Confirmed exclusively by the Healy Group, the Mexican icon of cinema, Isela Vega died this afternoon, at the age of 82, in Mexico City, a victim of cancer after a month of fighting the disease, her niece explained, Brenda Vega. this publishing house.
He added that although there were good predictions about his condition, his body did not resist.
Originally from Cauti, Sonora became an icon on the big Mexican screen in the 1969s and 70s, when she began her acting career with actors such as Pedro Armendáriz and Guillermo Murray.
However, she is also recognized as the first Latino woman to appear in the North American version of Playboy magazine, where she posed completely naked.
Isela Vega was the mother of Arturo, whose father is the singer Alberto Vázquez; in turn, he also had a daughter named Shaula with actor Jorge Luke.
Vega remained active in acting until the end, even managing to participate in productions such as La casa de las flores, by Netflix or in the film Cindy at Regia.
Between soap operas and films, he has participated in more than 90 productions, both Mexican and American, as well as Brazilian, Argentine, Australian and English.
She received the Ariel Award for Best Actress four times: 1984 Black Widow; 2000 The Law of Herod; 2007 From the sky; and in 2015 Hours with you.
Isela Vega also maintained an intimate friendship with Divo de Juárez, Juan Gabriel, with whom she recently revealed an original video with the composer recorded a few days before his death.
To date, neither of his two sons has commented on this.