Lorena Velázquez

{{Short description|Mexican actress and beauty pageant titleholder (1937–2024)}}

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| birth_name = María de la Concepción Lorena Villar

| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|12|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|04|11|1937|12|15|df=y}}

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| occupation = Actress

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Lorena Velázquez ({{IPA|es|loˈɾena βeˈlaskes}}; 15 December 1937 – 11 April 2024) was a Mexican actress and beauty pageant titleholder. At the time of her death she was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema.

Biography

Born María de la Concepción Lorena Villar in Mexico City, Velázquez debuted in 1955.{{Vague|date=June 2011}} She competed in Miss Mexico in 1958 and placed second. Afterwards she was appointed Miss Mexico 1960, although she refused to represent Mexico in the Miss Universe pageant.

Velázquez played varied roles in the 1960's, from a vedette, to a cowgirl and even as the queen of vampires. She also played two antagonistic roles in a film, as queen of a faraway planet and her twin (picture). In the 1970's, she made the transition to television. Thereafter, she alternated between the large and small screens.

Lorena Velázquez was the stepdaughter of actor Víctor Velázquez and older sister of actress Teresa Velázquez. She died on 11 April 2024, at the age of 86.{{cite web|url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/famosos/muere-lorena-velazquez-actriz-mexicana-reportan|title=Muere Lorena Velázquez, actriz mexicana que trabajo con 'El Santo'|publisher=Milenio.com|language=EN|date=April 11, 2024|access-date=April 12, 2024}}

Filmography

File:100 años del natalicio del Santo -i---i- (35420889853).jpg with Velázquez who holds a portrait in which she was photographed with El Santo during the celebration of the 100 years of the birth of "El Santo, El Enmascarado de Plata" in 2017]]