Personal Info
Birth date
1933-12-08 (91 Years)
Day of death
2023-12-31
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Mexico City, Mexico
Also known as
Ana Ofelia Murgía
Ana Ofelia Murguía
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).
Filmography
Mozart in the Jungle
7.5
Overview:
In the tradition of Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential" and Gelsey Kirkland's "Dancing on my Grave" comes an insider’s look into the secret world of classical musicians. From her debut recital at Carnegie Recital Hall to the Broadway pits of "Les Miserables" and "Miss Saigon," Blair Tindall has played with some of the biggest names in classical music for twenty-five years. Now in "Mozart in the Jungle," Tindall exposes the scandalous rock and roll lifestyles of the musicians, conductors, and administrators who inhabit the insular world of classical music.La Hija del Jardinero
1
Overview:
La Hija Del Jardinero is a Mexican telenovela directed by Luis Alberto Lamata. It aired from August 18, 2003 until April 23, 2004 on TV Azteca in Mexico.Coco
8.205
Overview:
Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.The Marked Hour
8
Overview:
La Hora Marcada was a 1986 Mexican television anthology series famous for its horror and science fiction themes in the vein of the Twilight Zone. Although virtually unknown outside the country, it achieved a popular and critical success in Mexico. It had a series of rotating writers and directors, among them Emmanuel Lubezki, Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón.Dune
6.182
Overview:
In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.Bandidas
6.024
Overview:
When a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a rough-and-tumble, idealistic peasant and a sophisticated heiress embark on a quest for justice, vengeance…and a few good heists.Tear This Heart Out
8
Overview:
A young girl recounts her girlhood and eventual marriage to a general of the Mexican revolution. by one of the most outstanding writers of the new feminist Mexican literature, it is at once a haunting novel of one woman's life and a powerful account of post-revolutionary Mexico from a female perspective.Pedro Páramo, el hombre de la Media Luna
5.5
Overview:
Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned and sinister town, inhabited by mysterious voices and whispers…The Black Widow
6.615
Overview:
Intrigues and secrets come together because of a woman, who has the protection of the parish priest.Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead
7
Overview:
A hit man searches for an alcoholic prostitute who has witnessed a crime and fled to Madrid.Walking Vengeance
5.3
Overview:
Frantic to be free of Felix, her wealthy but drunken and violent drug-lord husband, Ana tricks her fresh-from-prison sister, Aurora, and two other ex-partners in crime into coming to her aid. Now that their crew is reassembled, the women begin planning a heist that will rid Ana of Felix and net them enough cash to be set for life.Compassionate Sex
5.7
Overview:
Dolores is a mature and kind woman whose husband abandons her because he can't stand her uncanny generosity. Desperate to get her husband back, she devotes her life to works of charity, which is to go to bed with the other men of the town. Dolores, now "Lolita", becomes so famous that all men seek out her help now. It is through her compassionate sex that she brings back the colour and the happiness to a town that was immersed in sadness. Written by HoMordomo.What Do You Think?
4.7
Overview:
Award-Winning filmmaker Paul Leduc (Frida, Naturaleza Viva, Reed: Insurgent Mexico, Barroco) directed this gritty musical drama about life in the ghettos of Mexico City during the 1980s. With a soundtrack of Mexican rock music, the camera takes the viewer through the streets, to rock concerts, and to the bars and clubs, where he exposes the hunger, repression, unhealthy conditions and violence in the marginal communities of Mexico's capital city.Gaby: A True Story
6
Overview:
The life of Gaby Brimmer, a girl physically handicapped, who finally gets her goals of study and triumph.Las Poquianchis
6.9
Overview:
During the mid-1970s, in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, authorities discover a clandestine burial ground. The corpses are from murdered prostitutes. The suspects are three sisters known as "Las Poquianchis".Maria of My Heart
6.1
Overview:
Héctor and María meet again after eight years of not seeing each other. She works as a magician in cabarets and he robs houses. María convinces Héctor to become a magician and work together. Life seems to smile on them until one day, when Maria travels to another city, the couple's situation will be overshadowed by an unfortunate event.El mar muerto
5
Overview:
There is a blackout in Mexico City. In the darkness some people are abandoned by God (their conscience) and commit a transgression (murder and infidelity). When the lights come on, conscious of what they have done, they must atone for their sin.The Humiliated
5.2
Overview:
Four nuns are raped by a group of lepers. Although they all turn out to be pregnant, their status is hidden from them in the convent.The Queen of the Night
4.5
Overview:
The legendary life of Mexican singer Lucha Reyes is the basis of this fictionalized biography ( or as director Arturo Ripstein puts it "an imaginary biography"). Lucha Reyes was an unconventional, and sexually liberated woman, most famous for her "cancion ranchera" style singing. Her story begins in 1939, where at 33 she still lived at home with her mother, Dona Victora, the madame of a renowned Mexico City whorehouse. Lucha marries the liberal Pedro Calderon and then buys a beggar's daughter. She becomes the mother to this child, Luzma. Lucha craves lasting love like junkies crave heroin. But for her loyal daughter, she never finds it and in the end no one can help her.The Last Call
5.4
Overview:
Turmoil becomes the order of the day when a Mexican theatrical company begins its rehearsals of absurdist philosopher Albert Camus's “Caligula” for an influential upcoming international theater festival.One Man’s War
6.8
Overview:
Anthony Hopkins plays an English medical doctor living with his family in Paraguay and treating the poor people from the surroundings, who has his life turned upside down when his son was mysteriously murdered in what could have been an attack to him since he's opposed to the military dictatorship of the country. The doctor and his family will take lots of risk while trying to prove that the government was involved in the murder.Blue Eyelids
7.179
Overview:
Marina wins a paradise vacation for two, but when she realizes that she has no one to bring along, she decides to invite a stranger named Victor. The pair soon discovers that true love depends more on compatibility rather than idyllic scenery.The Heist
6.6
Overview:
In Mexico City's infamous Lecumberri prison, three drug-addicted convicts celebrate getting drugs from one of their the mothers. They are found out and locked up in the "apando," the dreaded punishment cell. Protests over the treatment of those held in the cell lead to a bloody confrontation.Dying in the Gulf
6
Overview:
The story of the oil leader Lázaro Pizarro, of his political and personal wars, the use of crime to settle conflicts and the course of his power between the basements and the domes of Mexican politics, have a narrative record made in the Gulf of accuracy and dexterityAmber
4.8
Overview:
Old Max remembers the time as a child when he was taken to the jungle where he met a prophet, a circus man and other weird characters.Acting
2017Coco as Mamá Coco (voice)
2014Mozart in the Jungle (1 Episode) as Nana Graciela
2013El mar muerto as Unknown
2013The Waterwheel as Wife
2013The Last Call as Unknown
2012Expiration Date as Ramona
2011The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man as Doña Chelo
2010I Miss You as Unknown
2010The Good Herbs as Blanquita
2008Walking Vengeance as Doña Amelia
2008Tear This Heart Out as Clarita
2008El Viaje de la Nonna as Nonna
2007Mientras haya vida (188 Episodes) as Toto
2007Blue Eyelids as Lulita
2006A Good Death Beats a Dull Life as Doña Tere
2006Bandidas as Consuelo
2004El edén as Unknown
2003La Hija del Jardinero (180 Episodes) as Rigoberta Rondón
2003La caja as Anciana
2002Las Lunas del Auditorio (1 Episode) as Self
2002Otilia Rauda as Maid
2002La maceta as Unknown
2001Pachito Rex: I'm Leaving but Not for Good as Rosa María
2001Written on the Body of Night as Nicolás' gandmother
2000His Most Serene Highness as La Salamandra
2000Compassionate Sex as Vendedora de Colmado
1999Ave María as Úrsula
1998Luces de la noche as Doña Mary
1997A Middle Class Married Couple Afternoon as Wife
1997Esmeralda Comes by Night as Doña Beatriz, Jorge Luis' mother
1996De muerte natural as Unknown
1996El Anzuelo as Doña Rosa
1995Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead as Doña Amelia
1995Morena as Unknown
1994The Queen of the Night as Doña Victoria
1994Amber as Frau Buschberger
1994The Garden of Eden as Juana
1992My dear Tom Mix as Joaquina
1992Lost Objects as Neighbor woma
1991The Rider of Divine Providence as Unknown
1991One Man’s War as Doña Teresa
1990Dying in the Gulf as Chiara
1989Las asesinas del panadero as Jovita
1989Goitia: A God for Himself as Juana
1989Intimidad as Unknown
1988The Marked Hour (11 Episodes) as Unknown
1987Gaby: A True Story as Nurse at Brimmer House
1987Los confines as Madre de Natalia
1986What Do You Think? as Mother
1986Chido Guan, el tacos de oro as Doña Meche
1986Luz's Motives as Luz's mother in law
1986The Humiliated as Chief Nun
1985Mexicano ¡Tú puedes! as Burócrata
1984Dune as Palace Maid (uncredited)
1984La pasión de Isabela (1 Episode) as Cristina
1984The Heart of the Night as La Alumna
1982The Eve as Irma
1981'Ora sí ¡tenemos que ganar! as Unknown
1980Constelaciones as Juana Inés de la Cruz
1979Life Sentence as Mrs. Romero
1979Maria of My Heart as Doctora Murguía
1978Naufragio as Amparo
1978Pedro Páramo, el hombre de la Media Luna as Damiana Cisneros
1978Free Love as Esposa de Ernesto
1977The Black Widow as Unknown
1977Maten al León as Esperanza de Pereira
1976Las Poquianchis as Eva
1976The Heist as Celadora
1976Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra! as Unknown
1975Esa mi Irene as Unknown
1973The Prophet Mimi as Catita
1971El águila descalza as Trabajadora factoria
1971Para servir a usted as Unknown
1970Zuzanka's Game as Voz de Zuzanka (voice)