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Lucha Villa

Acting Born Nov 30, 1936 Camargo, Chihuahua, Mexico 24 credits

Biography

Luz Elena Ruiz Bejarano (born November 30, 1936), more commonly known by her stage name Lucha Villa, is a Mexican singer and actress.

She appeared in several films during the 1950s and early 1960s, received her first starring role in El gallo de oro (1965), and starred in Me cansé de rogarle, a musical with Jiménez and recording star Marco Antonio Muñiz. She has appeared in some fifty films and won an Ariel Award for Best Actress (the Mexican equivalent of the Oscar) for Mecánica nacional (1973).

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Full filmography

  • El norteño (1963)
  • Los Sánchez deben morir (1966)
  • El Fiscal De Hierro (1989)
  • Lagunilla 2 (1982) as Dona Lancha / Maria
  • Agarrando parejo (1964)
  • Sor Batalla (1990)
  • México de mi corazón (1964)
  • Central camionera (1988)
  • Chico Ramos (1971)
  • Un callejón sin salida (1965) as Herself - Special Performer
  • Lagunilla, mi barrio (1981)
  • The Place Without Limits (1978) as La Japonesa
  • El mariachi canta (1963) as Lupe
  • Mi caballo prieto rebelde (1967)
  • Me cansé de rogarle (1966)
  • Las tres magnificas (1970) as Paz
  • La Puerta Negra (1988)
  • Guitarras lloren guitarras (1965) as Susana Campos
  • Los hombres de Lupe Alvírez (1967)
  • Juan El Desalmado (1970)
  • Doña Herlinda and Her Son (1985) as Herself
  • The Empire of Dracula (1967) as Patricia
  • The Useless Life of Pito Pérez (1970)
  • Yaqui (1969) as Mariana