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Birth Name: María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña
Date of Birth: 8 April, 1914
Place of Birth: Álamos, Sonora, Mexico
Date of Death: 8 April, 2002
Place of Death: Mexico City, Mexico
Ethnicity: Mexican [Spanish, some Indigenous Mexican/Yaqui]
María Félix was a Mexican actress and singer. A legendary figure of Latin American cinema in the 1940s and 1950s, she was also considered one of the most beautiful actresses of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She was known as “La Doña” and “María Bonita.”
María was the daughter of Maria Josefina de Jesus Güereña Rosas and Bernardo Félix Flores, who was a military officer and politician. Her father was born in Quiriego, Sonora. Her mother was born in Álamos, Sonora, and was raised in California. She had fifteen siblings. María was partly raised in Álamos and Guadalajara, where she was crowned Beauty Queen at the University of Guadalajara.
María was married to singer and actor Jorge Negrete, until his death, and then to Romanian-born French banker Alex Berger, until his death. She had a son, actor Enrique Álvarez Félix, with her first husband, cosmetics sales agent Enrique Álvarez Alatorre.
María’s paternal grandfather was Fernando Maria Olea Félix (the son of Jose Jacinto Valdez Félix and Maria Trinidad Valenzuela Olea). Fernando was born in La Cobriza, Quiriego, Sonora, Mexico. Jose was the son of Fernando Maria del Nieto de Lobada Felix and Carmen Valdez. María’s great-grandmother María was the daughter of Antonio Valenzuela Olea and Maria Juana Burboa Valenzuela.
María’s paternal grandmother was María de la Paz Delores Felix Flores (the daughter of Miguel Flores and Maria del Sacramento Armentia Felix). María’s grandmother María was born in Álamos, Sonora, Mexico.
María’s maternal grandfather was Amado Güereña Chávez (the son of Modesto Guereña Santeliz, and of a woman surnamed Chavez Ronquillo). Amado was born in Álamos, Sonora. Modesto was the son of Joseph Ygnacio Magrimo De Jesus Guereña Velarde and María Bárbara Santeliz. Amado’s maternal grandparents were Nepomuceno Chavez, and a woman surnamed Ronquillo.
María’s maternal grandmother was Marcela Rosas Cazares (the daughter of Pedro Rosas Aguilar and Manuela Cázares Ruíz). Marcela was born in Álamos, Sonora. Pedro was born in Tepahui, Quiriego Municipality, Sonora. Manuela was born in Tepahui, the daughter of María Isabel Ruíz Córdova.
Sources: Genealogies of María Félix – https://www.geni.com https://www.findagrave.com