Episode 341
María Félix
Mon, 2018-Apr-09 02:01 UTC
Length - 2:01
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With 397,472 views on Sunday, 8 April 2018 our article of the day is María Félix.
María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña (Spanish: [maˈɾia ˈfeliks] (4 May 1914 – 8 April 2002) was a Mexican film actress and singer. Along with Pedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she was one of the most successful figures of Latin American cinema in the 1940s and 1950s.
She was known as La Doña, a name derived from her character in the film Doña Bárbara (1943), and María Bonita, thanks to the anthem composed exclusively for her, as a wedding gift by her second husband, the Mexican composer Agustín Lara. She completed a film career that included 47 films made in Mexico, Spain, France, Italy and Argentina.
Felix is considered one of the most important female figures of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
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