Portrait of María Félix

Acting

María Félix

Career

Active from 1943 to 1971, busiest in 1948 and 1959 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
40
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for French Cancan
French Cancan
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
María Félix Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.3, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.6, average 2.2
  • Uncanny
    1.1, average 2.5
  • Situational Comedy
    1.4, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 9
  • Strong Female Lead 6
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Period Piece 4
  • Forbidden Love 4
  • Mexican Revolution 4
  • Classic Mexican Cinema 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Melodramatic 2
  • Power Struggle 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

43
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title
Quand Jean devint Renoir
Quand Jean devint Renoir (2017)

as Lola de Castro (archive footage)

1970s

1 title
La Generala
La Generala (1971)

as Mariana Sampedro, La Generala

1960s

5 titles
La Valentina
La Valentina (1966)

as Valentina Zúñiga

Love & Sex (Sappho 1963)
Love & Sex (Sappho 1963) (1964)

as Diana

La Bandida
La Bandida (1963)

as María Mendoza 'La Bandida'

Juana Gallo
Juana Gallo (1961)

as Ángela Ramos (Juana Gallo)

La estrella vacía
La estrella vacía (1960)

as Olga Lang

1950s

20 titles · average score 72
Fever Mounts at El Pao
Fever Mounts at El Pao (1959)
GoodWatch score 68

as Inés Rojas

La Cucaracha
La Cucaracha (1959)
GoodWatch score 67

as Refugio / La cucaracha

Tizoc
Tizoc (1957)
GoodWatch score 78

as María

Faustina
Faustina (1957)

as Faustina

Basket of Mexican Tales
Basket of Mexican Tales (1956)

as Luisa Bravo

The Hidden One
The Hidden One (1956)
GoodWatch score 59

as Gabriela

French Cancan
French Cancan (1955)
GoodWatch score 88

as Lola

The Abduction
The Abduction (1954)

as Aurora Campos

The Affairs of Messalina
The Affairs of Messalina (1951)

as Messalina

Black Crown
Black Crown (1951)

as Mara Russell

La noche del sábado
La noche del sábado (1950)

as Donina

Doña Diabla
Doña Diabla (1950)

as Angela

1940s

16 titles · average score 71
An Ordinary Woman
An Ordinary Woman (1949)

as Nieves Blanco

Maclovia
Maclovia (1948)
GoodWatch score 70

as Maclovia

Hidden River
Hidden River (1948)
GoodWatch score 68

as Rosaura Salazar

May God Forgive Me
May God Forgive Me (1948)

as Sofía / Lena Kovach

Mare nostrum
Mare nostrum (1948)

as Freyra

The Kneeling Goddess
The Kneeling Goddess (1947)
GoodWatch score 69

as Raquel

Enamorada
Enamorada (1946)
GoodWatch score 84

as Beatriz Peñafiel

Everybody's Woman
Everybody's Woman (1946)

as María Romano

La monja alférez
La monja alférez (1944)

as Catalina de Erauso

Amok
Amok (1944)

as Madame Travis / Sra. Belmont

The Rock of Souls
The Rock of Souls (1943)

as María Ángela Valdivia

Doña Bárbara
Doña Bárbara (1943)
GoodWatch score 67

as Doña Bárbara