# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-elena-velasco
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:24:19.843Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-elena-velasco"
name: "María Elena Velasco"
slug: "maria-elena-velasco"
description: "María Elena Velasco Fragoso was a Mexican actress, comedian, singer-songwriter and dancer. She was known for creating and portraying La India María, a comical character based on indigenous Mexican women."
tagline: "Mexican actress, comedian, singer-songwriter and dancer (1940–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mar%C3%ADa_Elena_Velasco%2C_c._1950s_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Mexico"
  isoCode: "MX"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1940-12-17"
deathDate: "2015-05-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.700724000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0892306/"
    handle:    "nm0892306"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماريا إيلينا فيلاسكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماريا ايلينا فيلاسكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Elena_Velasco"
    title: "María Elena Velasco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Elena_Velasco"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماریا النا ولاسکو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Elena_Velasco"
    title: "María Elena Velasco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Веласко, Мария Элена"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Elena_Velasco"
    title: "María Elena Velasco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%8E%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8B"
    title: "మారియా ఎలెనా వెలాస్కో"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1043938"
    title: "María Elena Velasco"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump