Death Place Matching "Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico" (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Marty Feldman
Actor | Young Frankenstein
"I am too old to die young, and too young to grow up," Marty Feldman told a reporter -- a week before he died.
This beloved comedian, who poked fun at himself, as well as others, was born Martin Alan Feldman on July 8, 1934, in London, England. His parents were of Ukrainian Jewish heritage (from ...
2. Luis Buñuel
Writer | Belle de jour
The father of cinematic Surrealism and one of the most original directors in the history of the film medium, Luis Buñuel was given a strict Jesuit education (which sowed the seeds of his obsession with both religion and subversive behavior), and subsequently moved to Madrid to study at the ...
3. Cantinflas
Actor | Around the World in 80 Days
Cantinflas, born Mario Moreno as the son of a Mexican postal employee, was a prolific and productive Mexican comedian/producer/writer/singer who also knew a fair bit about agriculture and medicine. He was married to Valentina Ivanova from 1936 until her death. He appeared in more than 55 films, ...
4. Emilio Fernández
Writer | La perla
Emilio "El Indio" Fernandez Romo is the most famous person in the history of Mexican movies. For an era he symbolized Mexico due to his violent machismo, rooted in the Revolution of 1910-17, and because of his staunch commitment to Mexican cultural nationalism. Born to a Mexican (Mestizo) father ...
5. María Félix
Actress | Enamorada
Doubtlessly the most famous Mexican movie star, María Félix created a larger-than-life character: herself. La Doña, as the star was known after the character of her 1943 movie Doña Bárbara, starred in 47 movies, most of them forgettable except for her presence in them. More a star than an actress, ...
6. Miroslava
Actress | La muerte enamorada
Born in the pre-war Prague, young Miroslava Sternova (or simply Miroslava, as she was known in her film career) was brought to Mexico by her parents in the late 30s, leaving her childhood, her native Czechoslovakia and her beloved grandma. After winning a beauty contest in Mexico City, Miroslava ...
7. Edith González
Actress | Traficantes de pánico
Edith Gonzalez was born in Mexico in 1964, as part of a well-off middle-class family. From an early age, Edith showed a passion for acting. She was discovered at the age of 5 when her mother took her to see a popular Sunday show. The producer of a show was looking for a blond girl with blue eyes ...
8. Libertad Lamarque
Actress | ¡Tango!
Libertad Lamarque was born November 24, 1908 in Rosario, Argentina, the youngest of ten children of Gaudencio Lamarque, an Uruguayan tinsmith who was worked as a contortionist in her youth, and Josefa Bouza, a Spanish immigrant. Since her childhood, Libertad Lamarque demonstrated a great talent for...
9. Pilar Pellicer
Actress | La choca
Pilar Pellicer was born on February 15, 1933 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico. She was an actress and director, known for La choca (1974), Pedro Páramo (1967) and Muchachitas (1991). She was previously married to James Metcalf. She died on May 16, 2020 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
10. Irán Eory
Actress | Horror
Irán Eory was born on October 21, 1937 in Teheran, Iran. She was an actress, known for The Blancheville Monster (1963), Fair of the Dove (1963) and Rubí (1970). She was previously married to Carlos Monden. She died on March 10, 2002 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
11. Claudio Brook
Actor | El ángel exterminador
Claudio Brook was born on August 28, 1927 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor, known for The Exterminating Angel (1962), Licence to Kill (1989) and Cronos (1992). He was previously married to Alicia Bonet, Eugenia Avendaño and Mercedes Pascual. He died on October 18, 1995 in ...
12. Alfonso Zayas
Actor | La presidenta municipal
Alfonso Zayas was born on June 30, 1941 in Tulancingo, Hidalgo, Mexico. He was an actor and producer, known for La presidenta municipal (1975), Transplante a la mexicana (1990) and El sexo me divierte (1988). He died on July 8, 2021 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
13. Julio Alemán
Actor | El tunco Maclovio
Julio Alemán was born on November 29, 1933 in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. He was an actor and producer, known for El tunco Maclovio (1970), The Green Wall (1969) and Rocambole contra las mujeres arpías (1967). He was previously married to Esperanza de la Paz Gotes Martínez. He died on April ...
14. Carlos Enrique Taboada
Writer | Veneno para las hadas
Carlos Enrique Taboada was born on July 18, 1929 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was a writer and director, known for Poison for the Fairies (1986), La guerra santa (1979) and La telaraña (1986). He died on April 15, 1997 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
15. Manuel Ojeda
Actor | Romancing the Stone
Manuel Ojeda was born on November 4, 1940 in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Romancing the Stone (1984), El infierno de todos tan temido (1981) and Salón México (1996). He died on August 11, 2022 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
16. Sigrid Gurie
Actress | Algiers
Sigrid Gurie was a very talented artist and devoted her time in San Miguel Allende to painting and drawing and to her friends who adored her. She was a fine human being and well loved and missed after her death. She had been estranged from her brother for many years, as his treatment of her had ...
17. Jorge Luke
Actor | Clear and Present Danger
Jorge Luke was born in Mexico City. His career started with a movie called "There's always a first time" where he was a day player but soon after he caught the eyes of Mexican Directors and Producers and had an uninterrupted acting career as a leading man in film and television for over three ...
18. Ramón Valdés
Actor | Los tres mosqueteros y medio
Ramón Valdés was a Mexican actor of film and television best known for his portrayal of Don Ramón in the popular sitcom El Chavo. Prior to becoming a television star, Valdés was an extra in many films.
Valdés participated in more than 50 Mexican films, specializing in hyperactive underdog characters...
19. Mauricio Garcés
Actor | Don Juan 67
Mauricio Garcés was born on December 16, 1926 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Don Juan 67 (1967), El renegado blanco (1960) and The Brainiac (1962). He died on February 27, 1989 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
20. Joaquín Cordero
Actor | La risa de la ciudad
Joaquin Cordero was born in the city of Puebla in Mexico. Shortly after his birth his family moved to Mexico City, and in the following years he studied in a seminary and even considered becoming a priest, but eventually he decided to pursue a law career. By the mid forties, after three years of ...
21. Valentín Trujillo
Actor | Violación
Valentín Trujillo was born on March 28, 1951 in Atotonilco, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an actor and writer, known for Violación (1989), Yo el ejecutor (1987) and Cacería humana (1987). He was previously married to Patricia María. He died on May 4, 2006 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
22. Ninón Sevilla
Actress | Noche de carnaval
Ninon Sevilla was a Mexican showgirl born in Cuba and raised by an aunt in the populous Centro Habana sector, Ninón Sevilla was graced with feline features, wonderful legs and exceptional vitality. She successfully danced her way through Havana night clubs and cabarets, and arrived in Mexico in ...
23. Roberto Cobo
Actor | Los olvidados
Roberto Cobo was born on February 20, 1930 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico. He was an actor, known for The Young and the Damned (1950), The Place Without Limits (1978) and Dulces compañías (1996). He died on August 2, 2002 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
24. Rosita Quintana
Actress | A los cuatro vientos
Rosita Quintana was born on July 19, 1925 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress and writer, known for To the Four Winds (1955), Where Are You Heart? (1961) and 30-30 Carbine (1958). She was previously married to Sergio Kogan, Jorge D'Arnell and Julio Chapira. She died on August 23, 2021 in...
25. Noé Murayama
Actor | Tlayucan
Noé Murayama Tudón was born July 4, 1930 in Ciudad Del Maiz, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The son of a Japanese doctor, Masaki Murayama, and a Mexican mother, María Teresa Tudón, he was the third of eight children. He studied to be a dentist in Mexico City to please his father. He debuted at the ...
26. Héctor Suárez
Actor | El mil usos
Héctor Suárez was born on October 21, 1938 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor and director, known for El mil usos (1983), Las fuerzas vivas (1975) and National Mechanics (1972). He died on June 2, 2020 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
27. Christian Bach
Actress | Agua y aceite
Christian Bach was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina where she graduated with a degree in law, but later decided on a career as an actress. She moved to Mexico City in the end of the 1970's and the golden-haired, blue-eyed statuesque actress quickly found work on both stage and screen, she got the ...
28. Wolf Ruvinskis
Actor | Neutrón, el enmascarado negro
Of Jewish origins, Wolf Ruvinskis Manevics was born in 1921 in Riga (Latvia), but fearing persecution during World War II his family relocated to Argentina, where they lived in extreme poverty. In spite of his deprived childhood, Wolf excelled in sports and became interested in wrestling. When he ...
29. Enrique Álvarez Félix
Actor | Corazón salvaje
Enrique Álvarez Félix was born on April 6, 1934 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Wild Heart (1966), Marisol (1996) and El retrato de Dorian Gray (1969). He died on May 24, 1996 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
30. Salvador Quiroz
Actor | El mar y tú
Salvador Quiroz was born on November 1, 1891 in Cuautla, Morelos, Mexico. He was an actor, known for El mar y tú (1952), The Saint That Forged a Country (1942) and Mexicanos al grito de guerra (1943). He was previously married to Isabel Leila Rico Ricardy, Consuelo Quiroz and Virginia García...
31. Jacqueline Voltaire
Actress | Matando Cabos
Born in England, Jacqueline Voltaire has lived in Africa, France, Germany, the United States and Mexico. She was a model, a singer and dancer as well as an accomplished actress. Most recently she also has done work as an image consultant. She is very well known in Mexico, where she has lived for ...
32. Gabriel García Márquez
Writer | El año de la peste
Major Latin-American author of novels and short stories, a central figure in the so-called magical realism movement in Latin American literature. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1982. Studied law and journalism in Bogotá and Cartagena. He began his career as a journalist in 1948, ...
33. María Elena Velasco
Actress | ¡El que no corre... vuela!
Multitalented María Elena Velasco is Mexico's greatest comedienne. La India María, the hilarious, likable indigenous woman she created and played, is the most successful female movie character in the history of Mexican cinema; her comedies broke box office records and remain widely popular. She ...
34. Víctor Manuel Mendoza
Actor | Cuando lloran los valientes
Virile Mexican actor In great demand as a leading man during the "golden era of Mexican films" and also featured in Hollywood and European films.
According to a story that has been repeated through the years, young Victor Manuel left his home in order to study at the National Autonomous University ...
35. Ana Bertha Lepe
Actress | Lo que le pasó a Sansón
Ana Bertha Lepe was born on September 12, 1934 in Tecolotlan, Jalisco, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Lo que le pasó a Sansón (1955), Neutron Traps the Invisible Killers (1965) and Barú, el hombre de la selva (1962). She died on October 24, 2013 in Mexico, Distrito ...
36. Elvira Quintana
Actress | Lástima de ropa
Elvira Quintana, one of the most beautiful actresses ever to grace the Mexican movie screen, was born in Bajadoz, Spain, in November 1935. Her father was killed during the Spanish Civil War, and she and her mother fled Spain and emigrated to Mexico as political refugees when she was five. Quintana ...
37. Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'
Actress | Romancing the Stone
Evita Muñoz was born on November 26th, 1936, in Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico. Before she was 4 years old, she was in front of the cameras already making _El Secreto del Sacerdote_ with Pedro Armendáriz. It was in her second film, Jalisco, Don't Backslide (1941) with Jorge Negrete, that she was given ...
38. Jorge Russek
Actor | The Wild Bunch
Jorge Russek was born on January 4, 1932 in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico. He was an actor, known for The Wild Bunch (1969), Licence to Kill (1989) and Los camaroneros (1988). He was previously married to Julia Elvira Sánchez de Aparicio. He died on July 30, 1998 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
39. Rafael Baledón
Director | Los salvajes
Rafael Baledón was born on November 25, 1919 in Campeche, Campeche, Mexico. He was an actor and director, known for Los salvajes (1957), The Hell of Frankenstein (1960) and Cazadores de espías (1969). He was previously married to Lilia Michel. He died on May 6, 1994 in Mexico City, Distrito ...
40. Gabriel Figueroa
Cinematographer | La perla
Gabriel Figueroa was born on April 24, 1907 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for The Pearl (1947), Maria Candelaria (1944) and The Young and the Damned (1950). He died on April 27, 1997 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
41. Columba Domínguez
Actress | Maclovia
Columba Domínguez was born on March 4, 1929 in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Maclovia (1948), One Day of Life (1950) and La malquerida (1949). She was previously married to Emilio Fernández. She died on August 13, 2014 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
42. Ana De Sade
Actress | La montaña sagrada
Ana De Sade was born in 1952 in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. She was an actress, known for The Holy Mountain (1973), High Risk (1981) and Celestina (1976). She died on September 26, 1999 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
43. Ismael Rodríguez
Writer | Ánimas Trujano (El hombre importante)
Ismael Rodríguez was born on October 19, 1917 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was a writer and director, known for Ánimas Trujano (El hombre importante) (1961), Tizoc (Amor indio) (1957) and Los tres García (1947). He died on August 7, 2004 in Mexico City, Distrito ...
44. Delia Magaña
Actress | Los chiflados del rock and roll
Delia Magaña was born on February 2, 1903 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Los chiflados del rock and roll (1957), Charros, gauchos y manolas (1930) and Historia de un abrigo de mink (1955). She died on March 30, 1996 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
45. B. Traven
Writer | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
B. Traven was born on February 23, 1882 in Schwiebus, Prussia, Germany [now Swiebodzin, Lubuskie, Poland]. He was a writer and actor, known for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Macario and The White Rose. He was previously married to Rosa Elena Lujan. He died on March 27, 1969 in Mexico ...
46. Silvia Derbez
Actress | Lazos de amor
Silvia Derbez was born on March 8, 1932 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Lazos de amor (1995), El rey de México (1956) and Cruz de amor (1970). She died on April 6, 2002 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
47. Agustín Lara
Soundtrack | La piel que habito
Agustín Lara was born on October 30, 1897 in Mexico City, Mexico. He was an actor and composer, known for The Skin I Live In (2011), Arizona Dream (1993) and In the Mood for Love (2000). He was previously married to Rocío Durán, Yolanda Santacruz Gasca, Clara Martínez, María Félix, Angelina ...
48. Juan Orol
Director | Gángsters contra charros
Juan Orol was born on August 4, 1897 in Ferrol, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He was a director and writer, known for Gángsters contra charros (1948), Tania la bella salvaje (1948) and La diosa de Tahití (1953). He was previously married to María Esquivel, Rosa Carmina, María Antonieta ...
49. Maricruz Olivier
Actress | Orquídeas para mi esposa
Maricruz Olivier was born on September 19, 1935 in Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Orquídeas para mi esposa (1954), Even the Wind Is afraid (1968) and Esposa te doy (1957). She died on October 10, 1984 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
50. Eduardo Alcaraz
Actor | Zorro: The Gay Blade
Eduardo Alcaraz was born on April 13, 1915 in Santiago, Chile. He was an actor, known for Zorro: The Gay Blade (1981), Aladdin and the Marvelous Lamp (1958) and The Phantom of the Operetta (1960). He died on April 18, 1987 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.