariel Awards for Best Actress (1947, 1949, 1951). She also received nominations for Best Actress on two other occasions (1946, 1955), making her a five-time nominee. In 1986, she won an Golden Ariel Award for lifetime achievement.

She died on her 88th birthday, 8th April 2002.

Retrospective at the Ajijic Festival Internacional de Cine. (2002)

Great-aunt of actor Kuno Becker. Becker is the grandson of María Félix's younger sister, María Eugenia Félix Guereña (1916-2017).

In 1949, she told a reporter that she would like to play La Malinche on film.