--- name: "Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'" canonical: "https://film.one/person/evita-munoz-chachita" fi1m_id: "evita-munoz-chachita" imdb_id: "nm0616307" tmdb_id: 587901 wikidata_id: "Q3308756" roles: [] born: "26 November 1936" died: "23 August 2016" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-04T18:33:47.267341+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." --- # Evita Muñoz 'Chachita' ## Identity Evita Muñoz 'Chachita' - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/evita-munoz-chachita - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** evita-munoz-chachita - **IMDb ID:** nm0616307 - **TMDB ID:** 587901 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3308756 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evita_Mu%C3%B1oz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3308756, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0616307/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/587901 Actor. Born 26 November 1936 in Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico. Died 23 August 2016. ## Details - **Born:** 26 November 1936, Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico - **Died:** 23 August 2016 - **Also known as:** Evita 'Chachita' Muñoz, Chachita, Evita Muñoz - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evita_Mu%C3%B1oz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3308756, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0616307/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/587901 ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*Romancing the Stone*](https://film.one/film/romancing-the-stone.md) (77) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Evita Muñoz 'Chachita' was a Mexican actress and comedian. Born Eva María Muñoz Ruíz on 26 November 1936 in Orizaba, Veracruz, she began her career in 1941 at the age of four. She gained prominence during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, playing the character Chachita in films including *¡Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes!* (1941), *Nosotros los pobres* (1948) and *Ustedes los ricos* (1948). She appeared in dozens of films and television roles over more than seven decades. In 1984 she played the Hefty Woman in the American film *Romancing the Stone*. Muñoz died on 23 August 2016 in Mexico City. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, es.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Romancing the Stone* (1984), Fi1m 77, as Hefty Woman — [page](https://film.one/film/romancing-the-stone.md) ## Complete filmography (65) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Don't Mess with the Angel* (2008), series, as Candelaria Martínez - *Contra viento y marea* (2005), series, as Doña Cruz Cárdenas - *Serafín: La Película* (2001), as Cocó (voice) - *Serafín* (1999), series, as Coco (voz) - *Alma Rebelde* (1999), series, as Berenice - *Unforgettable* (1999), series, as Benita - *Gotita de Amor* (1998), series, as Dolores "Lolita" Lomeli de Centella - *Bendita Mentira* (1996), series, as Goya - *Cambiando el destino* (1992), as Hermana Margarita - *Ángeles sin paraíso* (1992), series, as Asunción "Mamá Chonita" - *De lengua, me como un plato* (1990), Actor - *Dia de Madres* (1988), Actor - *Dos machos que ladran no muerden* (1988), Actor - *The Marked Hour* (1988), series, Actor - *Se Sufre pero se Goza* (1986), as Remi - *Agente 0013 - Hermelinda Linda 2* (1986), as Hermelinda Linda - *Hermelinda Linda* (1984), as Hermelinda Linda - *Romancing the Stone* (1984), as Hefty Woman — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/romancing-the-stone.md) - *Los humillados* (1984), Actor - *En el camino andamos* (1983), Actor - *¡El que no corre... vuela!* (1982), as Doña Chona - *El Barrendero* (1982), as Pachita - *Vividores de mujeres* (1982), Actor - *La casa prohibida* (1981), Actor - *Las musiqueras* (1981), Actor - *La palomilla al rescate* (1976), Actor - *Mundo de Juguete* (1974), series, as Hermana Carmela - *Peluquero de señoras* (1973), Actor - *Cayó de la gloria el diablo* (1972), as Nachita - *Columbo* (1971), series, as Chambermaid — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md) - *La hermana Trinquete* (1970), as Fat tourist - *Unethical Behaviour* (1970), as Doña Cata "La pulques" - *Death Arrives on Time* (1967), as Creolina - *Cuando el diablo sopla* (1966), Actor - *Planetary Giants* (1966), as Frijol - *El dengue del amor* (1965), Actor - *This was Pedro Infante* (1963), as Evita Muñoz - *Dos tontos y un loco* (1961), as Cuquis - *En Cada Feria Un Amor* (1961), Actor - *Mi niño, mi caballo y yo* (1959), Actor - *My Parents Are Divorced* (1959), as Maruja, amiga de Fernando - *The Man That Pleases Me* (1958), Actor - *Beneath the Sky of Mexico* (1958), Actor - *Gutierritos* (1958), series, Actor - *La locura del rock and roll* (1957), Actor - *This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter* (1957), as Remedios - *Pepe El Toro* (1953), as Chachita - *Padre nuestro* (1953), as Elisa Molina - *Una calle entre tú y yo* (1952), Actor - *La Hija De La Otra* (1951), Actor - *Los pobres van al cielo* (1951), Actor - *Los hijos de la calle* (1951), Actor - *El Cristo de mi Cabecera* (1951), as Marcela - *Las dos huerfanitas* (1950), Actor - *Guardián, el perro salvador* (1950), Actor - *You the Rich* (1948), as Chachita - *We the Poor* (1948), as Chachita - *Yo vendo unos ojos negros* (1948), Actor - *¡Qué verde era mi padre!* (1947), as Chachita - *La hija del payaso* (1946), as Chachita - *La pequeña madrecita* (1944), Actor - *How Beautiful is Michoacan!* (1943), as Chachita - *Morenita clara* (1943), as Chachita - *Ay, Jalisco, Don't Give Up!* (1941), Actor - *El secreto del sacerdote* (1941), as Martita ## Gallery - ![Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'](https://film.one/media/person/1257587/gallery-437435670590.jpg) Evita Muñoz 'Chachita' — Asociación Nacional de Actores, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Chachita_en_1954_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'](https://film.one/media/person/1257587/gallery-79e3dfe4db6c.jpg) Evita Muñoz 'Chachita' — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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