Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'

Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'

1936-11-26 – 2016-08-23 (age 79) Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico
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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.

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Known For

Romancing the Stone
Romancing the Stone

1984

as Hefty Woman

El Barrendero
El Barrendero

1982

as Pachita

We the Poor
We the Poor

1948

as Chachita

Hermelinda Linda
Hermelinda Linda

1984

as Hermelinda Linda

La Hija De La Otra
Padre nuestro
Padre nuestro

1953

as Elisa Molina

Pepe El Toro
Pepe El Toro

1953

as Chachita

Las musiqueras
Dia de Madres
Serafín: La Película
Serafín: La Película

2001

as Cocó (voice)

El Cristo de mi Cabecera
¡El que no corre... vuela!
¡El que no corre... vuela!

1982

as Doña Chona

How Beautiful is Michoacan!