Lorena Velázquez

Acting

Lorena Velázquez

Born December 16, 1937 · Mexico City, México

Died April 11, 2024 · aged 86

One of the quintessential vamps of Mexican cinema from the late 1950s through the early '70s, Lorena Velázquez is the daughter of character actor Víctor Velázquez, and the older sister of actress Tere Velázquez. She made her screen debut in 1955, and her role as Thorina, queen of the vampires, in _Santo contra las mujeres vampiros, El (1961)_, elevated her to the status of cult icon.

Known For

Tin Tan y las modelosTin Tan y las modelos · 1960
Tin Tan y las modelos
6.61960
Movie
Ambitious non-starter gets a job as a bill-collector at a beauty-products company and tries to bluff his way into a management position, then tries a couple of other business schemes with minimal success.
El escándaloEl escándalo · 1964
El escándalo
5.51964
MovieDrama
El tragabalasEl tragabalas · 1966
El tragabalas
5.81966
MovieComedyDrama
Piporro doesn’t need to use his gun to get away with murder.
Boda fatalBoda fatal · 2001
Boda fatal
6.52001
Movie
Dormitorio para señoritasDormitorio para señoritas · 1960
Dormitorio para señoritas
5.61960
Movie
Young lawyer is mistaken for music professor and goes to live at a boarding school for young women.
Las bravuconasLas bravuconas · 1963
Las bravuconas
5.71963
Movie
Three big-city wimps have to pass for machos when they go to their home-town.
Suicide MissionSuicide Mission · 1973
Suicide Mission
5.51973
MovieActionAdventure
Santo must investigate a secret conspiracy involving a spy training camp, a brainwashing plot, and a kidnapped Nazi scientist.
Leyenda Macabras de La ColoniaLeyenda Macabras de La Colonia · 1974
Leyenda Macabras de La Colonia
5.61974
MovieHorrorAction
The Mexican luchador Tinieblas buys an ancient painting of a dead woman ignoring the warning that it is haunted. Later, after a fight his partners El Fantasma Blanco and Mil Máscaras joins him in a party at his apartment with two beautiful ladies, but when the clock reaches midnight the painting transports them all to colonial times. In order to return home they must face Spanish Conquistadores, Aztec Warriors and an evil witch whose mother, an unstoppable living dead hungry for human sacrifices, is the woman in the painting.

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Cartas a ElenaCartas a Elena · 2012
Cartas a Elena
6.52012
MovieDrama
In the beautiful hills of the Copper Canyon in Chihuahua, Mexico, a young boy (Emilio) is adopted by the mailman (Teo). As part of their daily tasks, they not only deliver the mail but read letters to the villagers, as well as take dictation, since most are illiterate. Young Emilio quickly learns to read and write but feels saddened by the mostly difficult stories sent by relatives, that moved north to Denver, Colorado in pursuit of a better future. One day Teo becomes disabled and Emilio takes over the mail route and with great imagination, he changes the letters to happy and optimistic stories. Within days, the village is transformed. The elders, once hopeless, lonely and sad, are now happy and enthusiastic, enjoying the "supposed" success their loved ones write from the United States. But the enjoyment is short lived, as they realize that all the wonderful stories are the same...

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Mi Pequeña TraviesaMi Pequeña Traviesa · 1997
Mi Pequeña Traviesa
7.01997
SeriesSoapDrama
Mi Pequeña Traviesa is a Mexican youth and family telenovela produced and directed by Pedro Damián for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from December 8, 1997, to April 24, 1998. It is an adaptation of the Argentine telenovela Me llaman Gorrión, created by Abel Santa Cruz. The telenovela stars Michelle Vieth and Héctor Soberón. The story follows Julia González, a young woman whose dreams of pursuing a professional career are interrupted after her father is left paralyzed in an accident. To support her family, she disguises herself as a boy in order to find work. Along the way, she falls in love with Alberto Miranda, and together they must overcome social differences, family conflicts, and the many obstacles that stand in the way of their happiness.

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