Florinda Meza

Florinda Meza García (born 8 February 1949) is a Mexican actress, comedian, television producer, and screenwriter.[1] She is best known as Doña Florinda in El Chavo del Ocho, La Chimoltrufia in Chespirito, and other various roles in El Chapulín Colorado.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Meza and the second or maternal family name is García.
Florinda Meza
Meza in May 2019
Born
Florinda Meza García

(1949-02-08) 8 February 1949
Juchipila, Zacatecas, Mexico
NationalityMexican
Occupations
  • Actress
  • television producer
  • screenwriter
Notable workDoña Florinda in El Chavo del Ocho
Spouse
​
​
(m. 2004; died 2014)​

Early life and career

Meza was born in Juchipila, Zacatecas, the daughter of Emilia García and Hector Meza.[2] She was cast by Roberto Gómez Bolaños to play "Doña Florinda" (and later "La Popis") in the Televisa sitcom El Chavo del Ocho, which would become a major international hit. The show would last from February 26, 1973 to January 7, 1980 (although the sketch would continue until 1992), during which she and Gómez Bolaños began a lifelong romance that never produced any children. During her tenure on the Chespirito television series, she was also known to have played Édgar Vivar's character "Botija"'s wife "María Expropiación Petronila Lascuráin y Torquemada", famously known as "La Chimoltrufia" in the sketch "Los Caquitos" (along side Gómez Bolaños who played the role of Chómpiras). Meza would also participate prominent roles in Chespirito's other main sitcom, El Chapulín Colorado.

After production of Chespirito ended in 1995, she and Gómez Bolaños began touring extensively. The couple would eventually get married in a civil ceremony on 19 November 2004 after a 27-year relationship.

Meza would also participate in several movies, as well as produced telenovelas including La Dueña, Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas, and Milagro y Magia, in which she also acted.

Filmography

As actress
Films
YearTitleRoleNotes
1979El chanfleTereDebut film
1982El chanfle IITere
1983Don ratón y don rateroAftadolfa
1984CharritoHija del Sheriff
1988Música de vientoValentina
2019Dulce familiaVerónica
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1970ChespiritoDoña FlorindaLead role
1972–1980El Chavo del OchoDoña Florinda / La PopisLead role
1973–1979El Chapulín ColoradoNovia / Esposa / La Popis
1973La tierra
1974Mundo de juguete
1979La chicharraCándidaEpisode: "Llegó el play boy Narciso Fajardo"
1980–1995ChespiritoDoña Florinda / Cándida / EnfermeraLead role
1991Milagro y magiaElisaLead role

As a producer
YearTitleNotes
1985María de nadie
1995La dueñaExecutive producer
1997Alguna vez tendremos alasExecutive producer

References
  1. (in Spanish) Esmas - Biografia de Florinda Meza Archived 2010-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Florinda Meza-garcia United States Border Crossings from Mexico to United States". FamilySearch. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.