Close Menu
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    • Home
    • About Us
    • Digital Subscription
    • Advertisement
    • Contact Us
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    The Tennessee TribuneThe Tennessee Tribune
    Advertise With Us
    • Home
      • COVID-19 Resource Center
        • Dr. Henry Louis Gates’ PSA Radio
      • Featured
    • News
      • State
      • Local
      • National/International News
      • Global
      • Business
        • Commentary
        • Finance
        • Local Business
      • Investigative Stories
        • Affordable Housing
        • DCS Investigation
        • Gentrification
    • Editorial
      • National Politics
      • Local News
      • Local Editorial
      • Political Editorial
      • Editorial Cartoons
      • Cycle of Shame
    • Community
      • History
      • Tennessee
        • Chattanooga
        • Clarksville
        • Knoxville
        • Memphis
      • Public Notices
      • Women
        • Let’s Talk with Ms. June
    • Education
      • College
        • American Baptist College
        • Belmont University
        • Fisk
        • HBCU
        • Meharry
        • MTSU
        • University of Tennessee
        • TSU
        • Vanderbilt
      • Elementary
      • High School
    • Lifestyle
      • Art
      • Auto
      • Tribune Travel
      • Entertainment
        • 5 Questions With
        • Books
        • Events
        • Film Review
        • Local Entertainment
      • Family
      • Food
        • Drinks
      • Health & Wellness
      • Home & Garden
      • Featured Books
    • Religion
      • National Religion
      • Local Religion
      • Obituaries
        • National Obituaries
        • Local Obituaries
      • Faith Commentary
    • Sports
      • MLB
        • Sounds
      • NBA
      • NCAA
      • NFL
        • Predators
        • Titans
      • NHL
      • Other Sports
      • Golf
      • Professional Sports
      • Sports Commentary
      • Metro Sports
    • Media
      • Video
      • Photo Galleries
      • Take 10
      • Trending With The Tribune
    • Classified
    • Obituaries
      • Local Obituaries
      • National Obituaries
    The Tennessee TribuneThe Tennessee Tribune
    National/International News

    Acclaimed Actress María Félix Influenced Cinema And Mexico City’s Subway System

    zenger.newsBy zenger.newsJanuary 26, 2021No Comments3 Mins Read
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Telegram Pinterest Tumblr Reddit Email
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email

    María Félix was one of Mexico’s greatest actresses. She also helped the country secure one of its greatest wonders: the Metro, Mexico City’s subway system.

    That legacy is thanks to her fourth husband, French banker Alexander Berger, who was instrumental in financing Mexico City’s metro system so La Doña, as she came to be known, could commute in cosmopolitan fashion.

    More than 100 years after her birth, Mexico remembers a woman who captivated everyone with her uncanny charm — both personally and professionally. As one of the faces of Mexico’s golden age of cinema, she fed the country’s ’s collective imagination.

    Who was María Félix?

    She was beautiful, with a penetrating gaze and a dazzling figure. Her immortal beauty will forever remain in those black-and-white feature films where she starred in roles that empowered women. Gone were the women who bowed their heads and said ‘yes’ to anything their male counterparts wanted.

    The actress led a distinguished life, thanks to her professional skills. The characters she got to play, such as María Ángela Valdivia in El Peñon de las Ánimas, catapulted her to fame and secured devoted fans until the day she died.

    Her personal life was as massive as her career.

    Some of her biggest love stories were off-screen. She lived with Veracruz singer and composer Agustín Lara, ‘El Flaco de Oro,’ and Jorge Negrete, ‘El Charro Negro de México.’ Later, she married Berger, a French businessman. They worked closely together, in Latin America and Europe.

    She also participated in what was Mexico City’s most extensive urban transformation of the 20th century.

    What is her link to Mexico City’s subway system?

    Some moments of her life marked Mexico’s history, such as when she declined the invitation of Ernesto P. Uruchurtu, the regent of Mexico City in the 1950s and ’60s, to set up residency within Mexico City. She responded with an arrogant yet justifiable attitude, saying that it needed a subway system for the city to be the capital of a cosmopolitan nation.

    Mexico City’s metro system is full of folklore, such as the story about the actress María Félix. *** El metro de la Ciudad de México tiene muchas historias dentro del folclor capitalino, como la de María Félix. (Alejandro Szuqdbhayky/Unsplash)

    “You may choose not to believe me, nothing will change between us, but the wonderful Mexico City’s Metro is mine, as my husband gave it to me,” says Maria Félix in an audio broadcast of her foundation. “The idea to make the subway came from Alex Berger, my husband, and he poured his soul into it to its end. He told me, ‘You, who want so much for your country to progress and who dream of that and other fabulous things, here is a gift for you, the city’s subway.’”

    Félix says she participated actively in her husband’s meetings with Alfonso Corona del Rosal, the mayor of Mexico City, to discuss the Metro Collective System’s construction. This infrastructure project influences the daily life of millions of Mexicans.

    “Honestly, I cannot imagine how life would be without the Metro,” said Carlos Murrieta, a Mexico City resident. “It is so necessary for millions of people who use it to move through Mexico City that it is impossible to think of going without it.”

    Such is the reach of the actress that her contribution to the Mexican cinema, as well as her influence on the capital city’s transit system, leave a lasting gift.

    (Translated and edited by Mario Vázquez. Edited by Fern Siegel.)



    The post Acclaimed Actress María Félix Influenced Cinema And Mexico City’s Subway System appeared first on Zenger News.

    Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
    zenger.news
    • Website

    Related Posts

    Emmett Till National Monument May Be Removed Under Trump Admin

    June 28, 2025

    Black Americans Face Unequal Burden as U.S. Inches Closer to War

    June 22, 2025

    Juneteenth! Freedom Day

    June 19, 2025

    Emmy-winning journalist launches Juneteenth series

    June 19, 2025

    Donald Trump is the first president in 116 years to not be invited to the NAACP convention

    June 16, 2025

    The Department of Education is Collecting Delinquent Student Loan Debt

    April 29, 2025

    Comments are closed.

    Business

    Charlotte Knight Griffin Takes Office as TBA President-Elect

    June 30, 2025

    EXCLUSIVE OP-ED: President Joe Biden Commemorating Juneteenth

    June 19, 2025

    FUNdraising Good Times Report from Neighborhoods USA Conference in Jacksonville

    June 4, 2025
    1 2 3 … 384 Next
    Education
    Education

    Austin Peay’s MPH program receives $27K for childhood literacy initiative. Community LIFT Project to be implemented at Head Start centers this fall

    By Ethan SteinquestJune 30, 2025

    CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Austin Peay State University’s Master of Public Health program is on a…

    TSU, State, reach agreement to reallocate $96M to school

    June 26, 2025

    TSU student lands prestigious internship at Harvard Medical School

    June 25, 2025

    FAMU stakeholders file lawsuit to prevent Marva Johnson’s confirmation as the university’s 13th President

    June 21, 2025
    The Tennessee Tribune
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    • About Us
    • Digital Subscription
    • Store
    • Advertise With Us
    • Contact
    © 2025 The Tennessee Tribune - Site Designed by No Regret Media.

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.

    Our Spring Sale Has Started

    You can see how this popup was set up in our step-by-step guide: https://wppopupmaker.com/guides/auto-opening-announcement-popups/