Birthday:
12-08-1933
Deathday:
12-31-2023 (90 years)
Birthplace:
Mexico City, Mexico
Biography
Ana Ofelia Murguía was a Mexican actress with a long career in theater, film and television for more than 40 years. She is a graduate of the Theater School of the National Institute of Fine Arts and a student of the “father of Mexican theater” Seki Sano, which forged her for a fruitful career on stage. She received the Ariel Award for Best Female Co-Acting on four occasions for "Cadena Perpetua" (1979), "Los Motivos de Luz" (1986), "La Reina de la Noche" (1996), and the Ariel de Oro for lifetime achievement in 2011. She also won three times the Silver Goddess award for The Motifs of Light (1986), Written in the Body of the Night (2002), The Good Herbs (2011). In 2004 he received the silver Mayahuel for his career at the Guadalajara Film Festival, and in 2007 he obtained special recognition at the Lunas del Auditorio. Ana Ofelia Murguía voiced Miguel's great-grandmother in the Oscar-winning animated film Coco (2017).
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Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra!
event1976 star_border 5.3
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Librado, an unemployed man, lives in a crowded small house with numerous children and relatives, is beaten for stealing a car antenna. His godmother and her children try to settle in his place. She then is arrested at a supermarket for stealing, however, she offers herself and volunteers a friend of hers for sex to the policemen so she can be released. She is a maid of an employee who acts subservient to his boss, a mid-level government employee at once servile who delivers speeches on sexuality in educational texts and then discusses the matter with his brother, a corrupt inspector.
What Do You Think?
Act like Mother
event1986 star_border 4.7
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Award-Winning filmmaker Paul Leduc (Frida, Naturaleza Viva, Reed: Insurgent Mexico, Barroco) directed this gritty musical drama about life in the ghettos of Mexico City during the 1980s. With a soundtrack of Mexican rock music, the camera takes the viewer through the streets, to rock concerts, and to the bars and clubs, where he exposes the hunger, repression, unhealthy conditions and violence in the marginal communities of Mexico's capital city.
The Humiliated
Act like Chief Nun
event1986 star_border 5.2
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Four nuns are raped by a group of lepers. Although they all turn out to be pregnant, their status is hidden from them in the convent.
The Heart of the Night
Act like La Alumna
event1984 star_border 4.8
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A young deaf-mute who lives and has intercourse with a blind man much older than she, inevitably attracts a shy driving instructor a strange, hallucinatory underworld, populated by those beings whose mutilation, impaired physical differences, have become rejected of society.
Blue Eyelids
Act like Lulita
event2007 star_border 7.2
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Marina wins a paradise vacation for two, but when she realizes that she has no one to bring along, she decides to invite a stranger named Victor. The pair soon discovers that true love depends more on compatibility rather than idyllic scenery.
The Good Herbs
Act like Blanquita
event2010 star_border 6
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A young woman has to deal with her mother's degradation due to Alzheimer's disease.
Otilia Rauda
Act like Maid
event2002 star_border 5.3
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Otilia is both blessed with a body that is the epitome of feminine perfection and cursed by an ugly mole that mars her beautiful face.
One Man’s War
Act like Doña Teresa
event1991 star_border 6.8
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Anthony Hopkins plays an English medical doctor living with his family in Paraguay and treating the poor people from the surroundings, who has his life turned upside down when his son was mysteriously murdered in what could have been an attack to him since he's opposed to the military dictatorship of the country. The doctor and his family will take lots of risk while trying to prove that the government was involved in the murder.
The Queen of the Night
Act like Doña Victoria
event1994 star_border 4.5
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The legendary life of Mexican singer Lucha Reyes is the basis of this fictionalized biography ( or as director Arturo Ripstein puts it "an imaginary biography"). Lucha Reyes was an unconventional, and sexually liberated woman, most famous for her "cancion ranchera" style singing. Her story begins in 1939, where at 33 she still lived at home with her mother, Dona Victora, the madame of a renowned Mexico City whorehouse. Lucha marries the liberal Pedro Calderon and then buys a beggar's daughter. She becomes the mother to this child, Luzma. Lucha craves lasting love like junkies crave heroin. But for her loyal daughter, she never finds it and in the end no one can help her.
The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man
Act like Doña Chelo
event2011 star_border 5.5
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A Mexican boy bound for Chicago tries to cross the border, but is the crowded wagon he rides in going the right way? An offbeat, allegorical odyssey that blends absurd humor with pastoral imagery. A young man and a dead man journey north through a subtly surreal desert landscape, picking up a wagonful of odd characters as they go in this darkly humorous satire of contemporary Mexico. Written by TIFF LAFF
Naufragio
Act like Amparo
event1978 star_border 5.2
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One woman lives waiting for her son who is a sailor. She hasn't seen him for years although he writes to her a lot. The woman shares the letters and her grief with a co-worker and friend. This last woman begins to idealize her friend's son.
Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
Act like Doña Meche
event1986 star_border 4.7
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Street-punk drafted to soccer team, rises to stardom. Cuz he plays so good.
Life Sentence
Act like Mrs. Romero
event1979 star_border 6.6
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After being released from jail, "Tarzan" Lira seeks to rebuild his life as a bank employee. Unfortunately, it might not be as easy as he thinks.
El Anzuelo
Act like Doña Rosa
event1996 star_border 5
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Filmmaker Ernesto Rimoch looks at the potent combination of love and ambition in this film about a couple who's so happy their daughter is marrying into a rich clan that they throw the best wedding ever, even if they can't afford it. When the father (Damián Alcázar) loses the money to pay for the musician, mayhem ensues. The film itself is made to look like a videotaping of the wedding, revealing who's responsible for the crime.
Gaby: A True Story
Act like Nurse at Brimmer House
event1987 star_border 6
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The life of Gaby Brimmer, a girl physically handicapped, who finally gets her goals of study and triumph.
Los confines
Act like Madre de Natalia
event1987 star_border 4.8
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Mix magical universe of Juan Rulfo, in which Juan Preciado, "Pedro Paramo", located incestuous siblings "Talpa" while Juvencio Nava, of "Diles que no me maten", flee several men who pursue for killing Colonel Terrones.
Expiration Date
Act like Ramona
event2012 star_border 6.7
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Ramona's compulsive life becomes a wreck when she finds out, after a long search that Osvaldo, her only son, has died.
Mexicano ¡Tú puedes!
Act like Burócrata
event1985 star_border 6
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Vicente and Carmen, are spouses, he works in a factory, although he is a womanizer and irresponsible; she sells cosmetics or fayuca. Both dream of owning a home. Vincent did not want to leave their neighborhood but after several discussions they decide to buy a land...
Esa mi Irene
event1975
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A 43 minutes short film filmed in Mexico in 1975
Luces de la noche
Act like Doña Mary
event1998 star_border 5
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On a whim, a retired gentleman decides to track down an old girlfriend from decades back.
Written on the Body of Night
event2001 star_border 4.5
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A look back at a director's life with his neurotic mother.
El Viaje de la Nonna
Act like Nonna
event2008 star_border 5.8
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A Mexican family, wanting to grant their Grandmother her last wish, embarks on a make believe trip to a small town in Italy ... in Mexico!
Luz's Motives
Act like Luz's mother in law
event1985 star_border 5.1
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Luz is in jail, accused of murdering her own children. Her husband and her mother-in-law say she killed them in cold blood. Dr. Rebollar tries to help the woman, but she refuses to remember anything. Luz thinks of jail as the purgatory: it's only one step to reach the Heaven.
El mar muerto
event2013 star_border 5
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There is a blackout in Mexico City. In the darkness some people are abandoned by God (their conscience) and commit a transgression (murder and infidelity). When the lights come on, conscious of what they have done, they must atone for their sin.
The Last Call
event2013 star_border 5.4
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Turmoil becomes the order of the day when a Mexican theatrical company begins its rehearsals of absurdist philosopher Albert Camus's “Caligula” for an influential upcoming international theater festival.
Pachito Rex: I'm Leaving but Not for Good
Act like Rosa María
event2001 star_border 7.6
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The attack on a popular singer known as Pachito -who becomes the favorite candidate to win the presidential election in an imaginary Latin American country- is the starting point of several stories, including: the alleged murderer, a police officer investigating the disappearance of the murdered body and an architect hired to design the mausoleum to the memory of the possible dictator.
Las asesinas del panadero
Act like Jovita
event1989 star_border 5
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Mexican feature film
Bandidas
Act like Consuelo
event2006 star_border 6
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When a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a rough-and-tumble, idealistic peasant and a sophisticated heiress embark on a quest for justice, vengeance…and a few good heists.
The Waterwheel
Act like Wife
event2013 star_border 6
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In a small town, time stops for a father who has lost his son.
The Rider of Divine Providence
event1991 star_border 5.6
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The bishop of Culiacan and three priests are dedicated to investigate the alleged miracles of Jesus Malverde, a bandit deceased at the end of XIX century who is said, stole from the rich and gave to the poor; which is enough reason for the locals to venerate him.
Compassionate Sex
Act like Vendedora de Colmado
event2000 star_border 5.7
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Dolores is a mature and kind woman whose husband abandons her because he can't stand her uncanny generosity. Desperate to get her husband back, she devotes her life to works of charity, which is to go to bed with the other men of the town. Dolores, now "Lolita", becomes so famous that all men seek out her help now. It is through her compassionate sex that she brings back the colour and the happiness to a town that was immersed in sadness. Written by HoMordomo.
Walking Vengeance
Act like Doña Amelia
event2008 star_border 5.3
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Frantic to be free of Felix, her wealthy but drunken and violent drug-lord husband, Ana tricks her fresh-from-prison sister, Aurora, and two other ex-partners in crime into coming to her aid. Now that their crew is reassembled, the women begin planning a heist that will rid Ana of Felix and net them enough cash to be set for life.
El edén
event2004 star_border 3.5
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A conservative businesswoman promises her dying husband to bring their son, long-absent and whose whereabouts, is unknown back home. The clues lead to El Edén, a male brothel dressed as a gym. Despite the fact that he refuses to return, she, accustomed to achieving what she sets out to do, will use all her weapons to recover what is her own.
A Good Death Beats a Dull Life
Act like Doña Tere
event2006 star_border 5.4
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The women of a prosperous provincial family hide unsuspected secrets which range from the entanglements of love to murder for mercy or for greed. The story of these eccentric women combines love, potions, black humor and death.
I Miss You
event2010 star_border 6
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This is the story of Javier, a 15 year old Argentinean who left for Mexico carrying the drama of his missing brother, prematurely deprived of his parents, and bearing the weight of collective blame.
Zuzanka's Game
Act like Voz de Zuzanka (voice)
event1970 star_border 5
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Mexican feature film
Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead
Act like Doña Amelia
event1995 star_border 7
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A hit man searches for an alcoholic prostitute who has witnessed a crime and fled to Madrid.
The Heist
Act like Celadora
event1976 star_border 6.6
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In Mexico City's infamous Lecumberri prison, three drug-addicted convicts celebrate getting drugs from one of their the mothers. They are found out and locked up in the "apando," the dreaded punishment cell. Protests over the treatment of those held in the cell lead to a bloody confrontation.
His Most Serene Highness
Act like La Salamandra
event2000 star_border 6.2
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This historical drama depicts the waning days of the life of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, who waged a war against the United States that ultimately cost his nation half of its territory
De muerte natural
event1996 star_border 5
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Four women get mad at a bakery while they recall their lives at their neighborhood.
My dear Tom Mix
Act like Joaquina
event1992 star_border 5
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Joaquina is aging in a small Mexican village in the 1920s. Her life is boring and she spends her days dreaming of her hero, cowboy Tom Mix. Everything Joaquina wants is to meet him. Her life changes when a bunch of bandits appears nearby. It's time for Tom Mix to stop the thieves and fulfill Joaquina's dreams of adventure.
Amber
Act like Frau Buschberger
event1994 star_border 4.8
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Old Max remembers the time as a child when he was taken to the jungle where he met a prophet, a circus man and other weird characters.
Ave María
Act like Úrsula
event1999 star_border 4.6
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In the colonial New Spain Ana is a missionary who decides to support the indigenous people.
El águila descalza
Act like Trabajadora factoria
event1971 star_border 5.5
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Shmuck makes a superhero costume, rides his bike to crime scenes. He gets involved with something big involving US capitalists taking over local Mexican businesses.
The Prophet Mimi
Act like Catita
event1973 star_border 6.3
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Childhood trauma and religious repression causes little boy to grow up and murder
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A Middle Class Married Couple Afternoon
Act like Wife
event1997
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An elderly couple spends together the afternoon in their living room. Suddenly she breaks the silence.
Coco
Act like Mamá Coco (voice)
event2017 star_border 8.2
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Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.
The Black Widow
event1977 star_border 7.1
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Intrigues and secrets come together because of a woman, who has the protection of the parish priest.
The Eve
Act like Irma
event1982 star_border 5.3
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Aging politicians who have faded from the public eye hold a cocktail party to celebrate one friend's appointment to the President's Cabinet. Illusions are indulged, illusions are shattered.
Para servir a usted
event1971 star_border 4.2
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Working-class dude gets a gig as a waiter doing banquet service, and loses his moral compass through his contacts with decadent rich folk.
Dune
Act like Palace Maid (uncredited)
event1984 star_border 6.2
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In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.
Lost Objects
Act like Neighbor woma
event1992 star_border 7
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Juan and Pilar return to Mexico City on the same train. Destiny cross their paths in a taxi stop, off the train station. A cab arrives and they take each other's baggage by mistake. After that, they spend two days looking for each other, trying to recover their stuff. In the meantime, Juan reads Pilar's diary and she listens to his thoughts recorded on tape. Love begins to grow between these two proper strangers.
Las Poquianchis
Act like Eva
event1976 star_border 6.9
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During the mid-1970s, in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, authorities discover a clandestine burial ground. The corpses are from murdered prostitutes. The suspects are three sisters known as "Las Poquianchis".
Maria of My Heart
Act like Doctora Murguía
event1979 star_border 6.1
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Héctor and María meet again after eight years of not seeing each other. She works as a magician in cabarets and he robs houses. María convinces Héctor to become a magician and work together. Life seems to smile on them until one day, when Maria travels to another city, the couple's situation will be overshadowed by an unfortunate event.
Esmeralda Comes by Night
Act like Doña Beatriz, Jorge Luis' mother
event1997 star_border 5.2
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The husbands of a charismatic nurse devise a plan to free her from prison when she is arrested for being a polygamist.
Intimacy
event1989 star_border 4
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A Mexican romance by Dana Rotberg.
Tear This Heart Out
Act like Clarita
event2008 star_border 8
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A young girl recounts her girlhood and eventual marriage to a general of the Mexican revolution. by one of the most outstanding writers of the new feminist Mexican literature, it is at once a haunting novel of one woman's life and a powerful account of post-revolutionary Mexico from a female perspective.
Pedro Páramo, el hombre de la Media Luna
Act like Damiana Cisneros
event1978 star_border 5.5
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Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned and sinister town, inhabited by mysterious voices and whispers…
Dying in the Gulf
Act like Chiara
event1990 star_border 6
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The story of the oil leader Lázaro Pizarro, of his political and personal wars, the use of crime to settle conflicts and the course of his power between the basements and the domes of Mexican politics, have a narrative record made in the Gulf of accuracy and dexterity
'Ora sí ¡tenemos que ganar!
event1981 star_border 6.2
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Subjugated by power, the workers of a mining town organize clandestinely.
The Garden of Eden
Act like Juana
event1994 star_border 5
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Tijuana is a mystical city and the scene of different stories, where the characters search for meaning in their lives.
Maten al León
Act like Esperanza de Pereira
event1977 star_border 5.7
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A pilot is called back to his homeland, the Latin American republic of Arepa, by the rich islanders to participate in a complot to kill the dictator known as El León (The Lion).
Free Love
Act like Esposa de Ernesto
event1978 star_border 4.2
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Two single women share an apartment, work together, and sometimes swap boyfriends. None of their romantic attachments seem quite as stable or enduring as their friendship.
The Marked Hour
(11 ep.)
event1988 star_border 8
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La Hora Marcada was a 1986 Mexican television anthology series famous for its horror and science fiction themes in the vein of the Twilight Zone. Although virtually unknown outside the country, it achieved a popular and critical success in Mexico. It had a series of rotating writers and directors, among them Emmanuel Lubezki, Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón.
La Hija del Jardinero
Act like Rigoberta Rondón (180 ep.)
event2003 star_border 1
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La Hija Del Jardinero is a Mexican telenovela directed by Luis Alberto Lamata. It aired from August 18, 2003 until April 23, 2004 on TV Azteca in Mexico.
Mozart in the Jungle
Act like Nana Graciela (1 ep.)
event2014 star_border 7.5
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In the tradition of Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential" and Gelsey Kirkland's "Dancing on my Grave" comes an insider’s look into the secret world of classical musicians.
From her debut recital at Carnegie Recital Hall to the Broadway pits of "Les Miserables" and "Miss Saigon," Blair Tindall has played with some of the biggest names in classical music for twenty-five years. Now in "Mozart in the Jungle," Tindall exposes the scandalous rock and roll lifestyles of the musicians, conductors, and administrators who inhabit the insular world of classical music.
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