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Said Rivera: “We have long been searching for the right partner to tell Maria’s story, and we are proud to be partnering with Eiza González as she embodies so much of Maria’s strength, intelligence, passion, character and beauty. I’ve always believed her life needs to be seen around the world, for people to learn more about how society depicts successful and driven women.” She added, “Maria constantly pushed boundaries and lived by her own rules, while the world tried to tear her down. “I’m incredibly honored to be playing her and to be bringing her voice and story to the world.” “Maria’s tenacity and fierce way of living through some of the hardest adversity I’ve witnessed has inspired me and many more,” González said. Greta Lee & Teo Yoo Set To Star In A24's 'Past Lives' It is a story of a girl from Alamos who becomes Mexico’s most unconventional muse. Felix’s story is one of love and loss and an exploration of Mexican culture and religion, acceptance, womanhood and fame. The actress starred in 47 movies in Mexico, France, Italy and Argentina and was the queen of the silver screen in Mexico, becoming known as “La Doña.” Felix’s story is one that follows her from the rough Northern town of Sonora, to knowing the president of Mexico, Diego Rivera, artist Frida Kahlo and being awarded France’s highest cultural award, the Legion d’honneur. Walter Rivera will executive produce the film on behalf of Felix’s estate.įelix was one of the most successful Mexican stars of all time, and this is the first time her estate will be involved in telling her story. González will portray Felix and also produce the film alongside Dana Harris and Nicole King for Linden Entertainment. The team is looking for a Latin American writer to adapt Felix’s life for the screen.

#Maria felix driver#

Previously Eduardo Castellanos reported that the biography María Félix: 47 pasos por el cine by Paco Ignacio Taibo, Bruguera, 2008, states: ".to record a live girl born on April 8 at ten o'clock and is called Maria de los Angeles Felix.".EXCLUSIVE: Baby Driver and I Care a Lot actress Eiza González, Oscar-nominated/Emmy-winning director Matthew Heineman and Linden Entertainment have partnered with the estate of the iconic Mexican film star Maria Felix to bring her story to life. Sy Scholfield provided birth registry entry from Sonora state archives.

Death by Heart Attack 8 April 2002 (On her 88th birthday).

Death of Child (Her son Enrique died at age 61).

Family : Change in family responsibilities 5 April 1935 (Birth of son, Enrique Álvarez Félix).

compare to chart of Del Rio, Dolores (born 3 August 1904).

spouse relationship with Negrete, Jorge (born 4 December 1911).

spouse relationship with Lara, Agustín (born 30 October 1897).

friend relationship with Amor, Pita (born ).

Link to Wikipedia biography Relationships María Félix died on 8 April 2002, her 88th birthday, in Mexico City from cardiac arrest. When Berger died in 1974, Félix inherited his thoroughbred horse racing stable, worth millions of dollars. Her last husband was a French banker, Alex Berger, whom she married in 1956. He died in Los Angeles eleven months after they were married. Negrete was suffering from liver cirrhosis. Their dislike was mutual, but that changed when María returned to Mexico from Spain in 1953. They met in 1942 during the filming of El Peñón de las Ánimas. Her third husband was the Mexican actor and singer Jorge Negrete. She achieved international fame with this song. On their honeymoon in Acapulco, Lara composed one of his most famous songs, "María Bonita" (Pretty María). She met her second husband, the famous Mexican musician and composer Agustin Lara, in 1943 they married in 1945. The couple married in 1931 and divorced in 1938. María’s first husband was the executive Enrique Álvarez, father of her only child, the actor Enrique Álvarez Félix (born 5 April 1935, died ). She is also known as María Bonita, thanks to the anthem composed exclusively for her, as a wedding gift by her second husband, the composer Agustín Lara. She is known by the nickname 'La Doña,' derived from her character in the film Doña Bárbara (1943). Along with Pedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she is one of the most important figures of Latin American cinema of the 1940s and 1950s.

Mexican film actress considered one of the most important female figures of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, one of the most beautiful film actresses of her time, and one of the greatest erotic myths of Spanish-language cinema.