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Isela Vega(1939-2021)

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Isela Vega was born in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico on November 5, 1939. The young beauty was named Princess of the 1957 Carnaval in Hermosillo, and parlayed that into work as a model. She also had some success as a singer before turning to acting. (Her composition "Bennie's Song" was used in Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974), which features her singing.)

She made her film debut in the Pedro Armendáriz movie Verano violento (1960). From her beginning in small roles in Mexican films in the early 1960s, her career grew and Isela became very popular as a sex symbol in the late 1960s. (She would appear nude in a multi-page feature in Playboy Magazine's July 1974 issue.) In addition to her Mexican films, TV shows, and stage appearances, she also worked in a number of foreign films, most famously in Sam Peckinpah's Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974), for which she received a Best Actress Ariel Award nomination in 1975. (Previously, Vega had been nominated for a Best Actress Ariel for her turn in Las reglas del juego (1971) in 1972.) She had made her United States film debut the year previously in The Deadly Trackers (1973) (the U.S.-Mexico horror cheapie Fear Chamber (1968) doesn't really count) and continued to appear occasionally in small parts in American films and TV until the late 1990s.

In addition to her work as an actress, Vega produced, wrote and directed Lovers of the Lord of the Night (1986), and has written and produced other films. She has a son whose father is Alberto Vázquez, and a daughter (Shaula, an actress) whose father is Jorge Luke.
BornNovember 5, 1939
DiedMarch 9, 2021(81)
BornNovember 5, 1939
DiedMarch 9, 2021(81)
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Stella Stevens, Aurora Clavel, Dacia González, Alicia Gutiérrez, Gilda Mirós, Maura Monti, Isela Vega, and Ariadne Welter in Rage (1966)
Isela Vega
Isela Vega
Isela Vega in Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Warren Oates and Isela Vega in Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Isela Vega
Isela Vega at an event for Snapped (2004)
Isela Vega
Isela Vega
Irma Serrano and Isela Vega in Lovers of the Lord of the Night (1986)
Warren Oates and Isela Vega in Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

Known for

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
7.4
  • Elita
  • 1974
Lovers of the Lord of the Night (1986)
Lovers of the Lord of the Night
6.7
  • Amparo, nana
  • 1986
The Black Widow (1977)
The Black Widow
7.1
  • Matea Gutiérrez
  • 1977
Damián Alcázar in Herod's Law (1999)
Herod's Law
7.8
  • Doña Lupe
  • 1999

Credits

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Actress

  • Lost in Mexico
    • Pre-production
  • The House of Flowers (2018)
    The House of Flowers
  • Diana Bovio, Giuseppe Gamba, and Cassandra Sanchez Navarro in Cindy la Regia (2020)
    Cindy la Regia
  • Benicio Del Toro, Danny Trejo, Eugenio Derbez, Isabela Merced, Madeleine Madden, and Jeff Wahlberg in Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
    Dora and the Lost City of Gold
  • Guatemala 1982 (2018)
    Guatemala 1982
  • Like, la leyenda (2018)
    Like, la leyenda
  • Island of the Dolls (2018)
    Island of the Dolls
  • Juan Manuel Bernal and Sophie Alexander-Katz in If I Were You (2018)
    If I Were You
  • Más sabe el diablo por viejo (2018)
    Más sabe el diablo por viejo
  • Jordan Belfi, Ana Claudia Talancón, and Gabylu Lara in American Curious (2018)
    American Curious
  • Sergio Corona in Como dice el dicho (2011)
    Como dice el dicho
  • Osvaldo de León and Claudia Martín in Sin tu mirada (2017)
    Sin tu mirada
  • Hoy voy a cambiar (2017)
    Hoy voy a cambiar
  • Érase una vez (2017)
    Érase una vez
  • El Chema (2016)
    El Chema
  • Gabriela de la Garza, Iván Sánchez, Pablo Valentín, and Flavio Medina in Yago (2016)
    Yago

Writer

  • Lovers of the Lord of the Night (1986)
    Lovers of the Lord of the Night
  • Una gallina muy ponedora (1982)
    Una gallina muy ponedora

Producer

  • Lovers of the Lord of the Night (1986)
    Lovers of the Lord of the Night
  • Una gallina muy ponedora (1982)
    Una gallina muy ponedora
  • Navajeros (1980)
    Navajeros
    • (uncredited)

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Official Trailer
Trailer 1:59
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El Jeremías
Trailer 1:56
El Jeremías
El Jeremías - Official Trailer (In Theaters October 21, 2016)
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El Jeremías - Official Trailer (In Theaters October 21, 2016)

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    • November 5, 1939
    • Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
    • March 9, 2021
    • Mexico City, Mexico(cancer)
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    • 1 Interview
    • 4 Pictorials

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    Holds dual US and Mexican citizenship, and is fully bilingual.
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    [on Warren Oates] I have beautiful memories of Warren Oates, I could describe him in a single word -- compassion. He was a person very committed with art and with his fellow man. Warren Oates loved it all, he petted everything that came across his path. He turned any situation into an ideal one, come on, he was perfect.

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