The Mexican actress who was famous for voicing great-grandmother Mama Coco in the Disney Oscar-winning animated movie is confirmed to have passed away at the age of 90.
- Jan 2, 2024
AceShowbiz - "Coco" star Ana Ofelia Murguia has passed away aged 90. The Mexican actress lent her voice to great-grandmother Mama Coco in the 2017 Oscar-winning Disney animation movie, and Mexico's National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature has confirmed her passing.
"With deep sadness we regret the sensitive death of the leading actress Ana Ofelia Murguia, who was part of the stable cast of the @CNTeatromx of #INBAL and whose artistic career was vital for the performing arts of Mexico. We send condolences and warm hugs to her family and friends," a post on Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura's X account read.
Con profunda tristeza lamentamos el sensible deceso de la primera actriz Ana Ofelia Murguía, quien formaba parte del elenco estable de la @CNTeatromx del #INBAL y cuya trayectoria artística fue vital para las artes escénicas de México.
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— Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (@bellasartesinba) December 31, 2023
Murguia was born in Mexico City in 1933, and became one of the stars of the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. She starred in the likes of 1994 Mexican drama movie "The Queen of the Night", as Dona Victoria, for which she won a Best Supporting Actress accolade.
Murguia also triumphed in the Best Supporting Actress category in 1979 and 1986 at the Ariel Awards. In 2011, Murguia won a special lifetime achievement Golden Ariel award, and she shared the prize with director and writer Jorge Fons.
But Murguia didn't have such success in the Best Actress category at the Ariel Awards. She holds the record for the most nominations in the category without a win, after she was put up five times but failed to land the coveted prize.
Murguia - who also portrayed Dona Amelia in 1995 film "Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead" - later starred in 2017 Disney movie "Coco", which was her final film role. The motion picture - which also starred Gael Garcia Bernal, Anthony Gonzalez, and Benjamin Bratt - received two Academy Awards, for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song, at the 90th Oscars.
