Beltrán, Lola, 1932-1996

María Lucila "Lola" Beltrán Ruiz (7 March 1932 – 24 March 1996) was a Mexican actress and singer. Beltrán was born in the town of El Rosario, Sinaloa Eventually, Beltrán and her mother moved to Mexico City so that she could find a career performing. Beltrán was the first wife of the matador and film actor Alfredo Leal Kuri [es][7] and had a daughter with him, singer María Elena Leal.[4] She entered the world of film in 1954 in El Tesoro de la Muerte. After appearing in dozens of films, most of them musicals, she obtained a starring role in the telenovela Mi rival with Saby Kamalich. In cinema, Beltrán made her film debut on El cantor del circo (1940), an Argentine film. She also shared credits with Mexican movie stars such as Emilio Fernández, Ignacio López Tarso, Katy Jurado, María Félix and Pedro Armendáriz in La Bandida (1963). Her last film appearance was in Una gallina muy ponedora (1982) sharing credits with Columba Domínguez.

As a television presenter, she hosted the programs Noches tapatias (1976) and her own television program entitled El estudio de Lola Beltrán (1984),[5] programs in which she received stars such as Cornelio Reyna, Juan Gabriel, Lucha Villa, La Prieta Linda and Luis Miguel. As a television presenter, she hosted the programs Noches tapatias (1976) and her own television program entitled El estudio de Lola Beltrán (1984),[5] programs in which she received stars such as Cornelio Reyna, Juan Gabriel, Lucha Villa, La Prieta Linda and Luis Miguel. Beltrán died of a pulmonary embolism