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María Elena Velasco is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter Mexicaine born on 17 december 1940 at Puebla (Mexique)
María Elena Velasco Fragoso (born December 17, 1940) is a Mexican actress, film director, award-winning screenwriter, producer and singer. She is also one of Mexico's few major female film directors.
Starting her career as an extra in films, Velasco became famous for her interpretation of a Mazahua indigenous woman with the name of "La India María", whom she portrayed on various Televisa programs. Due to the fame of her comical character, Velasco went on to star twenty-three films centered on the character. Velasco is the widow of actor and choreographer Julián de Meriche.
She won an Ariel Award in 2004 for Best Adapted Screenplay for the film Huapango.
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María Elena Velasco
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Nationality Mexique
Birth 17 december 1940 at Puebla (Mexique)
Death 30 april 2015 (at 74 years) at Mexico City (Mexique)
Birth 17 december 1940 at Puebla (Mexique)
Death 30 april 2015 (at 74 years) at Mexico City (Mexique)
Starting her career as an extra in films, Velasco became famous for her interpretation of a Mazahua indigenous woman with the name of "La India María", whom she portrayed on various Televisa programs. Due to the fame of her comical character, Velasco went on to star twenty-three films centered on the character. Velasco is the widow of actor and choreographer Julián de Meriche.
She won an Ariel Award in 2004 for Best Adapted Screenplay for the film Huapango.
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Filmography of María Elena Velasco (16 films)
| Year | Name | Job | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The daughter of Moctezuma | Actress | La India María |
| 1999 | Las delicias del poder | Actress, Scriptwriter | María Becerra / Lorena Barriga |
| 1983 | The Feathered Coyote | Actress, Director, Scriptwriter | María |
| 1978 | La comadrita | Actress | María Nicolasa / doña Nichol Pérez Rodríguez de Papatzi |
| 1976 | Fear Doesn't Ride a Donkey | Actress | María Nicolasa Cruz |
| 1975 | La presidenta municipal | Actress | María Nicolasa Cruz |
| 1974 | La madrecita | Actress | |
| 1973 | Poor But Honest | Actress | Doctor Villegas |
| 1972 | Tonta, tonta, pero no tanto | Actress | |
| 1964 | The Bloody Revolver | Actress | Pedro's wife, and the mother of his three children. |
| 1963 | El rey del tomate | Actress | |
| 1962 | Santo vs. the Zombies | Actress | |
| 1960 | El dolor de pagar la renta | Actress | El sordo Tapia |
| 1958 | The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy | Actress | Comandante |
| 1949 | The Magician | Actress | |
| 1948 | The Genius | Actress | Italiano en directivo petroleo |