Mexican actress Ana Ofelia Murgua, the voice of Mam Coco, dies

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2024-01-01 19:48:34

Updated Monday, January 1, 2024 – 18:48

The actress and the Disney Pixar character she voiced.

The Mexican actress Ana Ofelia Murgua died this Sunday at the age of 90, reported the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (INBAL) and the Secretary of Culture, although the causes of his death are currently unknown.

Graduated from the National School of Theater Art of INBAL, she collaborated in more than 70 plays and more than 90 films.

The actress had a career of more than 40 years, in which she obtained four times the Ariel Award for Best Female Co-Acting for the films ‘Cadena perpetua’ (1979), ‘The motives of Light’ (1986), ‘The Queen of the Night’ (1996). While in 2011 she was awarded the golden ariel for his career.

Recently, he voiced the character of ‘Mam Coco’ in the Disney Pixar animated film ‘Coco’.

In Spain I worked in No one will talk about us when we are dead y I just want to walk, both by Agustin Daz Yanes.

She was also the recipient of recognitions such as the silver Mayahuel award, for her career at the Guadalajara Film Festival, as well as the medal ‘My life in the theater’, from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the Ingmar Bergman Chair Medal, which he received in 2023.

“With deep sadness we regret the sensitive death of the first actress Ana Ofelia Murgua, who was part of the stable cast of the @CNTeatromx (National Theater Company) of INBAL and whose artistic career was vital for the arts “scenic scenes of Mexico,” INBAL stated on the social network

Likewise, I sent condolences and hugs “with love” to his family and friends.

Meanwhile, the Secretary of Culture of Mexico also regretted “the sensitive death” of the actress to whom it recognized her “outstanding” track record in theatre, film and television. “His great acting quality will remain in the artistic memory of Mexico,” the department said.

For its part, the Film Library of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) shared a message for the death of the film, theater and television actress, who was born on December 8, 1933, in Mexico City.

“We regret the death of the Mexican film, theater and television actress Ana Ofelia Murgua,” said the UNAM Film Library.

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