She also starred the television series Ay María, qué puntería (1998). She made her directorial debut in El coyote emplumado (1983). Velasco won a Silver Goddess Award for Best Comedic Performance for ¡El que no corre.
LA INDIA MARIA MOVIE
The enormous success of the film spawned a series of low-budget comedies that became a mainstay in Mexican movie theaters. Her first La India María film, Tonta, tonta, pero no tanto (1972), was directed by Fernando Cortés in total, Cortés directed eight La India María films until his death in 1979. The segment quickly became a hit and she starred in other successful television programs. In 1969, Velasco appeared as La India María in a comic segment of the weekly program Siempre en domingo, hosted by Raúl Velasco (who is unrelated to María Elena). She later appeared in the western El bastardo (1968), where she was credited for the first time as "María Elena Velasco 'La India María'". In an effort to make her portrayal more authentic, she observed the gestures and mannerisms of indigenous women her own mother made dresses for the character. The character was dressed in traditional garb consisting of traditionally braided and ribboned hair and colorful native-type blouses and skirts. Her breakthrough came when director Fernando Cortés recommended her to portray an indigenous woman named "María" in one of Mantequilla's sketches. She soon developed a comedy character named Elena María, a rural Mexican woman. In 1964, she began to include comedic material to her appearances in sketches and, in the meantime, played servants in television programs. Juan Bustillo Oro gave her the small part of Petra, a maid, in México de mis recuerdos (1963). In 1962, her popularity at the Teatro Blanquita attracted the attention of producer Miguel Morayta, who cast her in her first film role in the drama Los derechos de los hijos (1963), starring Elvira Quintana and Carlos Agostí. Later, she became one of the showgirls of the Teatro Blanquita, where she also participated in sketches starring comedians such as José "El Ojón" Jasso and Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo, among others. Īfter the death of Tomás Velasco, the family moved to Mexico City, where she worked as a dancer at the Teatro Tívoli. She had three siblings, Gloria, Tomás and Susana. Velasco was born in Puebla, to Tomás Velasco Saavedra, a railway mechanic, and María Elena Fragoso Peón.
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