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Isela Vega was born in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico on November 5, 1939. The young beauty was named Princess of the 1957 Carnaval in Hermosillo, and parlayed that into work as a model. She also had some success as a singer before turning to acting. (Her composition "Bennie's Song" was used in Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974), which features her singing.)

She made her film debut in the Pedro Armendáriz movie Verano violento (1960). From her beginning in small roles in Mexican films in the early 1960s, her career grew and Isela became very popular as a sex symbol in the late 1960s. (She would appear nude in a multi-page feature in Playboy Magazine's July 1974 issue.) In addition to her Mexican films, TV shows, and stage appearances, she also worked in a number of foreign films, most famously in Sam Peckinpah's Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974), for which she received a Best Actress Ariel Award nomination in 1975. (Previously, Vega had been nominated for a Best Actress Ariel for her turn in Las reglas del juego (1971) in 1972.) She had made her United States film debut the year previously in The Deadly Trackers (1973) (the U.S.-Mexico horror cheapie Fear Chamber (1968) doesn't really count) and continued to appear occasionally in small parts in American films and TV until the late 1990s.

In addition to her work as an actress, Vega produced, wrote and directed Lovers of the Lord of the Night (1986), and has written and produced other films. She has a son whose father is Alberto Vázquez, and a daughter (Shaula, an actress) whose father is Jorge Luke.

BIO:

Rafael was born on February 28th of 1977 in the city of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Since he was young, he'd been very active in sports, also, since he was a teenager, he took theater and music classes. After graduating from High School, he traveled to San Diego, California to start his University studies. He returned to Mexico and started participating in several musical groups or bands. After this, he started studying at the "Center for Artistic Education of Televisa", and found the opportunity to participate in a casting for the new musical group "Garibaldi" and was selected.

He later separated from Garibaldi, but continued in the artistic realm, but now in acting. He started with the soap opera "La casa en la playa" (2000) (The Beach House) with his role as Romualdo, next came the telenovela "Sin pecado concebido" (2001) (Without Conceived Sin) as Castulo. His third, most complete and exciting project was his role on "Salomé" (2001); with this project, Rafael became quite famous and in august he continued acting in "Las Vias del Amor.

Still on the list of soap operas, we have "To love again" that was launched in the U.S. Amaya did the role of Fernando and "Two Sides of Ana" (Las Dos Caras de Ana) where Amaya takes the leading role. In February 2002, Amaya won the nomination for "Men's revelation" in the delivery of "The Herald".

Amaya has also ventured into the big screen. His first experience was in the film "Naked" (Desnudos), a romantic comedy based on the play known as "Four X", he performs a frontal nudity. The second film: "So the precipice", he acts as a gay man.

Amaya in the 2010 dabbled in short films, and has participated in several films such as: "Rock Marí", "Sin memoria", "Adiós mundo cruel", "Atrocious" and "La ruleta de los sueños". Later, it was the co-protagonist of the soap opera "La piel azul" where played Fernando, and he was the antagonist of the telenovela "Alguien te mira" where played Julián García.

In 2011, He had a participation in the telenovela "La Reina del Sur", and shared credit with Kate del Castillo, while the soap opera was in production, the actor traveled to Spain, to participate in two Spanish series, such as: "Hospital Central" and "Doctor Mateo", where he took part in several episodes as main cast of both series. In 2012, he participated in the television movie "Meddling Mom"

From 2013 to 2018, Amaya has been filming in what has become a very successful production; "El Señor de los Cielos". The television series which was produced by Telemundo, went out to have six seasons and portrayed: Aurelio Casillas "El Señor de los Cielos". The series has won an International Emmy in 2014. Amaya was also a winner as best actor in: Premios Tu Mundo 2014.

He has also appeared in the television series "Señora Acero", where played Aurelio Casillas, Amaya only participated in 2 episodes with Blanca Soto and Damián Alcázar; "El Chema" Spin off from his TV hit "El Señor de los cielos"; and greatest movies such as the mexican "Cantinflas" as Frank Sinatra, and dominican "Powder and Gold" ("Oro y Polvo").

Bill Melendez was born on 15 November 1916 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. He was a producer and actor, known for A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969), A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) and He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown (1968). He was married to Helen Antionette Huhn. He died on 2 September 2008 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

Fetching Raquel Torres had a very brief but sexy reign in Hollywood with the advent of sound, but late-night viewers can still get a sampling of this spitfire's charms in one zany piece of slapstick with The Marx Brothers.

Born Guillermina Ostermann in Hermosillo, Mexico, on November 11, 1908, she began her film career at age 19 and garnered instant attention and a flurry of wolf whistles in W.S. Van Dyke's White Shadows in the South Seas (1928), which remains best known as MGM's first film to synchronize music, dialogue and sound effects. This exquisite beauty appeared in the predominantly silent film as the lead femme opposite stoic Monte Blue. A biracial love story and morality play set in the South Pacific islands, this was supposedly the first film in which the MGM lion roared before the opening credits of the picture. The beautifully shot film went on to win the Best Cinematography Oscar.

The next year, she was third-billed behind Lili Damita and Ernest Torrence in The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929), the first film version of the classic Thornton Wilder novel, which was a part-talkie. This Oscar winner (for Art Direction) was an early disaster movie that bonded a group of strangers who see their lives flash before their eyes while trapped on a collapsing bridge. Raquel's other 1929 film was The Desert Rider (1929), a standard oater in which she provided spicy diversion opposite cowboy star Tim McCoy.

Torres continued the tropical island pace with The Sea Bat (1930) and Aloha (1931) playing various island girls and half-caste beauty types. In her last year of filming, she played a sexy foil to the raucous comedy teams of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in So This Is Africa (1933) and Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx and Zeppo Marx in Duck Soup (1933). It was Raquel who inspired Groucho's classic line, "I could dance with you until the cows came home. On second thought, I'd rather dance with the cows until you came home."

Raquel abruptly retired following her marriage to businessman Stephen Ames in 1935, who once was married to actress Adrienne Ames. Her husband later produced postwar "B" films including The Spanish Main (1945), Tycoon (1947) and Ride, Vaquero! (1953), but Raquel never returned to the film industry even with this her husband's "in" connection.

Ames died on the 20th anniversary of their wedding in 1955 and Raquel later married actor Jon Hall, who also had his share of tropical island movies. but this marriage ended in divorce. She died of complications from an earlier stroke in 1987 in Los Angeles at the age of 78.

Jesús Ochoa was born on 24 December 1959 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. He is an actor and director, known for Man on Fire (2004), Quantum of Solace (2008) and Get the Gringo (2012).

Jorge Luis Moreno was born on 19 December 1981 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. He is an actor and producer, known for El Señor de los Cielos (2013), Five-Tool Player (2022) and Un pequeño error (2008).

Marycarmen Lopez was born on 23 September 1988 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Queen Sugar (2016) and Tragedy Girls (2017).

Gustavo Egelhaaf was born in 1984 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. He is an actor, known for 4 Moons (2014), El Chema (2016) and Parientes a la Fuerza (2021).

Alicia Encinas was born on 24 April 1954 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Rina (1977), The Mummies of San Angel (1975) and Jugandose la vida (1984).

Born in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico as Hugo and known simply as Miriam, she was a Mexican transgender model and TV personality, best known for the controversial reality dating show There's Something About Miriam (2004). She started her transition at 12 before finding work as a model. In 2004, she was the star of There's Something About Miriam, a show where six men competed for an opportunity to date her. The show brought her international recognition, but she was also widely criticized for hiding the fact that she was transgender from the men. In the later years of her life, she moved to New York City, where she was active in the ballroom scene as a member of House Xtravaganza. She was married to Daniel Cuervo. She died of suicide on February 5, 2019.

Florencia de Saracho was born in 1982 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Timeless Love (2010), Juro que te amo (2008) and Las vías del amor (2002).

Elsa Benitez was born on 8 December 1977 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Le retour d'Arsène Lupin (1989), Enrique Iglesias: Love to See You Cry (2002) and Mexico's Next Top Model (2009). She was previously married to Rony Seikaly.

Carmelina Encinas was born in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. She is known for Los piratas (1986), Ratas del asfalto (1978) and Lola the Truck Driving Woman (1985).

Adriana Ahumada was born on 29 April 1995 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Atrévete a soñar (2009), La doble vida de Estela Carrillo (2017) and The Three Sides of Ana (2016).

Octavio Galindo was born on 1 August 1942 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. He was an actor, known for La casa al final de la calle (1989), Caminos cruzados (1994) and Marea suave (1992). He died on 28 March 2005 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.

Paulita Arvizu was born on 18 June 1914 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. She was an actress. She was married to Frank Leyva. She died on 17 July 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Alma Matrecito was born on 17 June 1992 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Jenni Rivera: Mariposa de Barrio (2017), El Domo del Dinero (2020) and Toni, la Chef (2015).

Philip Saltzman was born on 19 September 1928 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. He was a producer and writer, known for Barnaby Jones (1973), The Fugitive (1963) and A Man Called Sloane (1979). He was married to Caroline. He died on 14 August 2009 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

María del Carmen Félix was born on 31 October 1982 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Drunk History: El Lado Borroso De La Historia (2016), Enemigo Íntimo (2018) and Sacudete Las Penas (2018).

Gerardo Sierra was born on 29 February 1988 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. He is an actor and director, known for Me Toca (2022), Finito (2023) and Rotting in the Sun (2023).

Ericka Zepeda was born in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. She is an actress, known for The Cleaning Lady (2022), The Absence of Eden (2023) and Flamin' Hot (2023).

Yuridia was born on 4 October 1986 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. She is a music artist and actress, known for Feria Nacional de la Plata (2008), Yuridia: Brujería (2022) and Yuridia: Amigos No por Favor (Primera Fila) (En Vivo) (2017).

Virginia Zurí was born on 26 February 1906 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. She was an actress, known for México de mis recuerdos (1944), La noche del pecado (1933) and Divorciadas (1943). She was married to Irving Seiden. She died on 2 January 1996 in Berkeley, California, USA.

Alejandro Parodi was born on 23 July 1928 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. He was an actor, known for The Realm of Fortune (1986), Llámenme Mike (1979) and Su alteza serenísima (2001). He died on 3 September 2011 in Tequisquiapan, Querétaro, Mexico.

Hermann Neudert was born on 22 February 1993 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. He is a director and editor, known for Las Rancheras (2018), Simpson Ahuevo: Arre (2020) and Señor Kino: Elesi (2018).