Lorena Velázquez

Actress

Born: December 16, 1937 (86 years old)

Died: April 11, 2024

Place of birth: Mexico City, México

Biography

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.

Filmography (43)

• La Chilindrina en apuros (1994, ★ 7.3)
• ¡En peligro de muerte! (1962, ★ 7.4)
• The Innocent (1972, ★ 7.5)
• Love of My Loves (2014, ★ 7.4)
• Más sabe el Diablo por Viejo (2018, ★ 7.5)
• Dos Criados Malcriados (1960, ★ 6.7)
• Fiebre de Amor (1985, ★ 7.4)
• Killer Women (2008, ★ 7.6)
• Cartas a Elena (2012, ★ 6.6)
• The Witches Attack (1968, ★ 6.4)
• La edad de piedra (1964, ★ 5.3)
• La vida de Agustín Lara (1959, ★ 5.6)
• Planet of the Female Invaders (1966, ★ 6.2)
• Ship of the Monsters (1960, ★ 6.2)
• ¡Viva la juventud! (1956, ★ 5.6)
• Friar Juan (1970, ★ 6.2)
• Tin Tan y las modelos (1960, ★ 6.4)
• Reclusorio (1997, ★ 5.2)
• Cinco mil dolares de recompensa (1974, ★ 5.3)
• La odalisca No. 13 (1958, ★ 6.1)
• Suicide Mission (1973, ★ 5.1)
• She-Wolves of the Ring (1965, ★ 5.4)
• Tintansón Cruzoe (1965, ★ 5.6)
• Santo vs. the Vampire Women (1962, ★ 4.1)
• The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy (1964, ★ 4.6)
• Leyenda Macabras de La Colonia (1974, ★ 4.8)
• The Diabolical Axe (1965, ★ 5)
• Doctor of Doom (1963, ★ 4.5)
• Pilotos de la muerte (1962, ★ 4.9)
• The Shame of the Sabine Women (1962, ★ 4.7)