María Félix

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María Félix (April 8, 1914 – April 8, 2002) was a Mexican actress. Commonly known, particularly in her later years, by the honorific La Doña, she was one of the leading figures of the golden era of Mexican cinema.

She was born in Álamos, Sonora.

Her beauty and flamboyant personality propelled her to international fame and icon status, in movies like Woman Without a Soul and La Generala. She died in Mexico City of congestive heart failure at age 88.







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Upon being asked her age by a female journalist:

Mire, señorita, yo he estado muy ocupada viviendo mi vida y no he tenido tiempo de contarla. ("Look, young lady, I have been very busy living my life and I've not had time to count it.")

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Upon being asked her age by a female journalist:. Actress Claire Trevor, who was born in 1910, went to school with her, and claimed that she was a year older than Trevor.
. There has been much speculation as to Goddard's age.
. Goddard settled in Switzerland, where she eventually died. In her will, she left $20 million to New York University.
. They remained married until his death in 1970.


. In 1958 Goddard married Erich Maria Remarque.
. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1943 for So Proudly We Hail!, but her career faded in the 1950s, and she eventually moved to Europe.
. She starred in The Great Dictator (with Chaplin), made three comedies with Bob Hope: The Cat And The Canary, The Ghost Breakers, and Nothing But The Truth, three Cecil B. DeMille epics, NorthWest Mounted Police, Reap the Wild Wind and Unconquered, and The Diary of a Chambermaid (with Burgess Meredith, whom she eventually married). She died in Mexico City of congestive heart failure at age 88. He cast her in Modern Times, but it wasn't until they separated, and she got a starring role in The Women, that she became a star (although she had been considered for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind).

Her beauty and flamboyant personality propelled her to international fame and icon status, in movies like Woman Without a Soul and La Generala. They married in 1936 and divorced in 1942. She was born in Álamos, Sonora. In 1932, she met Charlie Chaplin, and they became a couple shortly afterwards. Commonly known, particularly in her later years, by the honorific La Doña, she was one of the leading figures of the golden era of Mexican cinema. In 1931 she went to Hollywood, where she appeared in several films, in small roles. María Félix (April 8, 1914 – April 8, 2002) was a Mexican actress. She married Broadway writer Edgar James at 16, but divorced him four years later.

She became a fashion model when a child, and debuted with Florenz Ziegfeld at the age of 13. Goddard was born in Whitestone Landing, New York. Paulette Goddard (born Pauline Marion Levy) (June 3, 1911 (although at least one document has 1905) - April 23, 1990) was an American actress.