Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 92
Gender Female
Birthday December 16, 1937
Day of Death April 11, 2024 (86 years old)
Place of Birth Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Also Known As
- Lorena Villar Dondé
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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.
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.
