ALVAREZ FÉLIX, ENRIQUE

(1934-1996)

   the only son of screen legend María Félix and her first husband, Enrique Alvarez. After graduating with honors in political science from UNAM (the national university in Mexico), changed his career plans and, at about the age of 30, decided his true vocation was acting. Obtained some small roles on television and made his screen debut in Luis Buñuel's short feature, Simón del desierto. In 1966, appeared with Julissa in Los caifanes, a popular and critical success. By the early 1970s he had switched his focus from films to television and the theatre. Alvarez Félix suffered a fatal heart attack just days after his character on the telenovela "Marisol" had perished in a similar fashion.