---
name: "Chela Ruiz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chela-ruiz"
fi1m_id: "chela-ruiz"
imdb_id: "nm0749719"
tmdb_id: 1531887
wikidata_id: "Q5765520"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 May 1921"
died: "17 December 1999"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:12:49.058756+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Chela Ruiz

## Identity

Chela Ruiz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chela-ruiz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chela-ruiz
- **IMDb ID:** nm0749719
- **TMDB ID:** 1531887
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5765520
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chela_Ru%C3%ADz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5765520, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749719/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1531887

Actor. Born 6 May 1921 in Buenos Aires City, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Died 17 December 1999.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 May 1921, Buenos Aires City, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- **Died:** 17 December 1999
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chela_Ru%C3%ADz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5765520, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749719/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1531887

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Official Story*](https://film.one/film/the-official-story.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Official Story* (1985), Fi1m 81, as Sara — [page](https://film.one/film/the-official-story.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Tangos Are for Two* (1998), as Berta Gardés
- *Cenizas del paraíso* (1997), as Isabel Güemes
- *The Dark Side of the Heart* (1992), as (voice)
- *Atreverse* (1990), series, as Sra. De Gauna, Irma
- *Mamá querida* (1988), as Berta
- *The Loves of Kafka* (1988), Actor
- *The Official Story* (1985), as Sara — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-official-story.md)
- *El infiel* (1985), series, as Mercedes
- *Amor Gitano* (1982), series, as Vanina
- *The Conquest of Paradise* (1981), as Aunt
- *Rosa de lejos* (1980), as Doña Pierina
- *Mis días con Verónica* (1980), Actor
- *The Island* (1979), Actor
- *Saverio, el cruel* (1977), Actor
- *El soltero* (1977), Actor
- *Las sorpresas* (1975), Actor
- *Destino para dos* (1968), Actor
- *An American Girl in Buenos Aires* (1961), Actor
- *Saturday Night, Cinema* (1960), Actor

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/chela-ruiz