Socorro Avelar


Socorro Avelar was a Mexican actress.

Life

Avelar studied at the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. In 1946, she debuted as a director for the play Doña Clarines. The following year, she went to the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature. In 1950, she debuted as a stage actress in the play Rosalba y los llaveros, and as a film actress in 1962 film El tejedor de milagros. She also wrote the play Los irredentos which was never released.
On February 11, 2003, she died of stomach cancer.