Renée Victor, an American actress best known for her role as Abuelita in the Disney animated film “Coco” and her performance as Lupita on the Showtime drama “Weeds,” has died.
The news of Victor’s death was confirmed by her representative.
A San Antonio, Texas native, Victor left the Lone Star State for Los Angeles in the ’60s to start her budding career in entertainment. She started in the music business as a singer for popular acts and was a salsa and tango teacher on the side. Victor helped bring prominent Latin musicians like Perez Prado and Xavier Cugat to American music fans.
From 1963 to 1973, Victor brought her own spin to the Latin music scene and toured with her husband under the title “Ray & Renée.”
One of her first major TV appearances was as the host of the KTLA program “Pacesetters,” which followed the Chicano Movement of the ’70s. Soon after, she began to transition to film and TV work and joined the Screen Actors Guild in 1973. Her early credits include shows like “Matlock” and “Scarecrow and Mrs. King.” On the big screen, she has roles in “A Night in Old Mexico,” “The Doctor” and “The Apostle.”
Some of her other TV credits include “The Addams Family” animated show, “The Tony Danza Show,” “Team Knight Rider,” “Four Corners,” “ER,” “House of Payne,” “Children’s Hospital” and the “Snowpiercer” TV adaptation. On the film side, Victor appeared in “The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit,” “Stuntmen,” “SuperFly,” “Confessions of a Shopaholic” and “Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones.”
Victor also did voice work for the “Elder Scrolls” series of games, with roles in 2011’s “Skyrim” and the recently released “Oblivion Remastered.”
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