Evita Muñoz

Born: 1936-11-26

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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Romancing the Stone

as Hefty Woman
Released: 1984-03-30

Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her...

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You the Rich

as Chachita
Released: 1948-12-31

Pepe el Toro is married to Celia la Chorreada and they have two children.

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El barrendero

as Pachita
Released: 1982-05-05

A cheerful sweeper collects garbage dancing, and the maids of the neighborhood get jealous...

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We the Poor

as Chachita
Released: 1948-03-25

A poor neighborhood in Mexico City. Carpenter Pepe el Toro lives peacefully with his daughter...

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Hermelinda Linda

as Hermelinda Linda
Released: 1984-07-21

Live action feature based on the Mexican comic about the exploits of a witch living in the...

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Pepe El Toro

as Chachita
Released: 1953-08-21

The simple life and the values ​​of loyalty and solidarity of the poor people in the environment...

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Unethical Behaviour

as Doña Cata "La pulques"
Released: 1970-01-01

A family in extreme poverty is forced to make a series of sacrifices in order to survive.

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Peluquero de señoras

as uncredited
Released: 1973-03-28

Beauty-products czar can't attend an important industry function, so he hires a look-alike as a...

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¡El que no corre... vuela!

as Doña Chona
Released: 1982-06-25

After mistakenly going to jail, Maria makes friends with a woman whose kids live in the streets...

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Las musiqueras

as uncredited
Released: 1981-01-01

Chachita appears as wealthy spinster lady who surprised a burglar in his house. Instead of...

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Morenita clara

as Chachita
Released: 1943-04-28

Priest nags a crusty old man into reconciling with his daughter-in-law and granddaughter after...

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Ay, Jalisco, Don't Give Up!

as uncredited
Released: 1941-11-12

An orphan boy is left in the care of his godfather, a bartender who teaches him to play cards...

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Agente 0013: Hermelinda linda II

as Hermelinda Linda
Released: 1986-01-01

A sophisticated device falls into Hermelinda's hands and when the Soviets and Arabs try to...

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La Hija De La Otra

as uncredited
Released: 1951-07-18

Husband and wife raise hubby's extra-marital child when the birth mother rejects it.

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Dos machos que ladran no muerden

as uncredited
Released: 1988-09-08

Constancio has to leave his wife and son because they're making him crazy. He leaves his fortune...

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Padre nuestro

as Elisa Molina
Released: 1953-10-28

Pops is dismissed from his banking job for embezzlement, and his family have to adjust to a more...

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Los pobres van al cielo

as uncredited
Released: 1951-05-09

When their parents die, brother and sister run away rather than go to an orphanage. Childless...

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El secreto del sacerdote

as uncredited
Released: 1941-01-22

Three boys grow up to be a priest, a military commander and the town mayor.

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La muerte es puntual

as Creolina
Released: 1967-01-19

Lurid crime drama about drug traffic.

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Planetary Giants

as Frijol
Released: 1966-07-29

Daniel Wolf, scientist with a brand new rocket ship and a girlfriend/secretary is sent to 'the...

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La palomilla al rescate

as uncredited
Released: 1976-12-23

Cute elementary-school kids get mixed up with black-marketeers.

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Cambiando el destino

as Hermana Margarita
Released: 1992-01-01

A musical band of teens travel by plane to a scheduled event where they will perform in scenario...

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Serafín: La Película

as Cocó (voice)
Released: 2001-07-13

In this blockbuster film from Mexico, live action, animation, fast-paced thrills and humor all...

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El hombre que me gusta

as uncredited
Released: 1958-11-13

A man facing bankruptcy and ruin rehearses a couple of scenarios relating to suicide, until his...

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Mi niño, mi caballo y yo

as uncredited
Released: 1959-06-04

Nun tries to heal the relationship between a six-year-old boy and his estranged father.

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Mimí Derba

as Self
Released: 2000-10-18

Mimí Derba is a documentary about one of the pioneers in acting and film production in México....

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El Cristo de mi Cabecera

as uncredited
Released: 1951-01-03

1830s, guerrillas in the hills resisting the French occupation. Meanwhile, their leader has a...

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El Cristo de mi Cabecera

as Marcela
Released: 1951-01-03

1830s, guerrillas in the hills resisting the French occupation. Meanwhile, their leader has a...

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En cada feria un amor

as uncredited
Released: 1961-11-01

Two cowboy bon vivants on the shady side of the law travel from county fair to county fair...

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Cayó de la gloria el diablo

as Nachita
Released: 1972-05-11

Subsistence-economy slum guy who sells used newsprint for a living breaks into showbiz with an...

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De lengua, me como un plato

as uncredited
Released: 1990-01-01

Mexican Christian comedy about gossip and mundane situations.

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Vividores de mujeres

as uncredited
Released: 1982-01-01

Mexican feature film

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La hija del payaso

as uncredited
Released: 1946-05-02

Circus clown and society matron compete for custody of their daughter.

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Una calle entre tú y yo

as uncredited
Released: 1952-12-04

When the national league coach selects Luis, a football star, to participate in a match against...

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Guardián, el perro salvador

as uncredited
Released: 1950-04-05

Poor woman and her daughter hire on to rich family as servants. Husband/Daddy comes back from...

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¡Qué verde era mi padre!

as Chachita
Released: 1947-01-25

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La casa prohibida

as uncredited
Released: 1981-07-07

Three sex workers and three pimps, wacky complications.

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La pequeña madrecita

as uncredited
Released: 1944-06-15

Little girl develops her maternal instincts with dolls and with an infant cousin while family...

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Yo vendo unos ojos negros

as uncredited
Released: 1948-03-11

When her father dies, the young protagonist must endure the injustices of her stepmother. Her...

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Las dos huerfanitas

as uncredited
Released: 1950-10-18

Two young girls escape from an orphanage to go look for their mommies.

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Columbo

as Chambermaid
First aired: 1971-09-15

Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently...

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Don't Mess with an Angel

as Candelaria Martínez
First aired: 2008-06-09

Cuidado Con El Ángel is a Telenovela distributed by Televisa starring Maite Perroni and William...

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Las Lunas del Auditorio

as Herself
First aired: 2002-09-04

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Contra viento y marea

as Doña Cruz Cárdenas
First aired: 2005-07-06

Contra viento y marea is a Mexican telenovela aired from April 25 until November 4, 2005. This...

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Gotita de Amor

as Dolores "Lolita" Lomeli de Centella
First aired: 1998-08-03

Gotita de amor is a Mexican drama broadcast by Canal de las Estrellas, starring Laura Flores and...

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Unforgettable

as Benita
First aired: 1999-01-18

Nunca te olvidaré is a Mexican telenovela produced by Juan Osorio for Televisa in 1999. It is...

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Alma Rebelde

as Berenice
First aired: 1999-07-19

Alma Rebelde is a 1999 Mexican telenovela, starring Lisette Morelos, Eduardo Verástegui and the...

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Ángeles sin paraíso

as Asunción "Mamá Chonita"
First aired: 1992-11-09

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