Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 16, 1937
Place of Birth
Mexico City, México
Also Known As
- Lorena Villar Dondé
- Lorena Velazquez
- María de la Concepción Lorena Villar Dondé
- Maria de la Concepcion Lorena Villar Donde
- Lorena Villar Donde
Lorena Velázquez
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.
Known For - Movies
The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy
as Gloria Venus
La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano
as Gloria Vênus
Reclusorio
as Reyna de la Garza (segment 'Sangre entre mujeres")
Las modelos de desnudos
as Lorena
Santo vs. the Vampire Women
as Queen Thorina
El puma
La vida de Agustín Lara
as María Islas
Planet of the Female Invaders
as Adastrea; Alburnia
¡Viva la juventud!
as Marta Villaseñor
Doctor of Doom
as Gloria Venus
Known For - TV Shows
Killer Women
as Ana María Someyera
Mi Pequeña Traviesa
as Catalina
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
as Self
A Double Identity
as Mercedes Riquelme Vda. de Arrioja
La casa en la playa
as Elena vda. de White
I love you, Güero
as Rose Somers
📺
Los Güeros también somos nacos
as Tina
El manantial del milagro
as Elena