Mireya Véliz


Mireya Véliz 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”.

Filmography

TV production and FilmsRoleYear
Prohibido pisar las nubesClara1970
Una familia felizMireya1982
Sor Teresa de los AndesMaría Cáceres1989
El milagro de vivir1990
Acércate másTita1990
Trampas y CaretasAdela1992
Jaque MateAmelia1993
RompecorazónSaruca1994
Estúpido CupidoMother Guadalupe1995
SucupiraHilda Llantén1996
Oro VerdeGuadalupe1997
IoranaNua Eva1998
La FieraCorita1999
El chacotero sentimentalTota1999
RomanéInés Suárez2000
Pampa IlusiónBristela Monardes2001
El Circo de las MontiniRebeca, widow of Rubio2002
Puertas AdentroGrandmother Moraga2003
Los PincheiraClementina Perez2004
El Perro HortelanoMother of Antonio2004
CómplicesBiological Mother of Harvey2006
La abuela de MaxEloísa2006
Corazón de MaríaModesta, widow Ceballos2007
InfiltradasMother of Nelson2011