Ana Ofelia Murguía photographed in Mexico City on May 7, 2011.Photo:Alejandro Godinez / Clasos.com / LatinContent / Getty Images)
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Ana Ofelia Murguía, film star and voice actor in the 2017 Pixar filmCoco, has died. She was 90.
“With deep sadness, we regret the sensitive death of the leading actress Ana Ofelia Murguía,” the company wrote in astatementon X (formerly known as Twitter). They added that Murguía “was part of the stable cast” of the National Theater Company, whose career “was vital for the performing arts of Mexico.”
“We send condolences and warmly hug his family and friends,” the statement concluded.
Ana Ofelia Murguía photographed in Mexico City on Jan. 19, 2010.Francisco Estrada/Jam Media/LatinContent via Getty Images
Francisco Estrada/Jam Media/LatinContent via Getty Images
Born in Mexico City in 1933, Murguía’s career spanned several decades with over 100 acting credits to her name, beginning with her first television appearance in 1967.
The acting veteran gained a new generation of fans in 2017 after voicing the character Mama Coco in Pixar’s hit animated film,Coco.The film follows aspiring singer Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez), who goes on a quest to find his great-great-grandfather in the Land of the Dead after being faced with an ancestral ban on music.
Cocowon two Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Original Song for “Remember Me,” which Murguía performed as Mama Coco in the film with Miguel.
Murguía’s other famous roles are included in such films asLife Sentence(1979),Mi Querido Tom Mix(1992) andThe Queen of the Night(1994), which she earned a Best Supporting Actress Ariel Award for, perBBC News.
The revered actress won the same award twice previously in 1979 and 1986, reported the outlet.
Murguía also received the special lifetime achievement Golden Ariel Award, which she shared with director and writer Jorge Fons, in 2011. In April 2023, she was also honored with the Ingmar Bergman Chair Medal for her contribution to film in one of her final public appearances in Mexico City.
Ana Ofelia Murguía photographed in Mexico City on Sept. 28, 2022.Jaime Nogales/Medios y Media/Getty Images
Jaime Nogales/Medios y Media/Getty Images
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Murguía’s final appearance onscreen was in a 2018 episode of the seriesJosé José: El Príncipe de la Canción, where she played the character Abuela Carmelitaa in a biopic about the late Mexican singer.
source: people.com
