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Enrique Álvarez Félix (5 April 1934 – 24 May 1996) was a
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, known for his roles in
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s and in films, such as '' The Monastery of the Vultures'' and '' The House of the Pelican''.


Family and personal life

Enrique Álvarez Félix was the son of Mexican actress
María Félix María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña (; 8 April 1914 – 8 April 2002) was a Mexican actress and singer. Along with Pedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she was one of the most successful figures of Latin American cinema in the 1940s and ...
and her first husband, Enrique Álvarez Alatorre. When his parents divorced in 1938, his mother lived for a time at home with her own parents until 1939, when she traveled with Enrique to
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. Soon after, her ex-husband took Álvarez Félix. When his mother married Jorge Negrete he became the stepbrother of Diana Negrete. Álvarez Félix never married, and, according to Mexican novelist and essayist Carlos Fuentes, he was sexually frustrated, and had an
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.


Death

Enrique Álvarez Félix died from a
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in the early morning of Friday, May 24, 1996, aged 62.


Telenovelas

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which tells one self-contained story, typically within the span of a year or less. However, they are usually much longer than the typical miniseries; ranging from 60 to 200 episodes. * '' The Golden Woman '' (1960) * '' House of neighborhood '' (1964) * '' Valeria '' (1965) * '' Soul of my soul '' (1965) * '' Wild Heart '' (1966) * '' Between shadows '' (1967) * '' Scam of love '' (1968) * '' The portrait of de Dorian Gray '' (1969) * '' I know never '' (1970) * '' The constitution '' (1971-1972) * '' The twins '' (1972) * '' The carriage '' (1972) * '' The building opposite '' (1972) * '' My rival '' (1973) * '' Doll '' (1974) * '' The spring of the miracle '' (1974) * ''
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'' (1975-1976) * '' Rina '' (1977) * '' The Sin of love '' (1978-1979) * '' Colorina '' (1980-1981) * '' What the sky does not forgive '' (1982) * '' You are my destiny '' (1984) * ''
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'' (1985-1986) * '' As we are '' (1987-1988) * '' Light and shadow '' (1989) * '' The Devil's smile '' (1992) * '' Marisol '' (1996) Álvarez's last acting role was "Leonardo" in '' Marisol'' (1996). The title character, Leonardo's niece, was played by
Erika Buenfil Teresa de Jesús Buenfil López (; born November 23, 1964), commonly known as Erika Buenfil, is a Mexican actress, TV host and singer. She is best known for her lead roles in several successful telenovelas including ''Amor en Silencio'' (1988), ...
; Leonardo's wife, Ámparo, was played by Claudia Islas. He died two days after the episode in which his character, Leonardo, was killed off.


Films

* '' The Immortal Charro '' (1955) * '' Simon of the Desert '' (1964) * '' The Crows are in Mourning '' (1965) * '' The Two Elenas '' (1965) * '' House of Women '' (1966) * '' Requiem for a scoundrel (1966) * '' The riders of the witch '' (1966) * '' The Outsiders ( Los Caifanes) '' (1966) * '' The Green Years '' (1966) * '' Three nights of madness '' (1968) * '' Chronicle of a coward '' (1968) * '' Trap for a cadaver '' (1969) * '' Narda or summer '' (1970) * '' The Angels of the Afternoon '' (1970) * '' The spring of the scorpions '' (1971) * '' Victoria '' (1972) * '' The disturbed '' (1972) * '' The Monastery of the Vultures '' (1973) * '' Love does not have a woman's face '' (1973) * '' Labyrinth of passions '' (1975) * '' The House of the Pelican '' (1978)''Celluloid Nationalism and Other Melodramas'' by Susan Dever, pg. 185. "For spectators who followed national news reports about the late Enrique Álvarez Félix's allegedly difficult relationship with (his) real-life mother María Félix, it may be hard to ignore the irony of Álvarez Félix's character suffering castrating stabs."


Family tree


See also

* Enrique Álvarez Félix filmography * María Félix filmography *Enrique's stepfathers:
Agustín Lara
Jorge Negrete * María Teresa Lara, step-aunt of Enrique


References


External links

*
Enrique Álvarez Félix profile with dates of birth and death
Find a Grave * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alvarez Felix, Enrique 1934 births 1996 deaths Male actors from Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexican male telenovela actors Mexican male television actors Mexican male film actors 20th-century Mexican male actors María Félix
Enrique Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk (D ...