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{{short description|Mexican actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Florinda Meza
| image              = Florinda Meza.jpg
| alt                = 
| caption            = Meza in May 2019
| birth_name         = Florinda Meza García
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1949|02|08|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = Juchipila, [[Place:Zacatecas|Zacatecas]], Mexico
| nationality        = Mexican
| other names = 
| occupation         = {{cslist|Actress|television producer|screenwriter}}
| notable_works      = Doña Florinda in ''El Chavo del Ocho''
| parents = 
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Biography:Chespirito|Chespirito]]|19 November 2004|28 November 2014|reason=died}}
}}
'''Florinda Meza García''' (born 8 February 1949) is a Mexican actress, comedian, television producer, and screenwriter.<ref>[http://www.esmas.com/espectaculos/artistas/358123.html {{in lang|es}} Esmas - Biografia de Florinda Meza] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014120117/http://www.esmas.com/espectaculos/artistas/358123.html |date=2010-10-14 }}</ref> 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, [[Place:Zacatecas|Zacatecas]], the daughter of Emilia García and Hector Meza.<ref>{{cite web|title=Florinda Meza-garcia United States Border Crossings from Mexico to United States|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLG1-DM2|website=FamilySearch|accessdate=19 October 2014}}</ref> She was cast by [[Biography:Chespirito|Roberto Gómez Bolaños]] to play "Doña Florinda" (and later "La Popis") in the [[Company:Televisa|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 (although the sketch would continue until 1992), during which she and 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 Gómez 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 Gómez Bolaños began touring extensively. The couple would eventually get married in a [[Social:Civil ceremony|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 ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+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 || 
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Television
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Biography:Chespirito|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 || ''[[Biography:Chespirito|Chespirito]]'' || Doña Florinda / Cándida / Enfermera ||Lead role
|-
| 1991 || ''Milagro y magia'' || Elisa || Lead role
|-
|}

=== As a producer ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title  !! Notes
|-
| 1985 || ''María de nadie''  ||
|-
| 1995 || ''La dueña'' || Executive producer
|-
| 1997 || ''Alguna vez tendremos alas'' || Executive producer
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0583746|Florinda Meza}}


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