Lorena Velázquez. In Memoriam

Several Mexican websites report the death of the actress Lorena Velázquez (1937-2024). She was a prolific Mexican performer who became known as the "Queen of Fantastic Cinema" for her frequent roles in popular horror films during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Born María Concepción Villar y Dondé in 1937, she began her acting career in 1956 and went on to appear in numerous succesful films throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including the horror classics "Santo contra las mujeres vampiro" (1962) and "Los desalmados" (1971), as well as dramas like "Estafa de amor" (1970) and romantic comedies such as "Mi amorcito de Suecia" (1974). Velázquez's status as one of the last surviving actresses from the Golden Age was cemented in later roles, including a 2011 appearance in "Cartas a Elena", and she was honored at various film festivals for her iconic "scream queen" status before passing away in 2024 at the age of 86.

In 1964 she played Cathy in a Televisa adaptation of the Emily Brontë's novel: Cumbres Borrascosas. Fifty-nine thirty-minute long episodes, no less. Pablo Palomino did the adaptation and Manuel López Ochoa played Heathcliff. The producer was Ernesto Alonso.