María Félix "La Doña"

  • Birth

    Birth

    Maria Felix was born in Alamos, Sonora.
  • Childhood

    Childhood

    Maria played with her brothers, climbed trees and rode horses and other things that only the boys of the family did, she left the games as a girl.
  • Incest?

    Incest?

    She fell in love with her brother Pedro who was sent to military school.
  • Beauty

    Beauty

    She was named beauty queen of the students of the University of Guadalajara.
  • First wedding

    First wedding

    She married Enrique Alvarez, with whom he procreated, in 1934, his only son, the also actor Enrique Álvarez Félix.
  • First Movie

    First Movie

    Maria started her acting career with the movie "El Peñon de las Animas".
  • First Prize

    First Prize

    She won the Ariel prize for the best actress for her work in the movie "Enamorada".
  • Last Movie

    Last Movie

    María filmed her latest movie "La Generala", she was depressed to be the last act.
  • Marriages

    Marriages

    Enrique Álvarez (1931–1938)
    Agustín Lara (1945–1947)
    Jorge Negrete (1952–1953)
    Alex Berger (1956–1974).
  • First Latina

    First Latina

    Maria was the first Latin American woman to won the prize of the National Order of Arts and Letters of France.
  • Sentence

    Sentence

    Do not give me advice, I can make mistakes alone.
  • Died

    Died

    Maria Felix died at the age of 88 in Mexico City due to heart failure.