Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'

Acting

Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'

Born 1936-11-26 · Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico

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.

Acting credits

Romancing the Stone poster
6.8

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.

Romancing the Stone

1984

This was Pedro Infante poster
6.8

The life of Pedro Infante, with scenes from his best films and the chaos that his tragic death caused in the public.

This was Pedro Infante

1963

Mi niño, mi caballo y yo poster
6.0

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

Mi niño, mi caballo y yo

1959

Padre nuestro poster
6.5

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

Padre nuestro

1953

La pequeña madrecita poster
5.7

Little girl develops her maternal instincts with dolls and with an infant cousin while family tragedies erupt over and over again around her.

La pequeña madrecita

1944

Mimí Derba poster
NR

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.

Mimí Derba

2000

We the Poor poster
8.1

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.

We the Poor

1948

El Barrendero poster
7.7

A cheerful sweeper collects garbage dancing, and the maids of the neighborhood get jealous because he invites another woman out.

El Barrendero

1982

El secreto del sacerdote poster
6.0

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

El secreto del sacerdote

1941

¡El que no corre... vuela! poster
8.1

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.

¡El que no corre... vuela!

1982

Pepe El Toro poster
6.5

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.

Pepe El Toro

1953

Las dos huerfanitas poster
6.3

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

Las dos huerfanitas

1950

Agente 0013 - Hermelinda Linda 2 poster
4.0

A sophisticated device falls into Hermelinda's hands and when the Soviets and Arabs try to retrieve it, an international witchcraft war breaks out.

Agente 0013 - Hermelinda Linda 2

1986

Yo vendo unos ojos negros poster
6.5

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.

Yo vendo unos ojos negros

1948

This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter poster
7.2

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.

This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter

1957

You the Rich poster
7.7

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

You the Rich

1948

La palomilla al rescate poster
6.0

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

La palomilla al rescate

1976

Cambiando el destino poster
5.6

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.

Cambiando el destino

1992

En el camino andamos poster
4.8

Practical-joking bromance between two motorcycle cops, designed as a next-gen sequel to A Toda Maquina (1953).

En el camino andamos

1983

Hermelinda Linda poster
6.9

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.

Hermelinda Linda

1984

Ay, Jalisco, Don't Give Up! poster
6.6

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

Ay, Jalisco, Don't Give Up!

1941

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

Planetary Giants poster
4.2

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.

Planetary Giants

1966

El dengue del amor poster
5.5

Dancing fanatic weasels his way into Perez Prado's entourage as a personal assistant.

El dengue del amor

1965