Florinda Meza

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Meza and the second or maternal family name is García.

Florinda Meza
Meza in May 2019
Born	Florinda Meza García (1948-02-08) 8 February 1948 Juchipila, Zacatecas, Mexico
Nationality	Mexican
Occupations	Actress television producer screenwriter
Notable work	Doña Florinda in El Chavo del Ocho
Spouse	Chespirito ​ ​ (m. 2004; died 2014)​

Florinda Meza García (born 8 February 1948) is a Mexican actress, comedian, television producer, and screenwriter. She is best known as Doña Florinda in El Chavo del Ocho, La Chimoltrufia in Chespirito, and other various roles in El Chapulín Colorado.

Early life and career

Meza was born in Juchipila, Zacatecas, the daughter of Emilia García and Hector Meza. She was cast by Roberto Gómez Bolaños to play "Doña Florinda" (and later "La Popis") in the Televisa sitcom El Chavo del Ocho, which would become a major international hit. The show would last from February 26th, 1973 to January 7th, 1980 (although the sketch would continue until 1992), during which her and Roberto Gómez Bolaños began a lifelong romance that never produced any children. During her tenure on the Chespirito television series, she was also known to have played Édgar Vivar's character "Botija"'s wife "María Expropiación Petronila Lascuráin y Torquemada", famously known as "La Chimoltrufia" in the sketch "Los Caquitos" (along side Roberto Gomez Bolaños who played the role of Chómpiras). Meza would also participate prominent roles in Chespirito's other main sitcom, El Chapulín Colorado.

After production of Chespirito ended in 1995, she and Roberto Gómez Bolaños began touring extensively. The couple would eventually get married in a civil ceremony on 19th November, 2004 after a 27-year relationship.

Meza would also participate in several movies, as well as produced telenovelas including La Dueña, Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas, and Milagro y Magia, in which she also acted.

Filmography

As actress

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	El chanfle	Tere	Debut film
1982	El chanfle II	Tere
1983	Don ratón y don ratero	Aftadolfa
1984	Charrito	Hija del Sheriff
1988	Música de viento	Valentina
2019	Dulce familia	Verónica

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	Chespirito	Doña Florinda	Lead role
1972-1980	El Chavo del Ocho	Doña Florinda / La Popis	Lead role
1973-1979	El Chapulín Colorado	Novia / Esposa / La Popis
1973	La tierra
1974	Mundo de juguete
1979	La chicharra	Cándida	Episode: "Llegó el play boy Narciso Fajardo"
1980-1995	Chespirito	Doña Florinda / Cándida / Enfermera	Lead role
1991	Milagro y magia	Elisa	Lead role

As a producer

Year	Title	Notes
1985	María de nadie
1995	La dueña	Executive producer
1997	Alguna vez tendremos alas	Executive producer

External links

• Florinda Meza at IMDb