Talk:María Félix

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There has been some confusion about Maria Felix's birthdate. She was born on April 8, 1914 as stated in the IMDB site. The New York Times posted May 4, 1914 by mistake. In Mexico the format for dates is DD/MM/YY so in Mexico her birthday was written 08/04/14. Someone misunderstood the 08 for a 05 and used the U.S. date format MM/DD/YY, cosenquently the NY Times posted 05/04/14 or May 04, 1914.

There are several Mexican sources that agree that Maria Felix birthday was April 08, 1914. Below are some sites that you can visit. Also, La Doña did a TV interview in a Mexican program where she said her birthday was April 08.

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Paco Ignacio Taibo I, a famous Mexican/Spanish writer, found her birth certificate in Sonora stating 1914. Since that day, María Félix never talked to Paco Ignacio ever again. Ask Paco Ignacio Taibo. There is evidence of her real birthday. the New York Times is not an authority on Maria Felix' life.

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For more information on Maria Felix visit http://www.mariafelix.com.mx or http://cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx/estrellas/maria_felix.html

To the anonymous individual who penned the above and did not sign, please be advised that there is no concrete evidence of her having been born on April 8, 1914, that can override her NY Times obituary, which never printed a retraction or correction. However, in the interests of fairness I have included both opinions with a short explanation of the nature of the dispute.

Please do not vandalise the site by changing or removing without contacing this discussion page first to discuss. Vandalism will result in the page being corrected and protected!!

Thanks!!

Crazy8 21:45, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Very strange. Why do you insist upon saying it is uncertain just because The New York Times says one date as if they can't be wrong? All the other sites, including most notably the "official" Mexican one have it as 8 April 1914. I see no problem in taking that as fact unless proven otherwise. What like simple mistakes never happen in major newspapers? Amedeo Felix 18:01, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

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Hi, if anyone knows anything solid about her family history? I have ulterior motives for wanting to know, because my dad has always said we were related to her, but of course it would add to this page if such information could be got hold of... --Amedeo Felix 15:26, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

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