Portrait of Mecha Ortiz

Acting

Mecha Ortiz

Career

Active from 1937 to 1984, busiest in 1945 and 1976 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
29
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score73/100
Highest rated
Poster for Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic
Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic
GoodWatch score75/100

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Tragic Romance 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Melodrama 3
  • Emotional Catharsis 2
  • Classic Cinema 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Noir Elements 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Political Intrigue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

36
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
Safo
Safo (2003)

as Material de archivo

1980s

1 title
Aquel cine argentino
Aquel cine argentino (1984)

as Ella misma

1970s

5 titles · average score 71
Piedra libre
Piedra libre (1976)

as Amalia Pradere - Amalia Grande

Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic
Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic (1976)
GoodWatch score 75

as Mara Ordaz

House of Shadows
House of Shadows (1976)

as Mrs. Randall

Painted Lips
Painted Lips (1974)
GoodWatch score 67

as Tarotista

Rolando Rivas, taxista
Rolando Rivas, taxista (1972)

TV show · as Malú

1960s

4 titles · average score 71
La señora Ana luce sus medallas
La señora Ana luce sus medallas (1967)

as Sra. Ana Dewey

Las locas del conventillo
Las locas del conventillo (1966)

as Tía Remedios

Bajo un mismo rostro
Bajo un mismo rostro (1962)

as Madre Superiora

The Furies
The Furies (1960)
GoodWatch score 71

as La madre

1950s

8 titles
La sombra de Safo
La sombra de Safo (1957)

as Safo

Blessed be you
Blessed be you (1956)

as María

Pájaros de cristal
Pájaros de cristal (1955)

as Irina Galowa

El abuelo
El abuelo (1954)

as Lucrecia Vélez

Dishonor
Dishonor (1952)

as Directora Interventora

My Life for Yours
My Life for Yours (1951)

as Gloria Rivas

Cartas de amor
Cartas de amor (1951)

as Antonieta Lear

Sangre en Castilla
Sangre en Castilla (1950)

as Alcaldesa Teresa Marquesa de Pinorrey

1940s

13 titles
La rubia Mireya
La rubia Mireya (1948)

as Ana María Peña de Robles / La Rubia Mireya

Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary (1947)

as Ema

El precio de una vida
El precio de una vida (1947)

as Princesa Fedora Romanov

Las tres ratas
Las tres ratas (1946)

as Mercedes de la Fuente

Una mujer sin importancia
Una mujer sin importancia (1945)

as Raquel Miramar

Swan Song
Swan Song (1945)

as Flora Jordán

Camino del infierno
Camino del infierno (1945)

as Laura Simrok

Safo, historia de una pasión
Safo, historia de una pasión (1943)

as Selva Moreno ("Safo")

Vidas marcadas
Vidas marcadas (1942)

as Malena

El gran secreto
El gran secreto (1942)

as Alicia Ortega Delafuente

Joven, viuda y estanciera
Joven, viuda y estanciera (1941)

as Elena Ocampo

Last Refuge
Last Refuge (1941)

as Silvia

1930s

4 titles
Margarita, Armando and his father
Margarita, Armando and his father (1939)

as Margarita

Maestro Levita
Maestro Levita (1938)

as Elena Acevedo de Lerena

Women Who Work
Women Who Work (1938)

as Ana María del Solar

Los muchachos de antes no usaban gomina
Los muchachos de antes no usaban gomina (1937)

as La rubia Mireya