María Elena Velasco

Acting

María Elena Velasco

Born 1940-12-17 · Puebla, Mexico

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.

Acting credits

Okey, Mister Pancho poster
8.5

La India Maria becomes deeply embroiled in a large scale diamond heist.

Okey, Mister Pancho

1981

Sor Tequila poster
6.7

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

1980

Huapango poster
6.9

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

2004

El mariachi canta poster
6.6

Rivalry and romance between the leaders of a male mariachi band and a female one.

El mariachi canta

1963

Ni Chana Ni Juana poster
7.7

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

1984

Ni de aquí, ni de allá poster
7.9

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

1988

La madrecita poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

La madrecita

1974

The Stork's Mistake poster
7.6

India María raises a kidnapped newborn and is pursued by criminals who want the boy.

The Stork's Mistake

1993

Cascabelito poster
6.9

Two puppeteers with an orphan child, and with the help of a journalist, seek to stand out with their show.

Cascabelito

1962

El revólver sangriento poster
6.2

Follows an "unlucky" gun across the paths of five owners.

El revólver sangriento

1964

Duro pero seguro poster
7.5

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

1978

¡El que no corre... vuela! poster
8.1

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!

1982

La presidenta municipal poster
7.3

La India Maria becomes the municipal president due to a ballot typo.

La presidenta municipal

1975

Tonta tonta, pero no tanto poster
8.0

María Nicolasa Cruz, an illiterate young Mazahua woman, travels to Mexico City in search of a better life, only to be swept into a chain of misunderstandings and conspiracies that make her an unlikely suspect in thefts and murders.

Tonta tonta, pero no tanto

1972

The Delights of Power poster
8.2

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.

The Delights of Power

1999

Fear Doesn't Ride a Donkey poster
7.6

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.

Fear Doesn't Ride a Donkey

1973

El rey del tomate poster
7.0

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

1963

Pobre, pero honrada poster
6.0

Beloved Mexican screen star La India Maria portrays a poor but honorable woman who causes a stir around town when she decides to become a witch doctor in this classic comedy from director Fernando Cortes. When the real medical practitioner in town discovers that there's a new shaman around, the comic trouble that follows is sure to keep viewers in stitches.

Pobre, pero honrada

1973

Los Endemoniados del Ring poster
5.8

The ring possessed "Angel" and "Satan" not accept under any circumstances the trickery proposal with "Tarzan Beto" idol of the moment.

Los Endemoniados del Ring

1966

La comadrita poster
7.6

No synopsis available yet.

La comadrita

1978

No artwork available
6.7

Country-boy migrates to the big city to work as a taxi-driver.

Ruletero a toda marcha

1964

By Our Own Correspondent poster
10.0

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.

By Our Own Correspondent

1994

The daughter of Moctezuma poster
7.8

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

2013

The Feathered Coyote poster
7.6

The outstanding comedian, "La India Maria," unknowingly ends up as a detective in Acapulco, pursued by smugglers of ancient artifacts.

The Feathered Coyote

1983

Behind the camera

Huapango poster
6.9

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

2004

Ni Chana Ni Juana poster
7.7

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

1984

Ni Chana Ni Juana poster
7.7

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

1984

Ni de aquí, ni de allá poster
7.9

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

1988

The Stork's Mistake poster
7.6

India María raises a kidnapped newborn and is pursued by criminals who want the boy.

The Stork's Mistake

1993

¡El que no corre... vuela! poster
8.1

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!

1982

¡El que no corre... vuela! poster
8.1

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!

1982

The Delights of Power poster
8.2

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.

The Delights of Power

1999

The Feathered Coyote poster
7.6

The outstanding comedian, "La India Maria," unknowingly ends up as a detective in Acapulco, pursued by smugglers of ancient artifacts.

The Feathered Coyote

1983

The Feathered Coyote poster
7.6

The outstanding comedian, "La India Maria," unknowingly ends up as a detective in Acapulco, pursued by smugglers of ancient artifacts.

The Feathered Coyote

1983