Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'
Known For
Acting
Born
1936-11-26 in Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico
Died
2016-08-23
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.
Most Known For
Columbo
as Chambermaid
Don't Mess with the Angel
as Candelaria Martínez
Romancing the Stone
as Hefty Woman
Alma Rebelde
as Berenice
Gotita de Amor
as Dolores "Lolita" Lomeli de Centella
Unforgettable
as Benita
Contra viento y marea
as Doña Cruz Cárdenas
Mimí Derba
as Self
Bendita Mentira
as Goya
Mundo de Juguete
as Hermana Carmela
Padre nuestro
as Elisa Molina
The Marked Hour
Las Lunas del Auditorio
as Self
Ángeles sin paraíso
as Asunción "Mamá Chonita"
El Barrendero
as Pachita
Gutierritos
Pepe El Toro
as Chachita
Hermelinda Linda
as Hermelinda Linda
We the Poor
as Chachita
Unethical Behaviour
as Doña Cata "La pulques"