Lucha Villa

Acting

Lucha Villa

Born 1936-11-30 · Camargo, Chihuahua, Mexico

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).

Acting credits

México de mi corazón poster
7.8

Two Mexican-American gals in LA win a vacation in Mexico City in a talent show.

México de mi corazón

1964

Los Sánchez deben morir poster
6.0

An anxious father wants to trap the Sanchez brothers into marrying his two daughters.

Los Sánchez deben morir

1966

No artwork available
5.7

Lucha Vazquez, a beautiful and wealthy young woman seems pursued by bad luck. She has had two boyfriends who died at the announcement of the wedding. Manuel, a young man from the same town is in love with Lucha, but she fears that if he falls in love, he will die too.

Me cansé de rogarle

1966

Lagunilla 2 poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Lagunilla 2

1982

Un callejón sin salida poster
6.2

A shady character takes over as owner/manager of a nightclub, conflicts evolve.

Un callejón sin salida

1965

El norteño poster
6.7

Lawman on horseback cracks a case involving stolen gold bullion, the title to a mine, an evil twin and a plucky pre-adolescent boy. First in a series.

El norteño

1963

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

Misa de cuerpo presente poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Misa de cuerpo presente

1993

Yaqui poster
5.6

A young Yaqui man fights against intolerant townspeople.

Yaqui

1969

La Puerta Negra poster
4.8

A horse breeder needs to acquire his rival's horse at the same time protecting his three beautiful daughters from marrying three musicians who work for his rival.

La Puerta Negra

1988

Central camionera poster
3.9

Everyone living around a truck terminal has their destinies intertwined.

Central camionera

1988

The Place Without Limits poster
7.3

Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and dreams collide in a small Mexican town.

The Place Without Limits

1978

Chico Ramos poster
6.4

Western revenge drama.

Chico Ramos

1971

Agarrando parejo poster
5.5

Two young ladies hire bodyguards. Romance blooms.

Agarrando parejo

1964

Sor Batalla poster
6.7

As punishment for participating in a game show a nun is sent to a small town. The chief and presidential hopeful municipal Instead, a pinko comecuras that attacks capitalism and refuses to let children be vaccinated and go to school, is opposed to the presence of the newcomer, but as the religious conquest people and helps to rescue the kidnapped daughter of the chief, the evil becomes good.

Sor Batalla

1990

The Golden Cockerel poster
7.1

A poor, but very lucky man in the cock fighting business, is hired by a rich man, but both are in love with the same woman.

The Golden Cockerel

1964

The Useless Life of Pito Pérez poster
5.8

A man goes on a trip and then returns to his village pretending that everything went well for him.

The Useless Life of Pito Pérez

1970

No artwork available
6.0

A man, about to marry his pregnant fiance, is deceived by his brothers into believing he's dead.

Los amores de Juan Charrasqueado

1968

Guitarras lloren guitarras poster
6.6

Juan from Altamira, Tamaulipas, arrives at the train station in the capital and is assaulted by Gus. As he finds only ten dollars in his wallet, he believes that Juan brings more money and offers him accommodation in his room to pay the rent. Juan is dedicated to singing and Gus makes his representative. Juan is successful singing together with Susana on stage and radio Azteca, but she does not correspond to his love. As she wants to succeed alone, she goes to Guadalajara but without success. Juan helps her and when she gets a heart illness, she agrees to marry him.

Guitarras lloren guitarras

1965

Lagunilla, mi barrio poster
6.3

After 42 years of working as an antiquarian , Abel is fired by the children of his recently deceased employer; however, after this unexpected situation that leaves him in solitude and with little chance to get a new job, he decides to start again as antiques dealer in the popular Lagunilla market . There he will find real friends ; a humble life and, above all , a new opportunity to fall in love regardless of social differences.

Lagunilla, mi barrio

1981

Los hombres de Lupe Alvírez poster
5.8

Three bad dudes are each hot for Lupe. They kill a guy while committing some crimes together, and that guy's brother goes gunning for them. Eventually, he meets Lupe; she helps him track down the killers and a thing develops between them.

Los hombres de Lupe Alvírez

1967

Las tres magnificas poster
7.0

Small-town priest invites his three rambunctious nieces to visit him.

Las tres magnificas

1970

Mi caballo prieto rebelde poster
6.0

Two cowboys fight over ownership of a horse and a woman.

Mi caballo prieto rebelde

1967

Juan El Desalmado poster
6.3

Cowboy on a revenge trip gets caught up in the sadistic games of some black-hats and goes through a whole narrative cycle with them before discovering the identity of the people he was originally looking for.

Juan El Desalmado

1970