Ana Ofelia Murguía
Known For
Acting
Born
1933-12-08 in Mexico City, Mexico
Died
2023-12-31
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).
Most Known For
Coco
as Mamá Coco (voice)
Dune
as Palace Maid (uncredited)
Mozart in the Jungle
as Nana Graciela
Free Love
as Esposa de Ernesto
Amber
as Frau Buschberger
Life Sentence
as Mrs. Romero
Morena
as Vecina
Bandidas
as Consuelo
Mientras haya vida
as Toto
The Marked Hour
La Hija del Jardinero
as Rigoberta Rondón
Esmeralda Comes by Night
as Doña Beatriz, Jorge Luis' mother
Las Lunas del Auditorio
as Self
La pasión de Isabela
as Cristina
La maceta
The Waterwheel
as Wife
Tear This Heart Out
as Clarita
Walking Vengeance
as Doña Amelia
Las Poquianchis
as Eva
Gaby: A True Story
as Nurse at Brimmer House