
Birthday:
12-17-1940
Deathday:
05-01-2015 (74 years)
Birthplace:
Puebla, Mexico
Biography
María Elena Velasco was a versatile Mexican artist, who stood out in different facets. She obtained recognized professional prestige as an actress, singer-songwriter, filmmaker, screenwriter and dancer. She was known artistically as “La India María”, the name of a character played by her who had achieved great success.
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Huapango
Act like Maestra de Baile
event2004 star_border 6.5
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In the Huasteca of Tamaulipas during the most important dance festival of the region, Julia, Huapango national champion, announces her marriage to the distinguished and wealthy rancher Otilio, while Santiago, her dance partner, driven by jealousy and spite, decides to take revenge on the newlyweds.
La presidenta municipal
Act like María Nicolasa Cruz
event1975 star_border 7
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La India Maria becomes the municipal president due to a ballot typo.
Duro pero seguro
Act like María Nicolasa Cruz
event1978 star_border 7.5
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Nicolasa sells tacos near a movie studio and her popularity threatens the restaurant's own studies. She drops the food when seeing actor Armando performing and the director expels her out.
Pobre, pero honrada!
Act like Maria
event1973 star_border 5.7
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Beloved Mexican screen star La India Maria portrays a poor but honorable woman who causes a stir around town when she decides to become a witch doctor in this classic comedy from director Fernando Cortes. When the real medical practitioner in town discovers that there's a new shaman around, the comic trouble that follows is sure to keep viewers in stitches.
¡El que no corre... vuela!
Act like Maria Nicolasa Cruz
event1982 star_border 7.7
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After mistakenly going to jail, Maria makes friends with a woman whose kids live in the streets and Maria gets the idea to help them.
The daughter of Moctezuma
Act like María
event2013 star_border 7.6
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La India María must find at all costs in the recesses of a mountain the Magic Black Mirror of Tezcatlipoca, since the spirit of his great-grandfather Moctezuma II ordered her to find it in to prevent the destruction of Mexico. Alonso, a handsome Spanish archaeologist, Bianchi, an antiquities dealer and Brigida Troncoso - an ambitious governor, are aware of the existence of such mirror, of the mysterious treasure of Moctezuma and of María, so all undertake a frantic chase after her to seize the magic glass and the gold.
Las delicias del poder
Act like María Becerra / Lorena Barriga
event1999 star_border 7.8
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A political candidate has an accident that will bring her out of the campaign unless her twin sister may be able to supplant her while she recovers.
The Stork's Mistake
Act like India Maria
event1993 star_border 7.5
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India María raises a kidnapped newborn and is pursued by criminals who want the boy.
Okey, Mister Pancho
Act like Maria Nicolasa Cruz
event1981 star_border 8.3
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La India Maria becomes deeply embroiled in a large scale diamond heist.
El corresponsal
Act like Matron
event1994 star_border 10
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William Benton, a rich British landowner and cattle baron was murdered, creating one of the most bizarre and sensational international scandals in history. Thomas Canning, an inexperienced photo journalist from London, is sent to Mexico seeking fame and glory but eventually he reaches the camp of Pancho Villa to be told several conflicting versions of Benton's murder.
Sor Tequila
event1980 star_border 6.5
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La India María, who is really good at sports, becomes a nun and is always getting in trouble for wanting to help people.
El mariachi canta
Act like Amiga de Lupe (uncredited)
event1963 star_border 6.3
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Rivalry and romance between the leaders of a male mariachi band and a female one.
Ni de aquí, ni de allá
Act like María
event1988 star_border 7.7
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This Mexican comedy stars La India Maria, who drives the FBI crazy because they cannot figure out whether she belongs here or there.
Fear Doesn't Ride a Donkey
Act like María Nicolasa Cruz
event1976 star_border 7.4
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This funny Mexican film tell the tale of a family who will do anything to get rid of the rich old lady who sits at the head of the clan. All the hilarious members want a piece of the very lucrative inheritance money. What they don't know, however, is that grandma has left all of the money to her trusty dog.
Ruletero a toda marcha
Act like Enfermera con bebé (uncredited)
event1964 star_border 5
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Country-boy migrates to the big city to work as a taxi-driver.
El rey del tomate
Act like Clienta de Librado (uncredited)
event1963 star_border 5.7
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El rey del tomate ("The Tomato King") is a 1964 Mexican comedy-drama film, directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Eulalio González, Luz Márquez, and Emma Roldán.
El revólver sangriento
Act like esposa de Pedro
event1964 star_border 5.2
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Follows an "unlucky" gun across the paths of five owners.
Los Endemoniados del Ring
Act like Cantante de fondo (uncredited)
event1966 star_border 5.1
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The ring possessed "Angel" and "Satan" not accept under any circumstances the trickery proposal with "Tarzan Beto" idol of the moment.
Los tres mosqueteros de Dios
event1967 star_border 6
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Three priests resort to desperate long-shots (like quiz-shows) to raise money for their parish.
The Feathered Coyote
Act like María
event1983 star_border 7.6
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The outstanding comedian, "La India Maria," unknowingly ends up as a detective in Acapulco, pursued by smugglers of ancient artifacts.
Wild at Heart
Act like María Nicolasa Cruz (162 ep.)
event2013 star_border 7.8
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Corazón indomable is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nathalie Lartilleux for Televisa. It is a remake of Marimar, produced in 1994, and starring Thalía and Eduardo Capetillo.
Ana Brenda Contreras and Daniel Arenas star as the protagonists, while Ingrid Martz, Elizabeth Álvarez, Carlos de la Mota and René Strickler star as the antagonists.
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