The first Mexican actress Iseli Vega died Tuesday night of cancer at the age of 81, family members reported on social networks.
Born in Hermosillo, Sonora, on November 5, 1939, Isela Vega Durazo is an icon of sensuality in Mexican cinema, where she built a long and fruitful career.
“A transgressive woman of our cinema; actress, screenwriter, producer and director of strong stories. We say goodbye with sadness, also with great admiration and affection, Isela Vega,” said the Mexican Institute of Cinematography (Imcine) on the social network Twitter.
Transgressive woman of our cinematography; actress, screenwriter, producer and director of strong stories.
We say goodbye with sadness, also with great admiration and affection, Isela Vega.
Follow with us the enormous force you have always given to our screens. pic.twitter.com/UPKxrraB0a
– IMCINE (@imcine)
March 10, 2021
The news of her death, which took place in Mexico City, was made known by her relatives on social networks and was confirmed by Televisa through her Twitter account, mentioning that “the relatives confirm the unfortunate death of the actress Isela Vega”.
Vega, whose roles in “Herod’s Law” and “The Black Widow” awarded him prizes Ariel, he left a filmography of 130 productions between series and feature films.
Her most recent film appearance was in “Cindy Directing,” while on television she was part of “The House of Flowers.”
“If you see that you have seen over 100 movies, about 150, in set to make scenes, sequences, to invent, to study, all of that, is that you spent half your life in fiction, “he said at the time.