Isela Vega

Acting

Isela Vega

Born — Died

1939-11-06 — 2021-03-09

Place of birth

Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

82 titles

Isela Vega Durazo (Hermosillo, Sonora, November 5, 1939-Mexico City, March 9, 2021) was a Mexican actress and screenwriter. Considered one of the best Mexican actresses and a sex symbol after being the first Latina woman to appear in the adult magazine "Playboy". Between soap operas and movies, she participated in more than 90 productions, both Mexican and American, as well as Brazilian, Argentine, Australian and English.

Known for

Dora and the Lost City of Gold poster
6.6

Dora, a girl who has spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, now must navigate her most dangerous adventure yet: high school. Always the explorer, Dora quickly finds herself leading Boots (her best friend, a monkey), Diego, and a rag tag group of teens on an adventure to save her parents and solve the impossible mystery behind a lost Inca civilization.

Dora and the Lost City of Gold

2019

The House of Flowers poster
7.7

A wealthy matriarch tries to maintain her family's facade of perfection after her husband's mistress exposes their dirty secrets.

The House of Flowers

2018

El Chema poster
7.7

Follow one man's epic journey as he transforms from wily underage drug smuggler to one of the world's most infamous cartel leaders.

El Chema

2016

Killer Women poster
7.6

Mujeres Asesinas is a series that shows the dark side of women who have been mistreated or abused and become cruel murderers. The series shows how violence and death can overcome the feminine mind.

Killer Women

2008

Italian Bride poster
5.6

Muchacha italiana viene a casarse is a 1971 Mexican telenovela by Televisa produced by Ernesto Alonso and directed by Alfredo Saldaña, starring Angélica María and Ricardo Blume. Writing credits belong to Delia González Marquez, Fernanda Villeli, Marissa Garrido, Miguel Sabido and Carlos Lozano Dana The series featured two theme songs: "A dónde va nuestro amor" and "Lo que sabemos del amor". Both songs were written by Eduardo Magallanes and performed by Angélica María.

Italian Bride

2014

El Infierno poster
8.0

After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.

El Infierno

2010

Film credits

2010s · 11 titles

Dora and the Lost City of Gold poster
6.6

Dora, a girl who has spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, now must navigate her most dangerous adventure yet: high school. Always the explorer, Dora quickly finds herself leading Boots (her best friend, a monkey), Diego, and a rag tag group of teens on an adventure to save her parents and solve the impossible mystery behind a lost Inca civilization.

Dora and the Lost City of Gold

2019

El Infierno poster
8.0

After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.

El Infierno

2010

El Jeremías poster
6.9

In Sonora, Mexico. Jeremías, an eight year old, who finds out he is a gifted child initiates a journey of self discovery. When an opportunistic physiologist makes contact with Jeremías, a new world of experiences open up to him but at the expense of being away from the family he loves. Jeremías must choose between this exciting but lonely new world he finds himself in or returning home to his loving family.

El Jeremías

2016

If I Were You poster
6.8

Claudia and Antonio have been married for 15 years. After so many years of marriage they have lost track of each other. One night, after a strong argument, the unusual alignment of the planets Venus, Earth and Mars causes a magical transformation: Antonio's soul is trapped in the body of Claudia and Claudia's in Antonio's body.

If I Were You

2018

Saving Private Pérez poster
6.7

La vida ha llevado a Julián Pérez por caminos equivocados, pero el destino le presentará a este hombre la oportunidad de encontrar su redención cuando es enviado a la misión más peligrosa y noble de toda su vida, una misión ordenada por la única autoridad que todavía respeta, su madre, Doña Elvira. Julián debe viajar hasta el otro extremo del mundo, a un lugar llamado Irak, a traer de vuelta vivo, a su hermano menor el soldado de infantería Juan Pérez. Con la promesa hecha, Julián Pérez regresa a su natal Sinaloa donde reclutará a un comando de elite, destinado a cumplir una misión suicida: viajar a Irak y salvar al soldado Pérez.

Saving Private Pérez

2011

The Misfits poster
6.9

A lonely boy did not want to live until he meets a girl who pretends to be a star performer. An arrogant lawyer gets a lesson of life to get stuck in an elevator with a single servant. Through the Internet, a computer lover enters into a blind date, the stranger might be too known. Five elders decide to kill boredom and to get excited about planning to rob a bank.

The Misfits

2011

Chilango Chronicles poster
5.5

Confusion and eccentricity are all part of life in the vast human ocean of Mexico City -- including the three very different personalities portrayed in this urban fable. By the end of the day, their paths are destined to cross. "El Jairo" (Rodrigo Ostap) is a schizophrenic obsessed with UFOs; Claudia (Regina Orozco) is a woman addicted to pornography; and Juvenico (Patricio Castillo) is a retired teacher trying to come to grips with the future.

Chilango Chronicles

2010

Autumn Dreams poster
NR

A town, weary of constant strikes and labor disputes, confronts a powerful union leader.

Autumn Dreams

2011

Island of the Dolls poster
4.2

In 1957, murders occurred upon the infamous, 'Island of the Dolls', in Mexico. A modern-day British journalist, Emily, deceitfully takes an assignment in London to research and uncover the truth of the unspoken event. With the assistance of her photographer friend and several Mexican locals, they travel to the mysterious island, and soon discover the danger of which awaits them. Despite some spooky, sometimes threatening incidences, Emily is determined to crack the case. Will she accept the truth, before she too remains a doll.

Island of the Dolls

2018

Más sabe el Diablo por Viejo poster
7.5

Teo, a young and struggling actor, disguises himself as a 79 year old man to take advantage from the benefits of a retirement home, while also trying to sort out his personal and love life.

Más sabe el Diablo por Viejo

2018

Guatemala 1982 poster
5.0

Adrian Morales goes to the town of Jiutiapa, after his father ordered him to do so. He had the task to pick up identification cards needed to carry arms. Colonel Fuentes, friend of his father, is who is given them. When he arrives to the town, Adrian is mistakenly identified as a guerrilla member and they hold him captive as a prisoner. He is then hooded and tortured in search for a confession about who and where the leader of the guerrilla is. Adrian does not return with the identifications. His brother and sister-in-law search for him. When they arrive to the town, they discover the chilling truth. Colonel Rodriguez believes in Adrian's innocence, creating an even bigger conflict within the military headquarters.

Guatemala 1982

2018

2000s · 7 titles

Tear This Heart Out poster
7.9

A young girl recounts her girlhood and eventual marriage to a general of the Mexican revolution. by one of the most outstanding writers of the new feminist Mexican literature, it is at once a haunting novel of one woman's life and a powerful account of post-revolutionary Mexico from a female perspective.

Tear This Heart Out

2008

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade poster
8.0

An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured artist whose genius and inner demons changed the Western genre forever.

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004

Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut poster
7.0

Documentary about the making of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 film "Straw Dogs."

Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut

2003

Pink Punch poster
3.6

Jimmy Morales is a young fighter with a short career but with a promising future in the world of boxing. One night, after watching a movie, he witnesses a cold-blooded murder committed by Germán Corona, a known gangster of the neighborhood. Their eyes meet, Jimmy fears the worst, but the murderer runs away inexplicably. From that moment, a peculiar relationship between the boxer and gangster develop.

Pink Punch

2004

Beyond the Sky poster
7.0

Malboro and Cucu, the starring characters, are two brothers who split after the older one, Malboro, went to prison five years. One day he is set free, willing to return to his life. Cucu is the younger brother, who has become a boxer with possible success, if only the beater he keeps somewhere inside, didn't arise in the worst moments. The relationship between the two brothers is somehow ambiguous, there's something unclear that caused Malboro's arrest. To complete the triangle is Uncle Jesus who has been like a father to them; a retired boxer who's always thinking about his past. Sara is Malboro's great love, a woman full of shame and resented after almost leaving her whole life behind to follow Malboro, but he failed in their attempt to run away because that same night, he got arrested by Rojas. Rojas is Sara's husband, a police officer who hates Malboro and will do anything to get him out of his way...

Beyond the Sky

2007

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah poster
7.6

Portrayal of a talented, influencial and troubled artist: a filmmaker who fought his own demons and seemed to live his own legend like no other director. Against all odds Sam Peckinpah was able to create a very personal body of work in the studio system of Hollywood and with his powerful directing and editing style changed the way of filmmaking forever. Legendary for his use of slow-motion violence, various scandals and his ongoing problems with sudios and producers, the story of Peckinpah is filled with tragedy, humor, success and defeat.

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

2005

Amar poster
3.8

Five stories blend with love, sex, the emptiness of being unloved, passion and desire: Carlos and Susana go to some uncle´s apartment to make love. Meanwhile, Benito, an 80-year-old, performs a serenade to his wife. His neighbor Adela is told that her mother has Alzheimer and that she will be relocated since the Buenos Aires building she lives in will be demolished. Amado catches his son Carlos stealing his money. Gabriel asks Martha´s parents for her hand in marriage but they condition them to get married at their favorite church. And Patricia, 40, a creative agent, sexually abuses Joel, who directs a beer commercial.

Amar

2009

1980s · 14 titles

Barbarosa poster
5.9

Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He meets Barbarosa, a gunman of near-mythical proportions, who is himself in danger from his father-in-law Don Braulio, a wealthy Mexican rancher. Don Braulio wants Barbarosa dead for marrying his daughter against the father's will. Barbarosa reluctantly takes the clumsy Karl on as a partner, as both of them look to survive the forces lining up against them.

Barbarosa

1982

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory poster
6.1

Against orders and with no help of relief Texas patriots led by William Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy Crockett defend the Alamo against overwhelming Mexican forces.

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

1987

Love Is a Strange Game poster
6.3

A young model with no money or work drifts through a harsh world tries to build a more stable life while her new relationship becomes increasingly complicated.

Love Is a Strange Game

1983

El Secuestro De Lola - Lola La Trailera 2 poster
5.9

No synopsis available yet.

El Secuestro De Lola - Lola La Trailera 2

1986

Navajeros poster
6.5

A chronicle of the life of Jaro, the leader of a juvenile delinquent gang, depicting his rise from street urchin to outlaw anti-hero on the way to his inevitable end.

Navajeros

1980

Bordello poster
4.7

Minister with four virgin daughters inherits a bordello. The land contains a silver mine and the corrupt sheriff tries to force them to leave.

Bordello

1981

Dos Chichimecas en Hollywood poster
5.7

Mexican comedy with Isela Vega starring as a woman who joins two low lives as they just navigate around Hollywood.

Dos Chichimecas en Hollywood

1986

Blood Screams poster
6.5

When the townspeople of a small Mexican village start disappearing, the locals point the suspicion at two young visitors. The only solution is for the two to unearth the legend of a madman in this supernatural thriller.

Blood Screams

1989

Naná poster
4.7

Based on the Émile Zola same name novel. The life of Nana, a French prostitute of the 19th century. The film includes numerous musical acts performed by Irma Serrano.

Naná

1985

Deceitful Appearances poster
4.6

The sexual misunderstandings caused by the real identity of a rich woman serve Hermosillo to satirize the moral and social hypocrisy of the provincial that every Mexican carries inside.

Deceitful Appearances

1983

The Glories of the Great Púas poster
6.0

Journalist becomes a member of a boxing champion's entourage to write a book about the boxer's career.

The Glories of the Great Púas

1984

Lovers of the Lord of the Night poster
4.4

Venusita falls in love with the son of a wealthy family whose mother sends her son off to the United States in order to keep the two apart. Not to be rejected so easily, Venusita visits Saurina the sorceress who comes up with a spell that kills off the merchant and zaps the son back home, but Venusita's problems are far from over.

Lovers of the Lord of the Night

1986

Las Tentadoras poster
4.6

The female employees at a nightclub go on a strike.

Las Tentadoras

1980

In 'N Out poster
6.7

A man goes to Mexico to attend his father's funeral, 30 years after his father supposedly died.

In 'N Out

1984

1970s · 16 titles

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia poster
7.1

An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

1974

Drum poster
5.2

A mid-19th century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.

Drum

1976

La buscona poster
6.2

A young composer falls in love with a prostitute who is paid by his father to seduce him, but she doesn't love him.

La buscona

1970

La hora desnuda poster
4.2

No synopsis available yet.

La hora desnuda

1971

The Deadly Trackers poster
6.0

Sheriff Sean Kilpatrick is a pacifist. Frank Brand is the leader of a band of killers. When their paths cross Kilpatrick is compelled to go against everything he has stood for to bring death to Brand and his gang. Through his hunt into Mexico he is challenged by a noble Mexican Sheriff interested only in carrying out the law - not vengeance.

The Deadly Trackers

1973

The Streets of L.A. poster
7.0

A woman embarks on a lone pursuit of three teenaged hoods in the Los Angeles barrio after becoming incensed at their malicious tire-slashing on parked cars including hers.

The Streets of L.A.

1979

The World's Oldest Profession poster
5.7

Having an example of piety and Christian devotion in their midst may help the girls in this whorehouse reform. Maybe.

The World's Oldest Profession

1970

The She Wolf's Orgy poster
4.7

A woman with a troubled past introduces lust, depravity and sex to a religious commune.

The She Wolf's Orgy

1972

Eye for an Eye poster
5.4

A vengeful widow hires a professional killer to train her son so that he can hunt down and kill the men who murdered her husband. The quest for revenge soon becomes an obsession.

Eye for an Eye

1971

Muñecas de medianoche poster
5.2

Two young men go into hiding to escape from a contract killer; they put on women's clothing and hang around in bars.

Muñecas de medianoche

1979

End of the Party poster
5.4

A motorcycle gang goes to a mansion where a party is being held and joy turns into tragedy.

End of the Party

1972

The Fungi Man poster
5.0

Racial conflicts, love triangles and the awakening of passion will lead to disaster for a decadent aristocratic family in the newly independent Mexico.

The Fungi Man

1976

Celestina poster
6.0

An adaptation of the tragicomedy "Calisto y Melibea", attributed to Fernando de Rojas.

Celestina

1976

The Rules of the Game poster
6.0

A couple is involved in a seduction game to get out of the monotony of their marriage.

The Rules of the Game

1971

The Spring of the Scorpions poster
5.1

A lady photographer and her preteen son on vacation at a beautiful Mexican resort, befriend two men whose homosexual relationship is going through some tough times.

The Spring of the Scorpions

1971

The Cry of the Turtle poster
5.5

Two young, millionaire couples are commemorating the birthday of one of them. Jealousy, desire and ambition will end in tragedy and a dead man.

The Cry of the Turtle

1975

1960s · 9 titles

Por mis pistolas poster
7.8

Fidencio Borer, an apothecary in a village on the northern border of Mexico, discovers some old title of a mine in Arizona and decides to claim them. Trying to cross the border is a border guard intercepted by exaggerating in the line of duty. On the way is captured by a tribe of Apaches and is about to be burned alive, but thanks to the Great Head Horse Lying having toothache and learns that the prisoner it can heal, ordered his release on the condition that the cure. Fidencio would take the wheel and gets the eternal friendship of the Chief apache.

Por mis pistolas

1968

La rabia por dentro poster
6.3

Tito is a swindler who plans to appropriate a large sum of money supposedly sent abroad by airplane, with the complicity of Carlos, the cashier of a big company, who must put a time bomb aboard the airplane while keeping the money. Waiting for the plan to develop, Tito enjoys the company of the North American starlet stripper Rita, but he seduces a Mexican chorus girl, and the two women eventually fight over him. What seemed to be a faultless plan starts going wrong. A scavenger takes the money without knowing, and Carlos feels remorse for having placed the bomb aboard the jet flight, and is going to confess his crime. Tito is abandoned by his lover, locates the money and takes it back, locates Carlos and kills him. Even then, he will find crime does not pay.

La rabia por dentro

1962

Pact with the Devil poster
4.7

A crazed doctor performs gruesome experiments in his search for a youth serum.

Pact with the Devil

1969

Piranhas Love in Lent poster
4.8

Backwards fishing village is home to a widow and her teenaged daughter. Neighbors suspect the mother of having murdered her husband. A tourist in town gets it into his head to put the smooth big city moves on both women. And the-e-en...

Piranhas Love in Lent

1969

S.O.S. Bikini Conspiracy poster
4.9

Secret Organizational Service (S.O.S.) is an international crime syndicate, quite successful with their feminine agents operating under the guise of a fashion model agency led by Lady Bristol and her associate Luigi. The International Service is the governmental secret service decided to put a term to SOS's action. An agent has infiltrated SOS - but she is in danger, after sending a coded message to her supervising Inspector. So, agents Alex Dinamo is to join forces with Adriana, and give the undercover agent a hand.

S.O.S. Bikini Conspiracy

1967

Violent Summer poster
4.6

During the Mexican Revolution, Beatriz's body is discovered by some kids. The police began to investigate the history of Beatriz.

Violent Summer

1960

Los valientes no mueren poster
5.8

Charro-dude wants his sister to marry into professional city-folk and move into the upper classes... but she's in love with somebody from their own social stratum.

Los valientes no mueren

1962

No artwork available
4.2

Prison colony on an island: the staff Doctor has some neuroses he's trying to overcome, and his "weakness" makes him vulnerable to exploitation by a sociopathic prisoner.

El deseo llega de noche

1969

Secret of Death poster
5.6

Mil Mascaras investigates a nest of fifth-columnists operating out of a carnival led by a Nazi attempting to resurrect the Third Reich posing as a circus clown.

Secret of Death

1969

Series credits

The House of Flowers poster
7.7

A wealthy matriarch tries to maintain her family's facade of perfection after her husband's mistress exposes their dirty secrets.

The House of Flowers

2018

El Chema poster
7.7

Follow one man's epic journey as he transforms from wily underage drug smuggler to one of the world's most infamous cartel leaders.

El Chema

2016

Killer Women poster
7.6

Mujeres Asesinas is a series that shows the dark side of women who have been mistreated or abused and become cruel murderers. The series shows how violence and death can overcome the feminine mind.

Killer Women

2008

Italian Bride poster
5.6

Muchacha italiana viene a casarse is a 1971 Mexican telenovela by Televisa produced by Ernesto Alonso and directed by Alfredo Saldaña, starring Angélica María and Ricardo Blume. Writing credits belong to Delia González Marquez, Fernanda Villeli, Marissa Garrido, Miguel Sabido and Carlos Lozano Dana The series featured two theme songs: "A dónde va nuestro amor" and "Lo que sabemos del amor". Both songs were written by Eduardo Magallanes and performed by Angélica María.

Italian Bride

2014

Passion poster
8.2

Pasión is the telenovela that began transmissions on September 17, 2007, in Mexico; Canal de las Estrellas. The novela is a production of Carla Estrada and the stars are Susana González, Fernando Colunga, Sebastián Rulli, and Daniela Castro.

Passion

2007

A Double Identity poster
2.0

Niña de mi Corazón is a teen Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa and Telefe adapted from Pedro Damian's 1997 Mi Pequeña Traviesa, that premiered on March 8, 2010 and ended on July 9, 2010. Damian was also the producer of this telenovela.

A Double Identity

2010

Ramona poster
6.5

Ramona is a Mexican telenovela, based on the 1884 novel Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson. It aired in 2000 on Televisa and was written by Lucy Orozco and Humberto Robles. This production featured Kate Del Castillo as Ramona and Eduardo Palomo as Alejandro.

Ramona

2000

María de Todos los Ángeles poster
7.6

No synopsis available yet.

María de Todos los Ángeles

2009

Like, la Leyenda poster
7.8

The experiences of a group of young people interned at the Life Institute of Knowledge and Evolution (LIKE), a prestigious and cosmopolitan educational institution, with a supposedly modern and open educational system, but in reality it is deeply traditional and schematic.

Like, la Leyenda

2018

Sin tu mirada poster
7.6

A Mexican telenovela revolving around Marina, a blind woman who because of her disability has developed a great sensitivity.

Sin tu mirada

2017

Gente bien poster
8.0

Gente bien is a Mexican telenovela produced by Lucy Orozco for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from April 28 to August 15, 1997. Created by Lucy Orozco, Antonio Serrano, and Humberto Robles, the telenovela stars Patricia Manterola and Mario Cimarro, with stellar performances by Helena Rojo, Ana Martín, and María Rivas. The story follows María Figueroa, a hardworking and honest young woman who is forced to leave her job after suffering harassment from her employer. She later begins working at the Dumas family's company, where she becomes involved in a world of power, corruption, and family conflicts. There, she meets Gerardo Felipe, an environmentalist fighting against illegal activities connected to the company, and together they face obstacles, betrayal, and the struggle to protect their love.

Gente bien

1997

Juan Gabriel: I Must, I Can, I Will poster
8.6

Rare videos and exclusive interviews reveal the genius, sacrifices and duality between the public and private lives of iconic singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel.

Juan Gabriel: I Must, I Can, I Will

2025

Amor Descarado poster
10.0

Amor Descarado is a telenovela produced by RTI Producciones and Spanish-language United States-based television network Telemundo, this is a US Hispanic version of Chilean telenovela Amores de Mercado. It was broadcast by Telemundo on September 8, 2003 and ended on March 19, 2004.This telenovela was aired in 8 countries around the world.

Amor Descarado

2003

The Rhinemann Exchange poster
6.5

During World War II, an intelligence officer is dispatched by the U.S. government to arrange an exchange in Argentina of industrial diamonds needed by the Germans for a secret gyroscope needed by the Allies.

The Rhinemann Exchange

1977

Señora Tentación poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Señora Tentación

1994

No artwork available
10.0

Rituals is an American soap opera that aired in syndication through Telepictures from September 10, 1984 to September 6, 1985. Created by Gene Palumbo, Ken Corday and Charlene Keel, 260 25-minute episodes were produced. The series later aired in France from 1989 to 1990 under the name La Ligne de Chance.

Rituals

1984

Behind the camera

Navajeros poster
6.5

A chronicle of the life of Jaro, the leader of a juvenile delinquent gang, depicting his rise from street urchin to outlaw anti-hero on the way to his inevitable end.

Navajeros

1980

Lovers of the Lord of the Night poster
4.4

Venusita falls in love with the son of a wealthy family whose mother sends her son off to the United States in order to keep the two apart. Not to be rejected so easily, Venusita visits Saurina the sorceress who comes up with a spell that kills off the merchant and zaps the son back home, but Venusita's problems are far from over.

Lovers of the Lord of the Night

1986

Lovers of the Lord of the Night poster
4.4

Venusita falls in love with the son of a wealthy family whose mother sends her son off to the United States in order to keep the two apart. Not to be rejected so easily, Venusita visits Saurina the sorceress who comes up with a spell that kills off the merchant and zaps the son back home, but Venusita's problems are far from over.

Lovers of the Lord of the Night

1986

Lovers of the Lord of the Night poster
4.4

Venusita falls in love with the son of a wealthy family whose mother sends her son off to the United States in order to keep the two apart. Not to be rejected so easily, Venusita visits Saurina the sorceress who comes up with a spell that kills off the merchant and zaps the son back home, but Venusita's problems are far from over.

Lovers of the Lord of the Night

1986

Una gallina muy ponedora poster
4.7

A beautiful woman discovers the rooster fighting world and in the process fall in love with a handsome boy.

Una gallina muy ponedora

1982

Una gallina muy ponedora poster
4.7

A beautiful woman discovers the rooster fighting world and in the process fall in love with a handsome boy.

Una gallina muy ponedora

1982