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
1942–48 (First Mexican period)
| Year |
Title |
Role |
Director |
Other cast members |
Notes
|
| 1943 |
El peñón de las ánimas |
María Angela Valdivia |
Miguel Zacarías |
Jorge Negrete |
|
| 1943 |
María Eugenia |
María Eugenia |
Felipe Gregorio Castillo |
Rafael Baledón, Manolita Saval |
|
| 1943 |
Doña Bárbara |
Doña Bárbara |
Fernando de Fuentes |
Julián Soler, María Elena Marqués |
|
| 1944 |
La Mujer sin Alma |
Teresa López |
Fernando de Fuentes |
Fernando Soler |
|
| 1944 |
La China Poblana |
Frances Erskine |
Fernando Palacios |
Tito Novaro, Miguel Inclán |
|
| 1944 |
The Lieutenant Nun |
Catalina / Don Alonso |
Emilio Gómez Muriel |
José Cibrián, Angel Garasa, Consuelo Guerrero de Luna |
|
| 1944 |
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 Mallea |
Antonio Momplet |
Emilio Tuero, Lilia Michel, Emma Roldán |
|
| 1946 |
The Devourer |
Diana de Arellano |
Fernando de Fuentes |
Luis Aldás, Julio Villarreal |
|
| 1946 |
Everybody's Woman |
María Romano |
Julio Bracho |
Armando Calvo, Alberto Galán |
|
| 1946 |
Enamorada |
Beatriz Peñafiel |
Emilio Fernández |
Pedro Armendáriz, Fernando Fernández |
|
| 1947 |
The Kneeling Goddess |
Raquel Serrano |
Roberto Gavaldón |
Arturo de Córdova, Rosario Granados |
|
| 1947 |
Río Escondido |
Rosaura Salazar |
Emilio Fernández |
Fernando Fernández |
|
| 1947 |
Que Dios me perdone |
Sofía / Lena Kovach |
Tito Davison |
Fernando Soler, Julián Soler |
|
| 1948 |
Maclovia |
Maclovia |
Emilio Fernández |
Pedro Armendáriz, Columba Domínguez |
|
1948–55 (European period)
| Year |
Title |
Role |
Director |
Other cast members |
Notes
|
| 1948 |
Mare Nostrum |
Freyra |
Rafael Gil |
Fernando Rey |
|
| 1949 |
Just Any Woman |
Nieves Blanco |
Rafael Gil |
António Vilar, Mary Delgado |
|
| 1950 |
Doña Diabla |
Angela "Doña Diabla" |
Tito Davison |
Víctor Junco, Crox Alvarado |
|
| 1950 |
Saturday Night |
Imperia |
Rafael Gil |
Rafael Duran, Manólo Fábregas |
|
| 1951 |
The Black Crown |
María Russell |
Luis Saslavsky |
Rossano Brazzi, Vittorio Gassman |
|
| 1951 |
Tragic Spell |
Oliva |
Mario Sequi |
Rossano Brazzi, Massimo Serato, Emma Gramatica |
|
| 1951 |
Messalina |
Messalina |
Carmine Gallone |
Georges Marchal, Jean Tissier |
|
| 1952 |
La pasión desnuda |
Malva Rey |
Luis Cesar Amadori |
Carlos Thompson |
|
| 1953 |
Reportaje |
Cinema Actress |
Emilio Fernández |
Jorge Negrete |
|
| 1954 |
Camelia |
Camelia |
Roberto Gavaldón |
Jorge Mistral, Ramón Gay |
|
| 1954 |
El Rapto |
Aurora |
Emilio Fernández |
Jorge Negrete, Andres Soler |
|
| 1954 |
The Beautiful 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 |
The Heroes Are Tired |
Manuella |
Yves Ciampi |
Yves Montand, Jean Servais, Curd Jürgens |
|
1955–70 (Second Mexican period)
| Year |
Title |
Role |
Director |
Other cast members |
Notes
|
| 1955 |
La Escondida |
Gabriela |
Roberto Gavaldón |
Pedro Armendáriz, Andres Soler |
|
| 1955 |
Canasta de cuentos mexicanos |
Luisa Bravo |
Julio Bracho |
Pedro Armendáriz, Consuelo Guerrero de Luna, Emma Roldán |
(segment "La Tigresa")
|
| 1957 |
Faustina |
Faustina |
José Luis Sáenz de Heredia |
Fernando Fernán Gómez, Fernando Rey |
|
| 1957 |
Tizoc |
Maria |
Ismael Rodríguez |
Pedro Infante, Eduardo Fajardo |
|
| 1958 |
Ash Wednesday |
Victoria Rivas |
Roberto Gavaldón |
Arturo de Córdova, Víctor Junco, Andrea Palma |
|
| 1958 |
Café Colón |
Monica |
Benito Alazraki |
Pedro Armendáriz, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos |
|
| 1959 |
Beyond All Limits |
Magdalena Gamboa |
Roberto Gavaldón |
Jack Palance, Pedro Armendáriz |
|
| 1959 |
Sonatas |
Niña Chole |
Juan Antonio Bardem |
Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, Aurora Bautista |
|
| 1959 |
La Cucaracha |
"La Cucaracha" |
Ismael Rodríguez |
Dolores del Río, Emilio Fernández, Pedro Armendáriz |
|
| 1959 |
La fièvre monte à El Pao |
Inés Rojas |
Luis Buñuel |
Gérard Philipe, Jean Servais |
|
| 1960 |
The Empty Star |
Olga Lang |
Tito Davison |
Ignacio López Tarso, Rita Macedo, Carlos López Moctezuma |
|
| 1961 |
Juana Gallo |
Juana Gallo |
Miguel Zacarías |
Jorge Mistral, Christiane Martel |
|
| 1963 |
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 |
(final film role)
|
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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