Angélica María

Acting

Angélica María

Born

1944-09-27 (82)

Place of birth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

87 titles

Angélica María Hartman Ortiz (born September 27, 1944), also known as "La Novia de México", is a Mexican singer and actress. She debuted as a child actress in the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema in films such as Pecado (1951), Una mujer decente (1951) y Mi esposa y la otra (1954). During the 1960s, she became a teen idol in Mexico thanks to her telenovelas and films, along with her musical career with compositions by Armando Manzanero that made her known as a rock and roll and pop ballad singer. Her hits include the Hot Latin Tracks top 40-singles "El hombre de mi vida", "Reina y cenicienta", "Prohibido" and "El taconazo".

Known for

The Lincoln Lawyer poster
7.7

Hotshot LA defense attorney Mickey Haller will do whatever it takes to win as he navigates the criminal justice system from his trademark Lincoln.

The Lincoln Lawyer

2022

El Chavo del Ocho poster
8.1

The mishaps of Chavo, an 8-year-old Mestizo-Latino American orphan boy who lives in a village. Together with Quico, Chilindrina, Ñoño and La Popis, Chavo experiences a series of humorous entanglements.

El Chavo del Ocho

1973

La fea más bella poster
8.0

Leticia Padilla Solís, “Leti”, is an intelligent but unattractive girl, rather ugly. She graduated with honors in economics, speaks several languages, is fluent in computers, and is a financial genius. Only, because of his physique, she can't find work. Desperate to find a job, “Lety” decides to accept being hired below her level and takes a job as a secretary at Conceptos, a famous video production company, where ugliness is taboo. The production company “Conceptos” was founded by two good friends: Don Humberto Mendiola, and Julián Villaroel. Unfortunately, shortly after, the Villaroels die in an accident and Don Humberto and his wife Teresita take care of the Villaroels' orphaned children: Ariel, Marcia and Ana Leticia and the successful company.

La fea más bella

2006

Agujetas de color de rosa poster
8.0

Agujetas de color de rosa is a Mexican youth telenovela produced by Luis de Llano Macedo for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from April 4, 1994, to May 26, 1995. Created by Susan Crowley, adapted by Sergio Schmucler, and with literary supervision by Gabriela Ortigoza, the telenovela stars Angélica María, Alberto Vázquez, Carlos Bracho, Natalia Esperón, Flavio César, and Alexis Ayala. The story follows Elisa Morán, a widow who is left in financial ruin after the death of her wealthy husband. As she struggles to rebuild her life and raise her three children, her daughter Paola falls in love with Martín, a talented young singer. Together, they face family conflicts, jealousy, betrayal, and the challenges of pursuing their dreams while discovering the true meaning of love, friendship, and perseverance.

Agujetas de color de rosa

1994

The Book of Life poster
7.5

The journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans fantastical worlds where he must face his greatest fears.

The Book of Life

2014

Conversando con Cristina Pacheco poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

1997

Film credits

2010s · 6 titles

The Book of Life poster
7.5

The journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans fantastical worlds where he must face his greatest fears.

The Book of Life

2014

Out of the Clear Blue Sky poster
8.3

Returning to Earth as an imitator, the legendary Mexican artist Pedro Infante must prove that he is no longer a womanizer to enter paradise.

Out of the Clear Blue Sky

2019

El viaje de Keta poster
3.4

Keta is a professional makeup artist with a big butt and large thighs, but she also has big dreams. The truth is that Keta with her overweight, her addiction to marijuana and her pink hair can not get a job anywhere, so she ends up as a drug dealer handing out goods to her neighbor - who is addicted to all kinds of painkillers-, to an actress of soap operas as schizophrenic as a cocaine addict; also going through a swinger couple, a prude housewife, a not so prude nun and a host of characters that will surely make more than one viewer is reflected.

El viaje de Keta

2018

Hidden Moon poster
5.8

After a mysterious, beautiful Latin woman named Miranda makes a dramatic appearance at the funeral of a man, shocking his affluent Southern California family, Victor, the man's son, heads to Mexico to find out the truth about the nature of her relationship with his dead father. He finds Miranda in the city of Guanajuato living with another man, Tobias. When Victor confronts Miranda, she denies meeting his father and says they will never hear from her again. If Miranda is telling the truth, what exactly was she doing at Victor's father's funeral? Who is the man that she is living with now? Their confrontation is the beginning of a chain of events where the protagonists will have to solve the dilemma that happens when true love comes twice at the same time.

Hidden Moon

2012

Years After poster
6.2

At 35, Andrés leads a quiet life; he lives in Mexico City and has a girlfriend he plans to marry. His only relative is his mother Clara, who came to Mexico fleeing from the Spanish dictatorship years ago. One day, by chance, Andrés finds out he has a grandfather who lives in a village in Galicia. This news causes such an emotional response in him that he decides to leave everything and travel to Spain to reconstruct his own past and meet Justino, his grandfather.

Years After

2012

No artwork available
NR

Homage to the diva of the seventies Angélica María that is actually a self-portrait of Luis Zapata.

Angélica María frente al Mar

2011

1970s · 10 titles

Someone Wants to Kill Us! poster
5.8

A woman is sent to Mexico to kill the person who presumptly killed her father.

Someone Wants to Kill Us!

1970

Magdalena’s True Vocation poster
7.0

Sex and middle class are the main topics in "La verdadera vocación de Magdalena". Hermosillo shows marriage as a matter of interests (economical and social) in the modern society. emphasizing the education, lose of tradition and customs in the gap generation of sixties youth and its parents. Angelica María, plays the best character in his career, being a kind and vulnerable girl raised in a hard moral education

Magdalena’s True Vocation

1972

Ya Sé Quién Eres (Te He Estado Observando) poster
6.3

David is in love with his neighbor Rosalba and follows her everywhere. Rosalba, heartbroken because her boyfriend left her, decides to marry David.

Ya Sé Quién Eres (Te He Estado Observando)

1971

Entre Monjas Anda El Diablo poster
8.0

A man called “The Devil” makes a living in cock-fights. He falls for a girl who's about to enter the monastery.

Entre Monjas Anda El Diablo

1973

El cuerpazo del delito poster
5.3

Anthology film: three "sophisticated" rom-com scenarios.

El cuerpazo del delito

1970

Penthouse de la Muerte poster
6.0

Journalist digs into the workings of a smuggling outfit led by a bigamist who's living under two names in different cities. Meanwhile, a rival gang is moving in on their action.,

Penthouse de la Muerte

1979

El premio nóbel del amor poster
5.6

No synopsis available yet.

El premio nóbel del amor

1973

¡Quiero vivir mi vida! poster
6.4

Controlling father stifles adult son's career plans, interferes with his love life...

¡Quiero vivir mi vida!

1973

Yo Amo, Tu Amas, Nosotros... poster
5.8

A young girl, María, has 17 “boyfriends” and a fiancé approved by her mother. On his deathbed, Don Eustaquio sends Arturo, a lawyer, in search of his wife Victoria and his daughter Maria, whom he abandoned under pressure from her family. Arturo finds them working in a toy store. Arturo inherits the house of his ancestors during his lifetime, but ten children live there and Maria decides not to take them out because she has cleaned it. However, Eustaquio recovers and marries Victoria, as well as María marries Arturo, on the condition of adopting the children.

Yo Amo, Tu Amas, Nosotros...

1975

La Guerra de los Pasteles poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

La Guerra de los Pasteles

1979

1960s · 21 titles

Corazón salvaje poster
4.7

Calculating Aime sends her sister Monica to distract a love-struck smuggler, Juan del Diablo, when he threatens to reveal their affair to Aime's new rich husband. They are discovered alone together and to save Monica's virtue, Juan del Diablo promises to marry Monica.

Corazón salvaje

1968

Mi héroe poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Mi héroe

1965

Somos novios poster
6.3

To save a television show, an administrator proposes a show involving three young singers.

Somos novios

1969

Heaven and Earth poster
6.2

Nun interferes in the lives of a dysfunctional family.

Heaven and Earth

1962

5 of Chocolate and 1 of Strawberry poster
5.3

A novice eats some special mushrooms and changes her personality acting like a crazy psychedelic girl.

5 of Chocolate and 1 of Strawberry

1968

My Soul for a Love poster
6.4

Crushed-out octogenarian makes a pact with the devil so he can make time with his sixteen-year-old sweetie.

My Soul for a Love

1964

Me quiero casar poster
6.0

In Mexico, an American tourist meets and falls in love with a young Mexican doctor.

Me quiero casar

1967

The Gangster poster
6.8

An old gangster returns from the United States to Mexico City to live with his sister-in-law and his two nephews, where he will face the daily life of a middle-class family.

The Gangster

1965

Como perros y gatos poster
5.7

Rosita and Carlos, two young people who deeply detest each other, despite their parents determination to marry them off to unite their fortunes. Noticing their constant rivalry, the parents feign animosity to try and force the couple to fall in love.

Como perros y gatos

1969

Las hijas del Amapolo poster
5.3

The story of four charming girls in a small town, trying to hang out with four boys.

Las hijas del Amapolo

1962

Romeo contra Julieta poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Romeo contra Julieta

1968

Mi vida es una canción poster
5.8

Young pop singer finds his niche in the entertainment industry.

Mi vida es una canción

1963

Adorada enemiga poster
6.3

Young Patricia returns from studying in Europe and finds her mother has married to a man named Jaime. The young woman falls in love with him, who has also seduced a servant who still loves him.

Adorada enemiga

1965

Storm in the Ring poster
5.5

Gangsters and crooked gamblers try to interfere with a wrestling championship.

Storm in the Ring

1963

La sombra de los hijos poster
5.6

Dying woman refuses to surrender to her unnamed movie disease until she can help her children through the big, big problems each one is facing.

La sombra de los hijos

1964

El señor Tormenta poster
5.8

Wrestling melodrama: crooked gamblers, boy/girl stuff and a priest who needs money to run his orphanage.

El señor Tormenta

1963

Muchachas que trabajan poster
6.4

Working in a department store exposes young ladies to corrupting influences.

Muchachas que trabajan

1961

The Zodiac Signs poster
4.8

A group of young people makes a plan to escape from the problems of their neighborhood.

The Zodiac Signs

1964

Perdóname mi vida poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Perdóname mi vida

1965

Fray Torero poster
5.4

No synopsis available yet.

Fray Torero

1966

Sólo para tí poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Sólo para tí

1966

1950s · 16 titles

Fierecilla poster
4.3

After discovering his wife in flagrante with another man, a gold prospector kills them both, then takes his daughter to live in the countryside, removed from corrupting influences. Fifteen years later...

Fierecilla

1951

Sígueme corazón poster
5.7

A comedy of errors in which a young married couple finds themselves caught up in a web of intrigue when they take in a three-year-old girl whose grandmother is being slowly poisoned by another pair of crooks.

Sígueme corazón

1952

The Hawks poster
6.7

The story of two half brothers who do not know they are such, who fight over a woman and nearly kill each other. One of them belongs to Los Gavilanes, a group of men who live live hidden and looting to give to the poor. Revenge, love and hate will at the end bring out the truth and everyone will get what he deserves.

The Hawks

1956

The Hawks poster
6.7

The story of two half brothers who do not know they are such, who fight over a woman and nearly kill each other. One of them belongs to Los Gavilanes, a group of men who live live hidden and looting to give to the poor. Revenge, love and hate will at the end bring out the truth and everyone will get what he deserves.

The Hawks

1956

My Wife and the Other poster
5.1

A classic story of a husband who meets a younger woman, and begins a love affair.

My Wife and the Other

1952

Sublime melodía poster
6.0

Young widow with kindergarten-age daughter butts heads with her mother-in-law.

Sublime melodía

1956

La Hija De La Otra poster
5.7

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

La Hija De La Otra

1951

Two Faces Have the Destiny poster
6.2

Ruined alcoholic doctor escapes a tropical plague and begins a new life back in civilization, taking over the identity of a dead man.

Two Faces Have the Destiny

1952

Pecado poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Pecado

1951

Gang Adventures poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Gang Adventures

1959

The Absentee poster
6.6

After arguing with her husband, a woman runs out of the house in the car and dies in a mysterious accident

The Absentee

1952

No artwork available
6.2

Neighborhood kids play pranks, get into mischief. Wacky hijinks and such.

La pandilla en acción

1959

No artwork available
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

La pandilla se divierte

1959

El buen ladrón poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

El buen ladrón

1957

Sucedió en Acapulco poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Sucedió en Acapulco

1953

Una mujer decente poster
6.0

Rosa, a working-class young woman, falls in love with the physician Armando de la Vega. After they spend a night together, she discovers that she is pregnant. Armando, however, marries another woman, and the couple leaves for Paris, where he remains for several years. Upon his return, disillusioned with his marriage, he meets the famous cabaret star Alma Rosa, not realizing that she is Rosa, now performing under a stage name.

Una mujer decente

1950

Series credits

The Lincoln Lawyer poster
7.7

Hotshot LA defense attorney Mickey Haller will do whatever it takes to win as he navigates the criminal justice system from his trademark Lincoln.

The Lincoln Lawyer

2022

El Chavo del Ocho poster
8.1

The mishaps of Chavo, an 8-year-old Mestizo-Latino American orphan boy who lives in a village. Together with Quico, Chilindrina, Ñoño and La Popis, Chavo experiences a series of humorous entanglements.

El Chavo del Ocho

1973

La fea más bella poster
8.0

Leticia Padilla Solís, “Leti”, is an intelligent but unattractive girl, rather ugly. She graduated with honors in economics, speaks several languages, is fluent in computers, and is a financial genius. Only, because of his physique, she can't find work. Desperate to find a job, “Lety” decides to accept being hired below her level and takes a job as a secretary at Conceptos, a famous video production company, where ugliness is taboo. The production company “Conceptos” was founded by two good friends: Don Humberto Mendiola, and Julián Villaroel. Unfortunately, shortly after, the Villaroels die in an accident and Don Humberto and his wife Teresita take care of the Villaroels' orphaned children: Ariel, Marcia and Ana Leticia and the successful company.

La fea más bella

2006

Agujetas de color de rosa poster
8.0

Agujetas de color de rosa is a Mexican youth telenovela produced by Luis de Llano Macedo for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from April 4, 1994, to May 26, 1995. Created by Susan Crowley, adapted by Sergio Schmucler, and with literary supervision by Gabriela Ortigoza, the telenovela stars Angélica María, Alberto Vázquez, Carlos Bracho, Natalia Esperón, Flavio César, and Alexis Ayala. The story follows Elisa Morán, a widow who is left in financial ruin after the death of her wealthy husband. As she struggles to rebuild her life and raise her three children, her daughter Paola falls in love with Martín, a talented young singer. Together, they face family conflicts, jealousy, betrayal, and the challenges of pursuing their dreams while discovering the true meaning of love, friendship, and perseverance.

Agujetas de color de rosa

1994

Conversando con Cristina Pacheco poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

1997

Graves poster
5.0

Former two-term President Richard Graves embarks on a Don Quixote-like quest to right the wrongs of his administration and reclaim his legacy 25 years after leaving the White House. His enlightenment takes place just as his wife Margaret Graves decides it’s finally time for her to pursue her own political ambitions.

Graves

2016

Rosalinda poster
7.1

Having to serve a sentence for a murder she did not commit but took the blame for, a woman gives her baby to her sister to be raised without knowing the truth. 20 years later she is freed and try to be once again part of her life. But things get complicated when the daugther, Rosalinda, and Fernando, the son of the man that was killed, become close.

Rosalinda

1999

Killer Women poster
7.6

Mujeres Asesinas is a series that shows the dark side of women who have been mistreated or abused and become cruel murderers. The series shows how violence and death can overcome the feminine mind.

Killer Women

2008

Yara poster
8.0

Yara is an indigenous woman who comes to Mexico City in search of a better quality of life. Yara suffered the contempt of society and the people around her.

Yara

1979

My Heart Beats for Lola Volcán poster
7.4

Mi Corazón Insiste… en Lola Volcán is a Spanish language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo. Telemundo aired the serial from May 23 to November 28, 2011 at 8pm central. As with most of its other telenovelas, the network broadcasts English subtitles as closed captions on CC3. It is a remake of Colombian telenovela of 1998-1999 Yo amo a Paquita Gallego by Julio Jimenez.

My Heart Beats for Lola Volcán

2011

The Marked Hour poster
8.3

La Hora Marcada was a 1986 Mexican television anthology series famous for its horror and science fiction themes in the vein of the Twilight Zone. Although virtually unknown outside the country, it achieved a popular and critical success in Mexico. It had a series of rotating writers and directors, among them Emmanuel Lubezki, Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón.

The Marked Hour

1988

Primos poster
4.9

Soon to be 10-year-old Tater Ramirez Humphrey's summer plans are turned upside down when all 12 of her primos are invited to stay the summer.

Primos

2024

El hogar que yo robé poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

El hogar que yo robé

1981

El milagro de vivir poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

El milagro de vivir

1975

La antorcha encendida poster
8.5

A Mexican telenovela produced in 1996. It was the last historical telenovela produced by Televisa. The plot tells the Independence of Mexico, with an emphasis on historical accuracy.

La antorcha encendida

1996

Aurora poster
7.4

Having been cryogenically frozen for 20 years, Aurora's heart torn between past and present : memories of an old love and chance of a new one.

Aurora

2010

Corazón salvaje poster
6.0

Corazón salvaje is a Mexican telenovela, which was produced by and broadcast on Televisa in 1977. It is the fourth of five screen adaptations of the novel of the same name by Caridad Bravo Adams, and the second telenovela. The first telenovela was starred by singer Julissa while the 1977 production was starred by singer Angélica María who had previously had the role of Mónica in the 1968 film version. Actor Ernesto Alonso produced this version and after not casting Julissa and instead repeating Angélica María the first allegedly declared "Since my father is not employed in this company anymore Ernesto Alonso has forgotten me in his castings".

Corazón salvaje

1977

Behind Closed Doors poster
7.2

Two powerful families are caught in the web of slander, money, sex, and murder that they both built.

Behind Closed Doors

2011

Qué Bonito Amor poster
7.2

Qué bonito amor is a 2012 Mexican telenovela produced by Salvador Mejía Alexandre for Televisa. It is based on La Hija del Mariachi, produced by Colombian's RCN Television and written by Mónica Agudelo in 2006-2007. Jorge Salinas and Danna García star as the protagonists, while Malillany Marin, Roberto Palazuelos, Marcelo Buquet, Salvador Pineda and Pablo Montero star as the antagonists.

Qué Bonito Amor

2012

Las Lunas del Auditorio poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Las Lunas del Auditorio

2002

Loving Again poster
8.0

Amar Otra Vez is a Mexican telenovela produced by Lucero Suárez for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from May 31 to November 5, 2004. Created by Pablo Serra and Erika Johanson, with literary editing by Julián Aguilar and Víctor Ontiveros, the telenovela stars Irán Castillo and Valentino Lanús. The story follows Rocío Huertas, a talented seamstress who dreams of becoming a bridal dress designer. After being abandoned at the altar when her fiancé Fernando fakes his own death for personal gain, Rocío moves to Mexico City to rebuild her life. There she meets Daniel Suárez, and together they must overcome betrayal, family secrets, ambition, and dangerous schemes as they fight for a second chance at love and happiness.

Loving Again

2004

Herencia maldita poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Herencia maldita

1986

Bendita Mentira poster
6.7

Bendita Mentira is a Mexican telenovela produced by Jorge Lozano Soriano for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from August 5 to December 6, 1996. It is based on the radio serial La madrastra, created by Inés Rodena, and was adapted for television by Celia Alonso and Andrea Ordóñez. The story follows Esperanza, a humble housekeeper who works for the wealthy de la Mora family. Unknown to everyone, Diego—the young man who despises her—is actually her biological son, having been raised to believe the de la Mora family are his true parents. As long-hidden secrets begin to surface, Esperanza must confront prejudice, betrayal, and painful truths while fighting to reunite her family and find happiness.

Bendita Mentira

1996

Lupita poster
NR

Lupita is an orphaned street performer who was kidnapped by a pair of criminals, suffering abuse and exploitation. She became a missing child, prompting her grandparents to search tirelessly for her whereabouts. In the end, she manages to escape the villains and return home.

Lupita

1982

Juego de Voces poster
7.3

Game of Voices aims not only to entertain, but also to reveal the talent and dynamics between parents and children in the musical field, adding a fresh and novel element to Sunday television.

Juego de Voces

2024

Juego de Voces poster
7.3

Game of Voices aims not only to entertain, but also to reveal the talent and dynamics between parents and children in the musical field, adding a fresh and novel element to Sunday television.

Juego de Voces

2024

Muchacha italiana viene a casarse poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Muchacha italiana viene a casarse

1971