Florinda Meza
Florinda Meza García is a Mexican actress, comedian, television producer, and screenwriter. She is best known as Doña Florinda and Popis 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 in the Televisa sitcom El Chavo del Ocho, which would become a major international hit. The show would last from February 26, 1973, to January 7, 1980, during which she and Gómez Bolaños began a lifelong affair 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". Meza would also participate prominent roles in Chespirito's other main sitcom, El Chapulín Colorado.
After production of Chespirito ended in 1995, she and Gómez Bolaños began touring extensively. The couple would eventually get married in a civil ceremony on 19 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
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1971–1973 | Chespirito | Lead role | |
| 1973–1980 | El Chavo del Ocho | Doña Florinda / La | 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 |