Ana Ofelia Murguía

Actress

December 8, 1933 (90 years)

† December 31, 2023

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…

Filmography

7.5

Mozart in the Jungle

Nana Graciela

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.

8.2

Coco

Mamá Coco (voice)

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.

6.2

Dune

Palace Maid (uncredited)

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.

6.0

La Hija del Jardinero

Rigoberta Rondón

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.

7.3

Las Lunas del Auditorio

Self

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8.2

The Marked Hour

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.

6.0

Bandidas

Consuelo

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.

7.0

La pasión de Isabela

Cristina

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Mientras haya vida

Toto

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7.9

Tear This Heart Out

Clarita

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.

5.1

Amber

Frau Buschberger

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.

6.0

The Eve

Irma

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.

4.7

Ave María

Úrsula

In the colonial New Spain Ana is a missionary who decides to support the indigenous people.

5.4

Walking Vengeance

Doña Amelia

A woman and her three partners-in-crime plan a revenge heist against her violent narco husband in order to get rid of him and steal his money.

7.0

Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead

Doña Amelia

Alcoholic prostitute Gloria is in the middle of a business deal with gangsters when a fatal confrontation occurs. She flees Mexico City, returning to her native Madrid, where she's reunited with her comatose husband and his mother, while hitman Eduardo is pursuing her to retrieve information.

6.8

Life Sentence

Mrs. Romero

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.

7.2

One Man’s War

Doña Teresa

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.

7.0

Las Poquianchis

Eva

Three sisters run brothels protected by the authorities, abuse and prostitute young women under the false pretense of employing them as servants.

5.3

Esmeralda Comes by Night

Doña Beatriz, Jorge Luis' mother

The husbands of a charismatic nurse devise a plan to free her from prison when she is arrested for being a polygamist.

6.0

Morena

Vecina

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