Mireya Véliz

Mireya Véliz (1915 – 5 September 2013) was a Chilean actress with a career of more than 50 years, retiring at the age of 96.

Career Véliz was featured in some of the first televised TV-theatre productions in Chile which were directed by Hugo Miller for Chile's Channel 13.

Before working in television she spent a number of years writing, directing and producing theatre for children. She later became part of the Teatre Ensayo which was a major University theatre company in Chile. Within this company she wrote radio-theatre and worked on the program La Voz de America which was recorded in the U.S. embassy.

In 1986 she was in the cast of the Universidad Catolica theatre production of Juan Radrigan’s El Pueblo de mal amor alongside other prominent actors such as Patricio Strahovsky and Gabriela Medina. The play’s theme inspired by real events dealt with homelessness, displacement and exile and interplayed with the biblical themes of exile and the Promised Land.

Véliz worked in several television series in Chile; her last major role was in the popular telenovela Corazon de María, where she played the role of “Modesta” the mother of “Salvador” (Mauricio Pesutic).

Filmography

TV production and Films Role Year Prohibido pisar las nubes Clara 1970 Una familia feliz Mireya 1982 Sor Teresa de los Andes María Cáceres 1989 El milagro de vivir 1990 Acércate más Tita 1990 Trampas y Caretas Adela 1992 Jaque Mate Amelia 1993 Rompecorazón Saruca 1994 Estúpido Cupido Mother Guadalupe 1995 Sucupira Hilda Llantén 1996 Oro Verde Guadalupe 1997 Iorana Nua Eva 1998 La Fiera Corita 1999 El chacotero sentimental Tota 1999 Romané Inés Suárez 2000 Pampa Ilusión Bristela Monardes 2001 El Circo de las Montini Rebeca, widow of Rubio 2002Puertas Adentro Grandmother Moraga 2003 Los Pincheira Clementina Perez 2004 El Perro Hortelano Mother of Antonio 2004 Cómplices Biological Mother of Harvey 2006 La abuela de Max Eloísa 2006 Corazón de María Modesta, widow Ceballos 2007 Infiltradas Mother of Nelson 2011