Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'
Also Known As: Evita 'Chachita' Muñoz, Chachita, Evita Muñoz
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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico
Adult: No
Birthday: November 26, 1936
Age: 88 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: August 23, 2016
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Pepe El Toro
Overview: The simple life and the values of loyalty and solidarity of the poor people in the environment of professional boxing, is the plot of this film, where Pepe el Toro shows the effort and tragedies that are experienced in this profession.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-08-21
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Mimí Derba
Overview: Mimí Derba is a documentary about one of the pioneers in acting and film production in México. In 1917, along with photographer Enrique Rosas, she founded one of the first film production companies: Azteca Films. Alejandra Moya captures a brief glimpse into the first Mexican female director.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-18
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Los humillados
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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¡Qué verde era mi padre!
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1947-01-25
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Las musiqueras
Overview: Chachita appears as wealthy spinster lady who surprised a burglar in his house. Instead of denouncing it, uses it as a driver and then fall in love.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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El secreto del sacerdote
Overview: Three boys grow up to be a priest, a military commander and the town mayor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1941-01-22
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Ay, Jalisco, Don't Give Up!
Overview: An orphan boy is left in the care of his godfather, a bartender who teaches him to play cards and shoot weapons.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1941-11-12
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Dos tontos y un loco
Overview: Crown-prince of a primitive country goes to Mexico for college. Wacky hijinks ensue.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-21
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You the Rich
Overview: Pepe el Toro is married to Celia la Chorreada and they have two children.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-12-31
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La hija del payaso
Overview: Circus clown and society matron compete for custody of their daughter.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-02
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How Beautiful is Michoacan!
Overview: When her father dies, a young woman must go to Michoacán to take charge of her lands, where she meets a young man and they both fall in love.
Genres: Western Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1943-10-10
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We the Poor
Overview: Carpenter Pepe El Toro lives peacefully with his daughter Chachita in an impoverished Mexico City neighborhood. He pursues a romance with the pretty Celia, but tragedy comes knocking on his door when he is falsely accused of having perpetrated a felony.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-03-25
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¡El que no corre... vuela!
Overview: After mistakenly going to jail, Maria makes friends with a woman whose kids live in the streets and Maria gets the idea to help them.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1982-06-25
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Agente 0013: Hermelinda linda II
Overview: A sophisticated device falls into Hermelinda's hands and when the Soviets and Arabs try to retrieve it, an international witchcraft war breaks out.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
Overview: The disembodied head of Pancho Villa, kept in a glass jar in a research institute, is the narrator of several short stories from his own life, stories that might or might not have happened but are the stuff of legend.
Genres: Comedy War History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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Las dos huerfanitas
Overview: Two young girls escape from an orphanage to go look for their mommies.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-10-18
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La Hija De La Otra
Overview: Husband and wife raise hubby's extra-marital child when the birth mother rejects it.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-07-18
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La locura del rock and roll
Overview: Two rival colleges prepare for a Battle Of The Bands. Also malt-shoppes and football games.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-03-29
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En cada feria un amor
Overview: Two cowboy bon vivants on the shady side of the law travel from county fair to county fair...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-11-01
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Beneath the Sky of Mexico
Overview: Romantic triangle. One of the guys is a very bad man.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-22
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El dengue del amor
Overview: Dancing fanatic weasels his way into Perez Prado's entourage as a personal assistant.
Genres: Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1965-10-15
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Death Arrives on Time
Overview: Several lives intertwine: those of a group of vandals, a drug addict, and a girl who works as a waitress in a restaurant where her mother cooks.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1967-01-19
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Cayó de la gloria el diablo
Overview: Subsistence-economy slum guy who sells used newsprint for a living breaks into showbiz with an inadvertantly-comical fire-eater act. The novelty of him wears off very quickly, and then...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-05-11
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Los pobres van al cielo
Overview: When their parents die, brother and sister run away rather than go to an orphanage. Childless elderly couple adopts them, the neighborhood priest takes an interest in their sad story, and it goes on from there...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-05-09
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Serafín: La Película
Overview: In this blockbuster film from Mexico, live action, animation, fast-paced thrills and humor all combine in an irresistible tale the entire family will enjoy. The story revolves around lovable guardian angel Serafin who leads a group of youngsters in search of a magic star that will save a friend. Along the way, the young heroes learn that courage, loyalty and kindness can overpower even the darkest enemies. Join the quest and share each glorious moment!
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2001-07-13
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Cambiando el destino
Overview: A musical band of teens travel by plane to a scheduled event where they will perform in scenario have an accident and get lost in the middle of the desert.
Genres: Music Adventure Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Padre nuestro
Overview: Pops is dismissed from his banking job for embezzlement, and his family have to adjust to a more modest lifestyle.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-08-03
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Morenita clara
Overview: Priest nags a crusty old man into reconciling with his daughter-in-law and granddaughter after the death of his son.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1943-04-28
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Los hijos de la calle
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-03-21
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Romancing the Stone
Overview: Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle.
Genres: Romance Comedy Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-30
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Cuando el diablo sopla
Overview: Two babies are switched in the cradle to gratify wealthy parents' preference for a boy. Nineteen years later, the babies meet...
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-09-15
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Planetary Giants
Overview: Daniel Wolf, scientist with a brand new rocket ship and a girlfriend/secretary is sent to 'the planet of the eternal night' to fight the guy who has threatened earth. He is supposed to go alone, but his assistant sneaks in the ship somehow, along with two other guys.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-07-29
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El Barrendero
Overview: A cheerful sweeper collects garbage dancing, and the maids of the neighborhood get jealous because he invites another woman out.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1982-05-05
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En el camino andamos
Overview: Practical-joking bromance between two motorcycle cops, designed as a next-gen sequel to A Toda Maquina (1953).
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1983-02-24
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Hermelinda Linda
Overview: Live action feature based on the Mexican comic about the exploits of a witch living in the outskirts of 'Bondojia', when a ruthless small time politician tries to steal their land in order to build a luxurious condo.
Genres: Action Fantasy Comedy Drama Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1984-07-21
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La pequeña madrecita
Overview: Little girl develops her maternal instincts with dolls and with an infant cousin while family tragedies erupt over and over again around her.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1944-06-15
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La casa prohibida
Overview: Three sex workers and three pimps, wacky complications.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1981-07-07
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Peluquero de señoras
Overview: Beauty-products czar can't attend an important industry function, so he hires a look-alike as a stand-in. The body double will have to learn to behave like a massive queen for the imposture to work...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1973-03-28
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La palomilla al rescate
Overview: Cute elementary-school kids get mixed up with black-marketeers.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1976-12-23
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El hombre que me gusta
Overview: A man facing bankruptcy and ruin rehearses a couple of scenarios relating to suicide, until his family convinces him he's worth more alive than dead.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-11-13
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Yo vendo unos ojos negros
Overview: When her father dies, the young protagonist must endure the injustices of her stepmother. Her life changes when Uncle Carlos appears, a generous man who suffers from blindness and who falls in love with the village teacher, who ardently corresponds to him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-03-11
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El Cristo de mi Cabecera
Overview: 1830s, guerrillas in the hills resisting the French occupation. Meanwhile, their leader has a French officer and another guy chasing after his fiancé, and...
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-01-03
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Guardián, el perro salvador
Overview: Poor woman and her daughter hire on to rich family as servants. Husband/Daddy comes back from his foreign travels and crazy stuff happens! Death! Jail sentences! Inheritances!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-04-05
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Dos machos que ladran no muerden
Overview: Constancio has to leave his wife and son because they're making him crazy. He leaves his fortune behind and falls in love with another woman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-08
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Mi niño, mi caballo y yo
Overview: Nun tries to heal the relationship between a six-year-old boy and his estranged father.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-06-04
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Vividores de mujeres
Overview: Mexican feature film
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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This was Pedro Infante
Overview: The life of Pedro Infante, with scenes from his best films and the chaos that his tragic death caused in the public.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Una calle entre tú y yo
Overview: When the national league coach selects Luis, a football star, to participate in a match against the US team, his father forces him to leave his girlfriend and his nemesis.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-12-04
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Dia de Madres
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Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1988-10-05
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De lengua, me como un plato
Overview: Mexican Christian comedy about gossip and mundane situations.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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My Parents Are Divorced
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Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-05-28
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El Cristo de mi Cabecera
Overview: 1830s, guerrillas in the hills resisting the French occupation. Meanwhile, their leader has a French officer and another guy chasing after his fiancé, and...
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-01-03
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Unethical Behaviour
Overview: A family in extreme poverty is forced to make a series of sacrifices in order to survive.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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La hermana Trinquete
Overview: Career-thief hides from the police by joining a convent.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1970-09-03
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