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Considered one of the most beautiful actresses of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, her strong personality and taste for finesse garnered her the title of diva early in her career.
- She Had A Huge Family. María Felix was born on April 8, 1914 in Mexico. Even by the day's standards, she had an enormous family, with an incredible 15 siblings.
- She May Have Had A Taboo Relationship. Pablo and Maria were excessively close growing up, and even their own mother didn't think their bond was healthy—or moral.
- Her Parents Betrayed Her. In 1929, Maria's parents broke her heart when they decided to send her brother and best friend Pablo away to military college as a thinly-veiled way to split the siblings up.
- She Was A Beauty Queen. Around this time, Maria Felix's beauty became undeniable. Although she was a tomboy who loved riding horses more than she liked wearing dresses, she nonetheless won a Beauty Queen title at the University of Guadalajara when she was still a teenager.
Apr 9, 2002 · María Félix, the Mexican film star whose extraordinary beauty and force of personality made her a living myth to Mexicans and a symbol of glamour and sophistication to fans throughout the world,...
Sep 22, 2023 · Not because this fear will not be realised, but because it will. There is always something new to learn about María Félix. This is despite her being dead since 2002. The legacy of this diva of Mexican cinema is ever-evolving, impossible to curtail, and full of surprises.
Felix, a fiercely independent woman who was married four times, dominated the headlines here when she died in her sleep of a reported heart attack. A doctor’s certificate attributed her death to...
Considered one of the most beautiful actresses of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, her strong personality and taste for finesse garnered her the title of diva early in her career. She was known as La Doña, a name derived from her character in Doña Bárbara (1943), and María Bonita, thanks to the anthem composed exclusively for her as a ...
Feb 22, 2024 · She performed a diva self in public, and on screen she stepped into multiple different roles enacting the fantasies of what a woman could be and do. She worked on Mexican, European, and Argentine projects challenging a prevalent conservative idea of women's place in society.
