Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'

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.

Known For

Pepe El Toro
Pepe El Toro
Mimí Derba
Mimí Derba
¡Qué verde era mi padre!
¡Qué verde era mi padre!
Las musiqueras
Las musiqueras
El secreto del sacerdote
El secreto del sacerdote
Ay, Jalisco, Don't Give Up!
Ay, Jalisco, Don't Give Up!
You the Rich
You the Rich
We the Poor
We the Poor

Filmography

2008 Don't Mess with an Angel
as Candelaria Martínez
2005 Contra viento y marea
as Doña Cruz Cárdenas
2002 Las Lunas del Auditorio
as Self
2001 Serafín: La Película
as Cocó (voice)
2000 Mimí Derba
as Self
1999 Alma Rebelde
as Berenice
1999 Unforgettable
as Benita
1998 Gotita de Amor
as Dolores "Lolita" Lomeli de Centella
1996 Bendita Mentira
as Goya
1992 Ángeles sin paraíso
as Asunción "Mamá Chonita"
1992 Cambiando el destino
as Hermana Margarita
1990 De lengua, me como un plato
as
1988 Dia de Madres
as
1988 Dos machos que ladran no muerden
as
1988 The Marked Hour
as
1986 Agente 0013: Hermelinda linda II
as Hermelinda Linda
1984 Hermelinda Linda
as Hermelinda Linda
1984 Romancing the Stone
as Hefty Woman
1984 Los humillados
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1983 En el camino andamos
as