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Isela Vega Durazo (5 November 1939 – 9 March 2021) was a Mexican actress, singer-songwriter, and filmmaker.




Career


In 1957, Vega was chosen as "Princess of the Carnival" in Hermosillo. Shortly afterwards, she began modeling. In 1960, Vega began her acting career, which continued until her death. Vega's most widely known role is that of Elita in Sam Peckinpah's Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia. She also wrote the song, "Bennie's Song", which appears in the film. She was subsequently photographed nude for the July 1974 issue of Playboy magazine.
Vega won five Ariel Awards, including for La Viuda Negra (1977) Herod's Law (1999), and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (2017).
In the 1980s, Vega made her debut behind the camera by writing, producing and directing a number of films. She was called to sing the songs "Amanecí en tus brazos" and "El Siete Mares" in the 1986 film Gringo mojado. Overall, Vega participated in 150 movies.




Personal life


Vega was born and raised in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. She has a son named Arturo with singer Alberto Vázquez, with whom she had a short-lived troubled relationship, but never married; and a daughter, Shaula, who is an actress and dancer, from her long lasting relationship with the actor Jorge Luke.
Vega died of metastasis in Mexico City on March 9, 2021, at the age of 81.




Filmography as actress






Filmography as writer, director, producer


1980: Navajeros (producer)
1982: Una gallina muy ponedora (producer)
1986: Los amantes del señor de la noche (writer, producer, director)
2018–2019: "Like La Leyenda"




References






External links


Isela Vega at IMDb
Interview in La Jornada (in Spanish)

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Dora and the Lost City of Gold
• Fernando Allende
• Daftar film bertema perompakan
• Muchacha italiana viene a casarse (seri televisi 2014)
• Sinema Meksiko
• Isela Vega
• Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
• Appearances Are Deceptive
• Drum (1976 film)
• Midnight Dolls
• Alberto Vázquez (singer)
• Ana Ofelia Murguía
• The House of Flowers (TV series)
• Por mis pistolas (1968 film)
• Rossy Mendoza