María Rubio

Actor · Died March 1, 2018, aged 83 · Tijuana - Baja California - Mexico

María de Jesús Rubio Tejero was a first Mexican actress. She is remembered for her impeccable portrayal of Catalina Creel in the highly successful telenovela Cuna de lobos in Mexico and Latin America. Additionally, People en Español magazine ranked it as one of the ten best soap operas. Catalina Creel has been a figure throughout the world as the best villain of all time.

Biography from TMDB.

Born: September 21, 1934
Died: March 1, 2018 (aged 83)
From: Tijuana - Baja California - Mexico
Works as: Actor
Titles: 11 on MovieCove · 38 credits in all
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 76% in 30 days

What are María Rubio's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

41%

Morality

20%

Power

17%

Society

12%

Bonds

10%

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Shadowas Catalina Creel de Larios in Cuna de lobos (1986)
Shadowas Lucrecia de Montesino in Salomé (2001)

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic

Dread

Cold

Tense

Romantic

Other

How their films linger

Unsettling2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch María Rubio's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

ViX4 titles, show their 4 titles on ViX
Screambox2 titles, show their 2 titles on Screambox
Cineverse1 title, show their title on Cineverse
IndiePix Unlimited1 title, show their title on IndiePix Unlimited
Midnight Pulp1 title, show their title on Midnight Pulp
Vemox Cine1 title, show their title on Vemox Cine

Subscription and free streaming for María Rubio's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

38 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

The Show: Chronicle of a Murder(2022)
Show 5 episodes · as Catalina Creel (archive footage)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Some birds aren't mean to be caged (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
as Adela
Una familia con suerte(2011)
Show 266 episodes · as Inés de la Borbolla y Ruiz
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
Querida enemiga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Show 110 episodes · as Hortensia Vallejo Vda. de Armendáriz
The Rose of Guadalupe(2008)
Show 1 episode · as Cristinita
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows
Las Dos Caras de Ana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Show 120 episodes · as Graciela Salgado
Salomé(2001)
Show 150 episodes · as Lucrecia
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Labyrinth of Passion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Show 80 episodes · as Doña Ofelia viuda de Miranda
Amor Gitano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Show 55 episodes · as Isolda
Fuera de la ley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
as Ana Contreras (Segment "Los Satánicos"
Amada enemiga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Show 91 episodes · as Reinalda Proal
No tengo madre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Show 40 episodes · as Mamá Sarita
Crystal Empire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Show 120 episodes · as Livia Arizmendi de Lombardo
Traficantes de Niños (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Actor
Con el amor no se juega (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Actor
Diabolical Vengeance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Actor
Vivir o morir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
as Tere
Cuna de lobos(1986)
Show 85 episodes · as Catalina Creel de Larios
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Abandonada (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Show 120 episodes · as Carolina
El caso de las envenenadas de Valencia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
as Aurelia
Te amo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Show 125 episodes · as Consuelo
Tú eres mi destino (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Show 145 episodes · as Úrsula
Valentina(1982)
as Valentina adulta
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Murder in the Central Committee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
as Agente soviética
Las trampas del matrimonio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
as Ana
El Derecho de Nacer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Show 190 episodes · as Clemencia del Junco
Bloody Moon(1981)
as Countess Maria Gonzales
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Perché non facciamo l'amore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Actor
Monstroid(1980)
Actor
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
El rediezcubrimiento de México(1979)
Actor
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Cuarenta años sin sexo(1979)
as Emilia
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Rina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Show 189 episodes · as Rafaela Carballo viuda de Miranda
To Die... To Sleep... Perchance to Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
as Mother
No One Will Love You Like I Do (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
as Madre Superior
A Secretary's Intimacies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
as Señora Nuñez
Muchacha italiana viene a casarse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Show 1 episode · as Elena Harrington
La noche violenta(1970)
Actor
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
El hijo de Huracán Ramírez (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
as La gringa

Career shape

Star power in the 86^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 38 titles from 1966 to 2023.

Film career

1981Screen debut· Bloody Moon

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting38 of 38 · 29^th

By decade

1960s1 · acting1970s8 · acting1980s12 · acting1990s10 · acting2000s4 · acting2010s2 · acting2020s1 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.