This Thursday night, April 11, 2024, the sensitive death of the beloved and famous actress Lorena Velázquez at 86 years of age is reported. The news of Lorena Velázquez’s death was confirmed by her friend, actress Victoria Ruffo, on her official X profile (Twitter).
María de la Concepción Lorena Villar Dondé was born in Mexico City, on December 15, 1937, known as Lorena Velázquez, she was a Mexican actress. At the time of her death he was among the last surviving stars of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
Lorena Velázquez was the daughter of Eduardo Villar Andrade and Elda Dondé. Her sister was the actress Teresa Velázquez. Upon divorcing her, her mother marries actor Víctor Velázquez, Katy Jurado’s ex-husband, and from him she and her sister Tere take her last name when they venture into film.
She studied ballet and theater at the School of Fine Arts where she was academically trained in theater technique with Fernando Wagner, theater history with Francisco Monterde and acting with Clementina Otero. It is because of the profession of her adoptive father that she desires to venture into film, which she achieves with the film New Faces (1956).
Shortly after, he was given his first leading role in A New World (1957). Her beauty caught the attention of the producers and she filmed several films that served to make her known and in which she worked with figures such as Germán Valdes “Tin Tan”, Adalberto Martínez “Resortes”, Marco Antonio Campos “Viruta” and Gaspar Henaine “Capulina”. ”.
“Our condolences to his family, friends and colleagues. Rest in Peace,” added the institution on its official X (Twitter) account.
On its social media account, the National Association of Actors (ANDA) deeply regrets the death of Lorena Velázquez.
Movies that made Lorena Velásquez famous
María de la Concepción Lorena Villar Dondé, better known to everyone as Lorena Velázquez, was born in Mexico City on December 15, 1937, in Mexico City. As part of her training, she dedicated herself to studying ballet, in addition to being very passionate about theater, a career she studied at the School of Fine Arts.
The taste and passion for cinema came to him shortly after thanks to the influence of his adoptive father, who was a director. Among the films in which he participated in the genre called fighter cinema, the following stand out:
Monster Ship (1960)
The Abduction of the Sabine Women (1960)
Yes Chabela! (1961)
Saint vs. the Zombies (1961)
Holy vs. The Vampire Women (1962)
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