Lorena Velázquez

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Lorena Velázquez
Lorena Velázquez in 2011
Born	María de la Concepción Lorena Villar (1937-12-15) December 15, 1937 (age 83) Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation	Actress

Lorena Velázquez (Spanish pronunciation: [loˈɾena βeˈlaskes]; born December 15, 1937) is a Mexican actress and former beauty pageant titleholder.

Biography[]

Born María de la Concepción Lorena Villar in Mexico City, Velázquez debuted in 1955.^[vague] She competed in Miss Mexico in 1958 and placed second. Afterwards she was appointed Miss Mexico 1960, although she refused to represent Mexico in the Miss Universe pageant.

Velázquez played varied roles in the 60's, from a vedette, to a cowgirl and even as the queen of vampires. She also played two antagonic roles in a film, as queen of a far away planet and her twin (picture). In the 70's, she made the transition to television. Since then, she has alternated between the large and small screens.

She is the step-daughter of actor Víctor Velázquez and older sister of actress Teresa Velázquez.

Filmography[]

Left to right: El Hijo del Santo with Velázquez who holds a portrait in which she was photographed with El Santo during the celebration of the 100 years of the birth of "El Santo, El Enmascarado de Plata" in 2017

Television shows[]

• Mujer, casos de la vida real (1985–2007)
  • Trauma infantil (2001)
  • Encuentro con el alma (2002)
• Como dice el dicho (2011) as Dianita

Telenovelas (soap operas)[]

• Cumbres Borrascosas (1964) - Cathy
• Estafa de amor (1967) as Mayte
• Dulce desafío (1989) as Aida
• Mi pequeña traviesa (1997) as Catalina
• El privilegio de amar (1998) as Rebeca
• Alma rebelde (1999) as Natalia
• La casa en la playa (2000) as Elena White
• Amigas y rivales (2001) as Itzel de la Colina
• Velo de novia (2003) as Adela Isabela
• Rubí (2004) as Mary Chavarria Gonsalez
• Muchachitas como tu (2007) as Teresa Linares
• Alma de hierro (2008) as Victoria
• Niña de mi corazón (2010) as Mercedes Riquelme
• Dos Hogares (2011-2012) as Carmela De Valtierra
• Mentir para vivir (2013)
• (2014) as Chabelita
• Amores con trampa (2015) as Corina Bocelli
• La mexicana y el güero (2020) as Rose Somers

Films[]

• (1955) as Waitress
• (1956) as Margarita
• The New World (1957)
• (1958) as Margarita
• (1958) as Margarita
• (1958) as Margarita
• (1959) as Rosita
• The Life of Agustín Lara (1959) as María Islas
• (1959) as Irene Barreto
• La nave de los monstruos (1960) as Beta
• El rapto de las sabinas (1960) as Hersilia
• (1961) as Jenny Santo contra los zombies (1961) as Gloria Sandoval
• Santo vs. las mujeres vampiro (1962) as Zorina
• (1962) as Gloria Venus
• (1963) as Minerva
• (1964) as Zoraya Caluya
• (1964) as Isabel de Arango
• (1964) as Elisa Cárdenas
• (1966) as Adastrea
• Fray Don Juan (1969) as Claudia
• (1971) as Ana Silvia
• El tesoro de Morgan (1974) as Dalia
• (1995) as Reina de la Garza

Further reading[]

• AGRASÁNCHEZ, Jr., Rogelio (2001). Bellezas del cine mexicano/Beauties of Mexican Cinema. México: *Archivo Fílmico Agrasánchez. ISBN 968-5077-11-8
• VARIOS (2002). Lorena Velázquez, reina del cine fantástico. En SOMOS. México: Editorial Televisa, S. A. de C.V.

External links[]

• Lorena Velázquez at IMDb