Yolanda Varela
Born: 1930-03-30 in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
Died: 2009-08-29
Known For: Acting
Biography
Yolanda Varela (March 30, 1930 - August 29, 2009) was one of the greatest Mexican actresses of the golden age of the Mexican Cinema. She was born on March 30, 1930. She started in the business at a very young age. She studied ballet in the National Institute of the Performing Arts. Yolanda Varela was the leading actress in many Mexican films and some Spanish/Mexican co-productions. Among her most important films are, Dos tipos de cuidado (1953) alongside Golden Age-idols Pedro Infante and Jorge Negrete, Llamas Contra el Viento and El Niño y el Muro (1965), the film was about the segregation and violence situation in Western Europe, it was directed by Ismael Rodriguez and filmed in East Berlin, Germany. She also co-starred with Daniel Gélin, Arturo de Córdova, Jorge Mistral, Manolo Fabregas, Ernesto Alonso, Pedro Vargas, Mauricio Garces, Pedro Vargas, Fernando Soler, Resortes, Clavillazo, German Valdez "Tintan", Enrique Rambal, Miguel Aceves Mejía, Joaquín Cordero, and many more Mexican celebrities. She met her husband, the film producer Fernando de Fuentes Reyes, while working for him on the movie Lo que le Paso a Sanson. She died on August 29, 2009 of natural causes.
Filmography
1971
- Departamento De Soltero as Laura
1965
- The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall as Mrs. Smith
1964
- Face of the Screaming Werewolf as Woman In Apartment (as Landa Varle)
1960
- La hermana blanca as Ángela
- Three Black Angels as Catalina
- House of Terror as Paquita
- Amor en la sombra as Mariela Morán
1959
- Isla para dos as Mariana
- El derecho a la vida as Georgina
1958
- School for Buglars as Amante de Víctor
- La torre de marfil
- Los hijos del divorcio as Raquel Díaz
- Yo quiero ser artista as Susana Cordoba
1957
- Locos Peligrosos as Minerva
- Assassins of the Night as Irma
1956
- Los amantes
- La herida luminosa as Adela
- Who are our daughters with? as Lucía
- El sultán descalzo as Cristina Mena
- Llamas contra el viento as Claudia
- ¡Viva la juventud! as Virginia Luque
- Una Movida Chueca as Gloria
1955
- El 7 leguas as Adelita
- La sombra de Cruz Diablo as Gitana
- La fuerza de los humildes
- Lo que le pasó a Sansón as Semadar
- To Hell with Women as Lupita
1954
1953
- Dos tipos de cuidado as María
- Remember to Live as Silvia
1952
- Prefiero a tu papá as Marta