Ana Ofelia Murguía

Ana Ofelia Murguía
Ana Ofelia Murguía
	Munguía in 2003
Born	8 December 1933; Mexico City, Mexico
Died	31 December 2023 (aged 90); Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1968–2023

Ana Ofelia Murguía (8 December 1933 – 31 December 2023) was a Mexican actress. She was best known for voicing the titular character of the 2017 animated film Coco.

Life

She was born in Mexico City.^[1] Her early well known roles were in The Queen of the Night (1994) as Doña Victoria and as Doña Amelia in Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1995). At the time of her death, she was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema.^[2]

In later years, she was best known for voicing Mamá Coco in the 2017 Disney-Pixar animated movie Coco.^[2]

Murguía holds the record for the most nominations for the Ariel Award for Best Actress without a win, having been nominated a total of five times. She also jointly holds the record, with Isela Vega, for the most Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress wins, with three; with a further three nominations.^[3]^[2]

Murguía died on 31 December 2023, at the age of 90.^[4]^[5]

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes^{[citation needed]}
2017	Coco	Mamá Coco	Voice (Final film role^{[citation needed]})
2002	La maceta
2001	Otilia Rauda	Sirvienta
2001	Pachito Rex, me voy pero no del todo	Rosa María
2000	Escrito en el cuerpo de la noche	Dolores
2000	Sexo por compasión	Vendedora de colmado
2000	Su alteza serenísima
1999	Ave María	Úrsula
1998	Cruz
1997	De noche vienes, Esmeralda (1997)	Doña Beatriz
1996	El anzuelo	Doña Rosa
1996	De muerte natural	Jovita
1995	Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto	Doña Amelia
1995	La tarde de un matrimonio de clase media	Esposa
1994	Ámbar
1994	The Queen of the Night La reina de la noche	Doña Victoria, madre de Lucha
1994	El jardín del edén	Juana
1994	Luces de la noche
1994	Morena	Vecina
1992	Objetos perdidos	Vecina
1991	Mi querido Tom Mix	Joaquina
1991	One Man's War	Doña Teresa
1991	Diplomatic Immunity Immunidad diplomática	Mayán
1988	Goitia, un dios para sí mismo
1987	Gaby: A True Story Gaby, una historia verdadera	Enfermera
1987	Los confines	Madre de Natalia
1985	Mexican, You Can Do It
1985	Chido guan (Tacos de oro)	Doña Meche
1985	Los Motivos de Luz	Mother-in-law of Luz
1984	Dune	Sirvienta del palacio (uncredited)
1984	La pasión de Isabela	Cristina
1983	El corazón de la noche
1982	La Víspera	Irma
1979	María de mi corazón
1978	Amor libre
1978	Cadena perpetua	Esposa del señor Romero
1977	Naufragio	Amparito
1977	La viuda negra
1976	Pedro Páramo El hombre de la Media Luna	Damiana Cisneros
1976	José
1976	Las Poquianchis	Eva
1975	The Heist El apando	Celadora
1975	Esa es mi Irene
1972	El profeta Mimí
1970	Para servir a usted
1968	Pax?