Florinda Meza GarcÃÂa (born 8 February 1949) 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 ChapulÃÂn Colorado.
Meza was born in Juchipila, Zacatecas, the daughter of Emilia GarcÃÂa and Hector Meza.
She was cast by Roberto Gómez Bolaños to play (and later ) 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 (although the sketch would continue until 1992), 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 ÃÂdgar Vivar's character "Botija"'s wife "MarÃÂa Expropiación Petronila Lascuráin y Torquemada", famously known as "La Chimoltrufia" in the sketch "Los Caquitos" (alongside Gómez Bolaños who played the role of Chómpiras). Meza would also participate prominent roles in Chespirito's other main sitcom, El ChapulÃÂn 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.
In 2025, Meza was portrayed in the series by Bárbara López under the pseudonym Margarita RuÃÂz. Due to disagreements between producer Roberto Gómez Fernández and Florinda Meza over the storylineâÂÂs development and the alleged misuse of her likeness, they chose to remove her name and use âÂÂMargarita Ruizâ instead. The series portrays Meza's apparent relationship with Chespirito and other cast members. However, Meza has disputed what is depicted in the series and has claimed that it is a âÂÂdistortion of the story.âÂÂ