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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

74

Gender

Female

Birthday

1933-12-08

Day of Death

2023-12-31 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Also Known As

Ana Ofelia Murgía

Ana Ofelia Murguía

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).

Known For

Acting

What Do You Think?

1986

What Do You Think?

as

Mother

La maceta

2002

La maceta

as

The Humiliated

1986

The Humiliated

as

Chief Nun

The Heart of the Night

1984

The Heart of the Night

as

La Alumna

Blue Eyelids

2007

Blue Eyelids

as

Lulita

Constelaciones

1980

Constelaciones

as

Juana Inés de la Cruz

The Good Herbs

2010

The Good Herbs

as

Blanquita

Otilia Rauda

2002

Otilia Rauda

as

Maid

One Man’s War

1991

One Man’s War

as

Doña Teresa

The Queen of the Night

1994

The Queen of the Night

as

Doña Victoria

Naufragio

1978

Naufragio

as

Amparo

Life Sentence

1979

Life Sentence

as

Mrs. Romero

El Anzuelo

1996

El Anzuelo

as

Doña Rosa

Gaby: A True Story

1987

Gaby: A True Story

as

Nurse at Brimmer House

Los confines

1987

Los confines

as

Madre de Natalia

Expiration Date

2012

Expiration Date

as

Ramona

Mexicano ¡Tú puedes!

1985

Mexicano ¡Tú puedes!

as

Burócrata

Luces de la noche

1998

Luces de la noche

as

Doña Mary

Written on the Body of Night

2001

Written on the Body of Night

as

Nicolás' gandmother

Luz's Motives

1986

Luz's Motives

as

Luz's mother in law

Morena

1995

Morena

as

Compassionate Sex

2000

Compassionate Sex

as

Vendedora de Colmado

El edén

2004

El edén

as

Bandidas

2006

Bandidas

as

Consuelo

Walking Vengeance

2008

Walking Vengeance

as

Doña Amelia

The Waterwheel

2013

The Waterwheel

as

Wife

Zuzanka's Game

1970

Zuzanka's Game

as

Voz de Zuzanka (voice)

The Heist

1976

The Heist

as

Celadora

His Most Serene Highness

2000

His Most Serene Highness

as

La Salamandra

My dear Tom Mix

1992

My dear Tom Mix

as

Joaquina

Amber

1994

Amber

as

Frau Buschberger

Ave María

1999

Ave María

as

Úrsula

El águila descalza

1971

El águila descalza

as

Trabajadora factoria

The Prophet Mimi

1973

The Prophet Mimi

as

Catita

Coco

2017

Coco

as

Mamá Coco (voice)

The Eve

1982

The Eve

as

Irma

Dune

1984

Dune

as

Palace Maid (uncredited)

Lost Objects

1992

Lost Objects

as

Neighbor woma

Maria of My Heart

1979

Maria of My Heart

as

Doctora Murguía

Esmeralda Comes by Night

1997

Esmeralda Comes by Night

as

Doña Beatriz, Jorge Luis' mother

Intimidad

1989

Intimidad

as

Tear This Heart Out

2008

Tear This Heart Out

as

Clarita

Dying in the Gulf

1990

Dying in the Gulf

as

Chiara

Maten al León

1977

Maten al León

as

Esperanza de Pereira

Free Love

1978

Free Love

as

Esposa de Ernesto

La caja

2003

La caja

as

Anciana

La Hija del Jardinero

La Hija del Jardinero

as

Rigoberta Rondón

Mozart in the Jungle

Mozart in the Jungle

as

Nana Graciela

Production

Crew

Directing