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Enrique Álvarez Félix

Mexican actor

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Enrique Álvarez Félix (5 April 1935 – 24 May 1996) was a Mexican actor.

Enrique Álvarez Félix was the only son of Mexican actress María Félix and her first husband, Enrique Álvarez Alatorre. When his parents divorced in 1938, his mother lived for a time at home with her own parents until 1939, when she traveled with Enrique to Mexico City. Soon after, her ex-husband took Álvarez Félix.

He was known for his roles in telenovelas and in films, such as The Monastery of the Vultures and The House of the Pelican.

Álvarez's last acting role was "Leonardo" in Marisol (1996). The title character, Leonardo's niece, was played by Erika Buenfil; Leonardo's wife, Ámparo, was played by Claudia Islas. He died two days after the episode in which his character, Leonardo, was killed off.

Álvarez Félix never married, and, according to Mexican novelist and essayist Carlos Fuentes, he was sexually frustrated, and had an Oedipus complex.

Enrique Álvarez Félix died from a heart attack in the early morning of Friday, May 24, 1996, aged 61.

The Crows are in Mourning (1965)

Requiem for a scoundrel (1966)

The riders of the witch (1966)

The Outsiders (Los Caifanes) (1966)

Three nights of madness (1968)

The Angels of the Afternoon (1970)

The spring of the scorpions (1971)

The Monastery of the Vultures (1973)

Love does not have a woman's face (1973)

The House of the Pelican (1978)

The portrait of de Dorian Gray (1969)

The spring of the miracle (1974)

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