Ana Ofelia Murguía

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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Dune (1984)

In the year 10,191, the world is at war for control of the desert planet Arrakis—the only place where the space-travel substance Melange 'Spice' can be found. But when one leader gives up control, it's only so he can stage a coup with some unsavory characters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lynch
CAST:  Francesca Annis  •  Leonardo Cimino  •  Brad Dourif  •  José Ferrer

In the year 10,191, the world is at war for control of the desert planet Arrakis—the only place where the space-travel substance Melange 'Spice' can be found. But when one leader gives up control, it's only so he can stage a coup with some unsavory characters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lynch
CAST:  Francesca Annis  •  Leonardo Cimino  •  Brad Dourif  •  José Ferrer

The Black Widow (1977)

Intrigues and secrets come together because of a woman, who has the protection of the parish priest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arturo Ripstein
CAST:  Isela Vega  •  Mario Almada  •  Sergio Jiménez  •  Hilda Aguirre

Intrigues and secrets come together because of a woman, who has the protection of the parish priest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arturo Ripstein
CAST:  Isela Vega  •  Mario Almada  •  Sergio Jiménez  •  Hilda Aguirre

Maria of My Heart (1979)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
CAST:  Héctor Bonilla  •  María Rojo  •  Salvador Sánchez  •  Armando Martín Martínez

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
CAST:  Héctor Bonilla  •  María Rojo  •  Salvador Sánchez  •  Armando Martín Martínez

Chido Guan, el tacos de oro (1986)

Street-punk drafted to soccer team, rises to stardom. Cuz he plays so good.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfonso Arau
CAST:  Fernando Arau  •  Mario Almada  •  Gabriela Roel  •  Wolf Ruvinskis

Street-punk drafted to soccer team, rises to stardom. Cuz he plays so good.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfonso Arau
CAST:  Fernando Arau  •  Mario Almada  •  Gabriela Roel  •  Wolf Ruvinskis

Life Sentence (1979)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arturo Ripstein
CAST:  Pedro Armendáriz Jr.  •  Narciso Busquets  •  Ernesto Gómez Cruz  •  Ana Ofelia Murguía

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arturo Ripstein
CAST:  Pedro Armendáriz Jr.  •  Narciso Busquets  •  Ernesto Gómez Cruz  •  Ana Ofelia Murguía

One Man’s War (1991)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sérgio Toledo
CAST:  Anthony Hopkins  •  Norma Aleandro  •  Fernanda Torres  •  Leonardo García Vale

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sérgio Toledo
CAST:  Anthony Hopkins  •  Norma Aleandro  •  Fernanda Torres  •  Leonardo García Vale

Free Love (1978)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
CAST:  Julissa  •  Alma Muriel  •  Manuel Ojeda  •  Jorge Balzaretti

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
CAST:  Julissa  •  Alma Muriel  •  Manuel Ojeda  •  Jorge Balzaretti

The Last Call (2013)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francisco Franco Alba
CAST:  Irene Azuela  •  Ricardo Blume  •  Anabel Ferreira  •  Karina Gidi

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francisco Franco Alba
CAST:  Irene Azuela  •  Ricardo Blume  •  Anabel Ferreira  •  Karina Gidi

As You See? (1986)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Leduc
CAST:  Blanca Guerra  •  Roberto Sosa  •  Cecilia Toussaint  •  Eduardo López Rojas

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Leduc
CAST:  Blanca Guerra  •  Roberto Sosa  •  Cecilia Toussaint  •  Eduardo López Rojas

'Ora Sí ¡Tenemos Que Ganar! (1981)

The abuse of authority and the employer of a mining town make workers, influenced by reading articles from Ricardo Flores Magon in newspaper Regeneration, organize clandestinely and mutiny against the US, owner of the mine, which is refuses to rescue a group of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raúl Kamffer
CAST:  Felipe Casanova  •  Carlos Castañon  •  Farnesio de Bernal  •  María del Carmen Farias

The abuse of authority and the employer of a mining town make workers, influenced by reading articles from Ricardo Flores Magon in newspaper Regeneration, organize clandestinely and mutiny against the US, owner of the mine, which is refuses to rescue a group of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raúl Kamffer
CAST:  Felipe Casanova  •  Carlos Castañon  •  Farnesio de Bernal  •  María del Carmen Farias

The Heart of the Night (1984)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
CAST:  Jorge Balzaretti  •  Marcela Camacho  •  Pedro Armendáriz Jr.  •  Roberto Cobo

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
CAST:  Jorge Balzaretti  •  Marcela Camacho  •  Pedro Armendáriz Jr.  •  Roberto Cobo

Los confines (1987)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitl Valdez
CAST:  Ernesto Gómez Cruz  •  María Rojo  •  Manuel Ojeda  •  Patricia Reyes Spíndola

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitl Valdez
CAST:  Ernesto Gómez Cruz  •  María Rojo  •  Manuel Ojeda  •  Patricia Reyes Spíndola

Dying in the Gulf (1990)

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  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejandro Pelayo
CAST:  Blanca Guerra  •  Enrique Rocha  •  Alejandro Parodi  •  Carlos Cardán

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  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejandro Pelayo
CAST:  Blanca Guerra  •  Enrique Rocha  •  Alejandro Parodi  •  Carlos Cardán

Lost Objects (1992)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eva López Sánchez
CAST:  Cecilia Toussaint  •  Ernesto Gómez Cruz  •  Ana Ofelia Murguía  •  Regina Orozco

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eva López Sánchez
CAST:  Cecilia Toussaint  •  Ernesto Gómez Cruz  •  Ana Ofelia Murguía  •  Regina Orozco

Amber (1994)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Estrada
CAST:  Gabriela Roel  •  Angélica Aragón  •  Emilio Echevarría  •  Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Estrada
CAST:  Gabriela Roel  •  Angélica Aragón  •  Emilio Echevarría  •  Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

De muerte natural (1996)

Four women get mad at a bakery while they recall their lives at their neighborhood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benjamín Cann
CAST:  Angélica Aragón  •  Ana Ofelia Murguía  •  Adriana Roel  •  María Rojo

Four women get mad at a bakery while they recall their lives at their neighborhood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benjamín Cann
CAST:  Angélica Aragón  •  Ana Ofelia Murguía  •  Adriana Roel  •  María Rojo

Ave María (1999)

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

DIRECTION:  Eduardo Rossoff
CAST:  Tere López Tarin  •  Gabriela Canudas  •  Damián Alcázar  •  Demián Bichir

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

DIRECTION:  Eduardo Rossoff
CAST:  Tere López Tarin  •  Gabriela Canudas  •  Damián Alcázar  •  Demián Bichir

Pachito Rex: I'm Leaving but Not for Good (2001)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fabián Hofman
CAST:  Jorge Zárate  •  Ernesto Gómez Cruz  •  Ana Ofelia Murguía  •  Fernando Torre Laphame

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fabián Hofman
CAST:  Jorge Zárate  •  Ernesto Gómez Cruz  •  Ana Ofelia Murguía  •  Fernando Torre Laphame

Maten al León (1977)

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).  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Estrada
CAST:  David Reynoso  •  Julián Pastor  •  Carlos Augusto Cestero  •  Carlos Rodil

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).  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Estrada
CAST:  David Reynoso  •  Julián Pastor  •  Carlos Augusto Cestero  •  Carlos Rodil

Las Poquianchis (1976)

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".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Felipe Cazals
CAST:  Diana Bracho  •  Malena Doria  •  Leonor Llausás  •  Jorge Martínez de Hoyos

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".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Felipe Cazals
CAST:  Diana Bracho  •  Malena Doria  •  Leonor Llausás  •  Jorge Martínez de Hoyos
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