- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMaría de la Concepción Lorena Villar Dondé
- Nickname
- Reina del Cine Fantástico
- Height1.75 m
- One of the quintessential vamps of Mexican cinema from the late 1950s through the early 1970s, Lorena Velázquez was 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 Superman contre les femmes vampires (1962), elevated her to the status of cult icon.- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpousesEduardo Novoa(1973 - 1986) (divorced)Robert Taylor Morris(1967 - 1972) (divorced)
- ParentsEduardo Villar AndradeElda Dondé Fernández
- RelativesTere Velázquez(Sibling)Manuel Dondé(Aunt or Uncle)
- Her mole
- Elder sister of Tere Velázquez.
- Velázquez debuted in 1955 playing a waitress in the movie "Caras nuevas". She was only 19 years old in the film Caras Nuevas and she immediately captured the public's attention due to her radiant beauty; many even consider that her first appearance on the big screen was enough for her to become a sex symbol.
- At the time of her death she was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema.
- Niece of Manuel Dondé.
- Stepdaughter of Víctor Velázquez.
- Viruta [Marco Antonio Campos] and Capulina [Gaspar Henaine] were fantastic, noble; and not to mention Resortes [Adalberto Martínez], a great dancer, very good actor, played many characters; and what about Clavillazo [Antonio Espino], he was a great.
- I have more than enough memories, so many that I have with great companions, you name them. Tin Tan, Resortes, Viruta and Capulina, Julio Alemán, Jorge Rivero, Mauricio Garcés, César Costa; I worked with all of them, [and they were] great people and amazing colleagues.
- [on Cantinflas] He was a gentleman with great ingenuity, who would transform on stage. He played his character so wonderfully that it was a delight to see him act. And he always behaved amazing.
- [on Germán Valdés] A person with a big heart, very nice, a gentlemen who besides being a good actor was a great singer. He did not have a great voice, but he put a feeling [into his songs] that melted us all and even more so with his Pachuco suit.
- [on Pedro Infante] He died in '57, and we could not work with him anymore. But I got the last bit of the golden age of Mexican cinema, which was wonderful, because at that time 258 films were made annually even though we were five million inhabitants.
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