María Elena Velasco
Acting
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.
Known For
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.
Wild at Heart
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.
Huapango
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La Madrecita
La India María, who is really good at sports, becomes a nun and is always getting in trouble for wanting to help people.
Sor Tequila
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La comadrita
This Mexican comedy stars La India Maria, who drives the FBI crazy because they cannot figure out whether she belongs here or there.
Ni de aquí, ni de allá
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.
El Miedo No Anda En Burro
Juana, a peasant girl, is mistaken for her twin sister, Chana, whom she has never met and who is now a famous singer, and is kidnapped in her place by Chana's ex-husband.
Ni Chana Ni Juana
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.
¡El que no corre... vuela!
La India Maria becomes the municipal president due to a ballot typo.
La presidenta municipal
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.
The daughter of Moctezuma
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Tonta Tonta Pero No Tanto
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.
Las delicias del poder
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 rey del tomate
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.
Duro pero seguro
Country-boy migrates to the big city to work as a taxi-driver.
Ruletero a toda marcha
Rivalry and romance between the leaders of a male mariachi band and a female one.
El mariachi canta
India María raises a kidnapped newborn and is pursued by criminals who want the boy.
The Stork's Mistake
Follows an "unlucky" gun across the paths of five owners.
El revólver sangriento
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.