Lucha Villa

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).

Known For

The Place Without Limits

as La Japonesa

Los Reyes del Palenque

National Mechanics

as Isabel

The Golden Cockerel

as Bernarda "La Caponera"

Doña Herlinda and Her Son

as Herself

Los dos rivales

as Nicanor Juereña

Guitarras lloren guitarras

Omen

as Angela

The Empire of Dracula

as Patricia

Seis días para morir

as Avelina Rodríguez