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Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'

Acting Born Nov 26, 1936 Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico 24 credits

Biography

Eva María Muñoz Ruíz[a] (November 26, 1936 – August 23, 2016), known professionally as Evita Muñoz "Chachita", was a Mexican actress and comedian. Her professional career began in 1941, when she was only four years old, and she continued performing through, and contributing to, the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Muñoz was still four years old when she played the character Chachita in her second film, ¡Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes! (Ay! Jalisco, don't back down) (1941), and went on to play Chachita in eight more films and numerous television roles over the subsequent decades, and would be credited as Eva Muñoz "Chachita" in other appearances. For more than 75 years, "Chachita" was recognized as a successful artist in cinema, television, theater, radio, nightclub and circus shows.

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Full filmography

  • Columbo (1971) as Chambermaid
  • Don't Mess with the Angel (2008) as Candelaria Martínez
  • Contra viento y marea (2005) as Doña Cruz Cárdenas
  • Mundo de Juguete (1974) as Hermana Carmela
  • Romancing the Stone (1984) as Hefty Woman
  • Alma Rebelde (1999) as Berenice
  • Las Lunas del Auditorio (2002) as Self
  • The Marked Hour (1988)
  • Gotita de Amor (1998) as Dolores "Lolita" Lomeli de Centella
  • Bendita Mentira (1996) as Goya
  • Unforgettable (1999) as Benita
  • Serafín (1999) as Coco (voz)
  • Gutierritos (1958)
  • Ángeles sin paraíso (1992) as Asunción "Mamá Chonita"
  • El Barrendero (1982) as Pachita
  • We the Poor (1948) as Chachita
  • Hermelinda Linda (1984) as Hermelinda Linda
  • La Hija De La Otra (1951)
  • The Man That Pleases Me (1958)
  • Padre nuestro (1953) as Elisa Molina
  • Pepe El Toro (1953) as Chachita
  • El secreto del sacerdote (1941)
  • Una calle entre tú y yo (1952)
  • Las musiqueras (1981)