María Félix filmography
María Félix in Black Crown (1951)
This is a filmography of María Félix, who began her career in 1942. Her role in the movie Doña Bárbara transformed her into the vamp of 1940s Mexican cinema. After her roles in the Emilio Fernández movies like Enamorada (1946), Río Escondido (1948) and Maclovia (1948), she achieved great fame in Europe.
Filmography
1942–1948 (First Mexican period)
Year | Title | Role | Director | Other cast members |
1942 | The Rock of Souls | María Angela Valdivia | Miguel Zacarías | Jorge Negrete |
1942 | María Eugenia | María Eugenia | Felipe Gregorio Castillo | Rafael Baledón, Manolita Saval |
1943 | Doña Bárbara | Doña Bárbara | Fernando de Fuentes | Julián Soler, María Elena Marqués |
1943 | La China Poblana | Frances | Fernando Palacios | Tito Novaro, Miguel Inclán |
1944 | La Mujer sin Alma | Teresa | Fernando de Fuentes | Fernando Soler |
1944 | La Monja Alférez | Catalina/Don Alonso | Emilio Gómez Muriel | José Cibrián, Angel Garasa, Consuelo Guerrero de Luna |
1945 | Amok | Sra. Travis/Sra. Velmont | Antonio Momplet | Julián Soler, Stella Inda |
1945 | The White Monk | Galata Orsina | Julio Bracho | Tomás Perrín, María Douglas |
1945 | Vértigo | Mercedes | Antonio Momplet | Emilio Tuero, Lilia Michel, Emma Roldán |
1946 | La Devoradora | Diana | Fernando de Fuentes | Luis Aldás, Julio Villarreal |
1946 | La Mujer de Todos | María Novarro | Julio Bracho | Armando Calvo, Alberto Galán |
1946 | Enamorada | Beatriz Peñafiel | Emilio Fernández | Pedro Armendáriz, Fernando Fernández |
1947 | La Diosa Arrodillada | Raquel | Roberto Gavaldón | Arturo de Córdova, Rosario Granados |
1947 | Río Escondido | Rosaura | Emilio Fernández | Fernando Fernández |
1947 | Que Dios me perdone | Sofía/Lena Kovach | Tito Davison | Fernando Soler, Julian Soler |
1948 | Maclovia | Maclovia | Emilio Fernández | Pedro Armendáriz, Columba Domínguez |
1948–1955 (European period)
Year | Title | Role | Director | Other cast members |
1948 | Mare Nostrum | Freyra | Rafael Gil | Fernando Rey |
1949 | Doña Diabla | Angela "Doña Diabla" | Tito Davison | Víctor Junco, Crox Alvarado |
1950 | Just Any Woman | Nieves | Rafael Gil | Antonio Vilar, Mary Delgado |
1950 | Saturday Night | Imperia | Rafael Gil | Rafael Duran, Manólo Fábregas |
1951 | The Black Crown | María Russell | Luis Saslavsky | Rossano Brazzi, Vittorio Gassman |
1951 | Messalina | Messalina | Carmine Gallone | George Marshall, Jean Tissier |
1951 | Incantessimo Tragico | Oliva | Mario Sequi | Rossano Brazzi, Massimo Serato, Emma Gramatica |
1952 | La Pasión Desnuda | Malva | Luis Cesar Amadori | Carlos Thompson |
1952 | Camelia | Camelia | Roberto Gavaldón | Jorge Mistral, Carlos Navarro |
1953 | Reportaje | Cinema Actress | Emilio Fernández | Jorge Negrete |
1953 | El Rapto | Aurora | Emilio Fernández | Jorge Negrete, Andres Soler |
1954 | La belle Otero | Carolina, La Belle Otero | Richard Pottier | Jacques Bertier |
1954 | French Cancan | Lola de Castro "La Belle Abesse" | Jean Renoir | Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, Édith Piaf |
1955 | Les héros sont fatigués | Manuella | Yves Ciampi | Yves Montand, Jean Servais |
1955–1970 (Second Mexican period)
Year | Title | Role | Director | Other cast members |
1955 | La Escondida | Gabriela | Roberto Gavaldón | Pedro Armendáriz, Andres Soler |
1955 | Canasta de cuentos mexicanos | "La Tigresa" | Julio Bracho | Pedro Armendáriz, Consuelo Guerrero de Luna, Emma Roldán |
1956 | Tizoc | Maria | Ismael Rodríguez | Pedro Infante, Eduardo Fajardo |
1957 | Beyond All Limits | Magdalena | Roberto Gavaldón | Jack Palance, Pedro Armendáriz |
1957 | Faustina | Faustina | José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Fernando Fernán Gómez, Fernando Rey |
1958 | Ash Wednesday | Victoria | Roberto Gavaldón | Arturo de Córdova, Víctor Junco, Andrea Palma |
1958 | Café Colón | Monica | Benito Alazraki | Pedro Armendáriz, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos |
1958 | The Empty Star | Olga Lang | Tito Davison | Ignacio López Tarso, Rita Macedo, Carlos López Moctezuma |
1959 | La Cucaracha | "La Cucaracha" | Ismael Rodríguez | Dolores del Río, Emilio Fernández, Pedro Armendáriz |
1959 | Sonatas | Niña Chole | Juan Antonio Bardem | Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, Aurora Bautista |
1959 | La fièvre monte à El Pao | Inés | Luis Buñuel | Gerard Philipe, Jean Servais |
1961 | Juana Gallo | Juana Gallo | Miguel Zacarías | Jorge Mistral, Christiane Martel |
1962 | La Bandida | María, "La Bandida" | Roberto Rodríguez | Pedro Armendáriz, Emilio Fernández, Katy Jurado |
1962 | Si yo fuera millonario | María, "La Devoradora" | Julián Soler | Miguel Aceves Mejía |
1963 | Amor y sexo (Safo '63) | Diana | Luis Alcoriza | Julio Alemán, Julio Aldama |
1965 | La Valentina | Valentina Zúñiga | Rogelio A. González | Eulalio González, José Elías Moreno, Carlos Agostí |
1970 | La Generala | Mariana Sampedro | Juan Ibañez | Carlos Bracho, Ignacio López Tarso |
Short films appearing as herself
Year | Title | Notes |
1955 | El Charro Inmortal | |
1979 | Mexico de mis amores | |
1996 | María Félix...una conversación | |
1996 | La vida de María Félix | |
2002 | María Félix: La Inalcanzable Doña | |
Television
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