Lucía Méndez
Encyclopedia
Lucía Leticia Méndez Pérez (born January 26, 1955 in León
, Guanajuato
) is a Mexican
telenovela
and film actress, top model and singer that has sold over 10 million records world wide.
" launched her as "El Rostro" meaning "the face", she won this title; she also appeared in an uncredited role in a film named Vuelven los campeones justicieros also known in the USA as The Champion Five Return. While she would appear in a handful of films throughout the seventies, including The Children of Sanchez
(1978), with the Mexican legends Anthony Quinn
and Dolores del Río
, Mendez truly came into her own in Mexican television starting with a small part in Muchacha italiana viene a casarse
(1971) with Angelica María
. More supporting parts followed on Cartas sin Destino (1973), La Tierra (1974), Mundos Opuestos
(1975). By 1978, she was a well known superstar throughout México
and the rest of Latin America
thanks to her successful telenovela
Viviana
. This soap opera took Méndez directly around the world, among the most successful run of her series would be Spain, Italy and France. Méndez playing the underdog in the story with a strong charismatic character. The huge impact she followed with equally-successful, Colorina
(1980).
Méndez continued the streak of success in television with Vanessa (1982). With Vanessa, she became the first star of a soap-opera to be killed; however, this was due to her alleged diva attitude which forced retaliation from the writers and producers to "kill Vanessa off", later she stated that she was sick with pneumonia and that's the reason why she couldn't shoot the last scenes. She enjoyed another success with Tu o Nadie
(1985), and in 1988 she was cast in the dual role of Leonor de Santiago and Diana Salazar in the soap-opera El Extraño Retorno de Diana Salazar
(1988), written by Carlos Olmos.
She appeared in Amor de Nadie (1990), then in Marielena, where she portrayed a Cuban girl in exile. Marielena (1992) is probably her most successful telenovela has ever made and the most sold of all her telenovelas.
Other soap operas include: Señora Tentacion (1994) Tres Veces Sofía (1998) and Golpe Bajo (2000).
In the music realm Méndez would record her first platinum album in 1975 alongside composer Juan Gabriel
. The album, Siempre Estoy Pensando En Ti ("Always Thinking About You"), brought her huge success in the field. She recorded as many as five albums with Gabriel, this earned her recognition and credibility as a singer, and not only that but her albums were certified gold and platinum.
Other of her films are El Ministro y yo
(1975), with Cantinflas
, Más negro que la noche
(1976), La Ilegal (1979), Los Renglones Torcidos de Dios (1981), and El Maleficio (1985).
In 1980, she opened herself to a wider audience of the pop music genre. By way of introduction from Gabriel, Méndez would collaborate with Camilo Sesto
, who was also a contributor to the theme song of the production Colorina. Sesto and Méndez release in 1982 her pop debut album, Cerca De Ti ("Closer To You"). The album includes as many as five hit singles, "Amiga Mia"(My Friend)," "Que Clase De Hombre Eres Tu" ("What Kind Of Man Are You"), "Culpable O Innocente" ("Innocent Or Guilty"), "Te Tengo En Mis Manos" ("I Have You In My Hands") and the 1# single, "Atada A Nada" ("Attached To Nothing")". Mendez continued to work with Spanish producers. On her next album, she would work with Honorario Herrero.
1983 brought Méndez teaming up with Herrero. They begin a long sequence of radio hits, that at the time was unknown for any Latin Star to top the musical charts in Spain. She recorded "Enamorada/In Love." The set would unleash up to five hit singles with a film of the same name. This same year, 1983, she was crowned as Queen of Viña del Mar at the Viña del Mar Festival in Chile
.
In 1984 Méndez released, "Solo Una Mujer/Only One Woman," again by Herrero. They released singles along with video; XETU
, the Spanish comparison to MTV, would have her videos in heavy rotation on their show. The singles were the self title track, "La Luna De Cancún/The Cancún Moon," "Don Corazón/Mr. Heart" and "Corazón De Piedra/Heart Of Stone," becoming a platinum single.
In 1985, she starred alongside Andrés García
and Salvador Pineda
in the internationally successful Tú o Nadie
, using two theme songs from her album "Solo Una Mujer," "Corazón de Piedra" ("Heart of Stone") and "Don Corazón", which became smashing hits, on the Mexican and Latin America
n music charts. She also returned to the recording studio to record her fourth pop record. She worked for the last time alongside Spanish Composer, Herrero. The fun upbeat music ends with the release of "Te Quiero/I Love You." Mendez again used the video form to gain more exposure and coverage on television. She releases the hit singles, "Te Quiero/I Love You," "Amor Imposible/Impossible Love" and "La Ola Del Amor/The Love Wave."
In 1987, her single "Castígame/Punish Me" reached the top of the charts. The title track became a hit in both sides of the Atlantic. The next big hit, "Yo No Se Quererte Más/I Don't Know How To Love You More," had two videos to accompany it. The song was received with the same enthusiasm. The album became another gold and platinum certification. Another promo hit was launched on the radio, "Que Tiene/Who Cares."
Within the same year, Méndez came back with another soap opera, Amor de nadie, alongside Saúl Lisazo
, Berín Osborne and Fernando Allende
. In Amor de nadie, she played a rape victim. During the story there are five men that fight for her love. The soap opera's title song also became a smash hit for Méndez.
After Amor de nadie, Méndez flew to Miami after she was offered to star in what would be her smashing comeback, Marielena, the soap opera which consolidated her career in the United States and the rest of the world. Marielena was the second soap opera to be shot in Miami after El Magnate starring Andrés García and Salvador Pineda. Her co-star in this case was Eduardo Yáñez
. Marielena was the first non Televisa
soap opera Méndez starred in, and caused the 17 year veto (dropped out in 2007) between the star and the company. In 1991, Lucía Méndez visited Lebanon and performed in front of the Lebanese population more than one musical concerts. These concerts were organized in the Christian area northern to the capital Beirut. Lucia Mendez became famous in Lebanon after showing one of her old TV series. In 1994 Méndez was invited to Puerto Rico
and starred in the romantic story Señora Tentación, which turned out to be a flop considering the huge success of Marielena. Lucía Méndez semi-retired from acting, leading a more private life. But even as she did lead a more private life, she was still under the public's eye, because of her business career.
In 1998, she signed a contract with TV Azteca
, Televisa's big rival in México. Her comeback was a success starring in Tres Veces Sofía alongside Omar Fierro
. Two years later, she shot another TV Azteca soap opera, Golpe Bajo, with Javier Gómez and Salvador Pineda. Golpe Bajo is Méndez' last soap opera so far after ending her contract with TV Azteca. In 2005 producer Salvador Mejía wanted Lucía Méndez to be the star of his huge success La Madrastra
, but finally the leading role landed on Victoria Ruffo
.
In 2007 Lucía Méndez returned to Televisa in the 50 year of Telenovelas commemorative Teleonvela "Amor sin Maquillaje" (Love w/o Make Up).
Lucia debuted as a writer of a soap opera in Miami in 1998.
Méndez came back in 2008 into Latin American and Spanish
United States
television channel
UNIVISION in the Spanish version of "Desperate Housewives
" - "Esposas Desesperadas", in the role originally played by Brenda Strong
in the American version.
Lucia also has marketed a variety of beauty products, being her perfume with pheromones "Vivir" and an oxygen supplement "Oxyvivir" her top sellers.
She made the tour "Reina de Reinas" for club gay
discos at U.S and she will have a tour in México called " Noches de Cabaret 2009" starting June 2009.
She has a new album "Otra vez enamorada con un nuevo amanecer" with new dance versions of her hits and new themes like 'Un nuevo amanecer" was her debut presentation at Teleton 2008 in México. This cd is due to be released sometime in May 2009.
With the released of a new covers of her hits in Mexico she proves why she is everybody's favorite gaining great attention and becomes an instant hit on sells by amprofon, focusing on the new music giving great presentations on TV, radio and returning in a special role in "Mi Pecado" a soap with a special part as key to the story development. That brings her to another small special invitation as a charm of luck in the Mexican version of Mi Gorda bella. She comebacks in 2010 with another Cd. with mariachi as part of her fourth cd contract deal with Sony music. "Canto un homeaje a mi compadre" with great songs and a video Amor de u rato single which gains another good seller.
Now, Lucía starred in Mexico the telenovela Esperanza del Corazón
, with Fernando Allende and the Mexican Broadway
star Bianca Marroquín
.
León, Guanajuato
The city of León, formally León de los Aldama is the sixth most populous city in Mexico and the first in the state of Guanajuato. It is also the seat of the municipality of León...
, Guanajuato
Guanajuato
Guanajuato officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 46 municipalities and its capital city is Guanajuato....
) is a Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
and film actress, top model and singer that has sold over 10 million records world wide.
Early success
Lucía Méndez (born Lucía Leticia Méndez Pérez) began her career in 1972 when a very important newspaper from Mexico City "El HeraldoEl Heraldo
Heraldo, the Spanish for "herald", may refer to:*Heraldo Filipino, student newspaper of De La Salle University-Dasmariñas in the Philippines.*Heraldo Becerra, Spanish-Brazilian football player....
" launched her as "El Rostro" meaning "the face", she won this title; she also appeared in an uncredited role in a film named Vuelven los campeones justicieros also known in the USA as The Champion Five Return. While she would appear in a handful of films throughout the seventies, including The Children of Sanchez
The Children of Sanchez
The Children of Sanchez is a 1961 book by American anthropologist Oscar Lewis about a Mexican family living in the Mexico City slum of Tepito, which he studied as part of his program to develop his concept of culture of poverty...
(1978), with the Mexican legends Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Antonio Rodolfo Quinn-Oaxaca , more commonly known as Anthony Quinn, was a Mexican American actor, as well as a painter and writer...
and Dolores del Río
Dolores del Río
Dolores del Río was a Mexican film actress. She was a star of Hollywood films during the silent era and in the Golden Age of Hollywood...
, Mendez truly came into her own in Mexican television starting with a small part in Muchacha italiana viene a casarse
Muchacha italiana viene a casarse
Muchacha italiana viene a casarse is a 1971 Mexican telenovela by Televisa produced by Ernesto Alonso and directed by Alfredo Saldaña, starring Angélica María and Ricardo Blume...
(1971) with Angelica María
Angélica María
Angélica María Hartman Ortiz is an Mexican-American actress and a Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter. She is a legendary entertainer and is known as La Novia de Mexico .-Early life:...
. More supporting parts followed on Cartas sin Destino (1973), La Tierra (1974), Mundos Opuestos
Mundos Opuestos
-Track listing:#Si Tu Quieres Ser#Amor A Medias#Tu Mirada en Mi#Ya No #Me Entrego A Ti#No Te Puedo Enamorar#Alejate De Mi Hermana#Quedate Conmigo#Mas Perfecta Que Normal#Vaquera#Pobre Diabla#Que Hago Yo?...
(1975). By 1978, she was a well known superstar throughout México
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
and the rest of Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
thanks to her successful telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
Viviana
Viviana
Viviana is a 1916 short drama film directed by B. Reeves Eason....
. This soap opera took Méndez directly around the world, among the most successful run of her series would be Spain, Italy and France. Méndez playing the underdog in the story with a strong charismatic character. The huge impact she followed with equally-successful, Colorina
Colorina
Colorina is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 90 km northeast of Milan and about 10 km west of Sondrio...
(1980).
Méndez continued the streak of success in television with Vanessa (1982). With Vanessa, she became the first star of a soap-opera to be killed; however, this was due to her alleged diva attitude which forced retaliation from the writers and producers to "kill Vanessa off", later she stated that she was sick with pneumonia and that's the reason why she couldn't shoot the last scenes. She enjoyed another success with Tu o Nadie
Tú o nadie
Tú o nadie is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced and broadcast by Televisa in 1985, and starred Lucía Méndez, Andrés García and Salvador Pineda...
(1985), and in 1988 she was cast in the dual role of Leonor de Santiago and Diana Salazar in the soap-opera El Extraño Retorno de Diana Salazar
El Extraño Retorno de Diana Salazar
El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar was a 1988 Mexican telenovela starring Lucía Méndez and Jorge Martinez. It is an unusual example of a telenovela which addresses supernatural topics.-Plot:...
(1988), written by Carlos Olmos.
She appeared in Amor de Nadie (1990), then in Marielena, where she portrayed a Cuban girl in exile. Marielena (1992) is probably her most successful telenovela has ever made and the most sold of all her telenovelas.
Other soap operas include: Señora Tentacion (1994) Tres Veces Sofía (1998) and Golpe Bajo (2000).
In the music realm Méndez would record her first platinum album in 1975 alongside composer Juan Gabriel
Juan Gabriel
Alberto Aguilera Valadez , better known by his stage name Juan Gabriel , is a Mexican singer and songwriter who is one of the most famous living representatives of the Mexican ranchera, ballad, mariachi, and pop music....
. The album, Siempre Estoy Pensando En Ti ("Always Thinking About You"), brought her huge success in the field. She recorded as many as five albums with Gabriel, this earned her recognition and credibility as a singer, and not only that but her albums were certified gold and platinum.
Other of her films are El Ministro y yo
El ministro y yo
-Plot:Mateo Melgarejo is a notary public and scribe for the illiterate people of Santo Domingo, a neighborhood north of Mexico City's Zócalo. A squatter friend asks for his help in negotiating with the land census bureau to regularize a land title...
(1975), with Cantinflas
Cantinflas
Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes , was a Mexican comic film actor, producer, and screenwriter known professionally as Cantinflas. He often portrayed impoverished campesinos or a peasant of pelado origin...
, Más negro que la noche
Más negro que la noche
Más negro que la noche is a 1975 Mexican horror film, written and directed by Carlos Enrique Taboada.-Plot:The film is about four women that move to a creepy house, inherited by one of them from an old aunt; as a condition, they must take care of the aunt's pet, a black cat...
(1976), La Ilegal (1979), Los Renglones Torcidos de Dios (1981), and El Maleficio (1985).
In 1980, she opened herself to a wider audience of the pop music genre. By way of introduction from Gabriel, Méndez would collaborate with Camilo Sesto
Camilo Sesto
Camilo Blanes Cortés , better known as Camilo Sesto, is a Spanish singer , composer and producer who enjoyed fame during the 1970s and the 1980s...
, who was also a contributor to the theme song of the production Colorina. Sesto and Méndez release in 1982 her pop debut album, Cerca De Ti ("Closer To You"). The album includes as many as five hit singles, "Amiga Mia"(My Friend)," "Que Clase De Hombre Eres Tu" ("What Kind Of Man Are You"), "Culpable O Innocente" ("Innocent Or Guilty"), "Te Tengo En Mis Manos" ("I Have You In My Hands") and the 1# single, "Atada A Nada" ("Attached To Nothing")". Mendez continued to work with Spanish producers. On her next album, she would work with Honorario Herrero.
1983 brought Méndez teaming up with Herrero. They begin a long sequence of radio hits, that at the time was unknown for any Latin Star to top the musical charts in Spain. She recorded "Enamorada/In Love." The set would unleash up to five hit singles with a film of the same name. This same year, 1983, she was crowned as Queen of Viña del Mar at the Viña del Mar Festival in Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
.
In 1984 Méndez released, "Solo Una Mujer/Only One Woman," again by Herrero. They released singles along with video; XETU
XETU
XETU is a Mexican Spanish-language AM radio station that serves the Tampico, Tamaulipas market area.-External links:* *...
, the Spanish comparison to MTV, would have her videos in heavy rotation on their show. The singles were the self title track, "La Luna De Cancún/The Cancún Moon," "Don Corazón/Mr. Heart" and "Corazón De Piedra/Heart Of Stone," becoming a platinum single.
In 1985, she starred alongside Andrés García
Andrés García
Andrés García is a Dominican-born Mexican actor. He is known throughout Latin America and among Hispanics in the United States....
and Salvador Pineda
Salvador Pineda
Salvador Pineda Popoca is a Mexican actor. He has participated in several telenovelas and Mexican movies, as well as two Hollywood low budget movies....
in the internationally successful Tú o Nadie
Tú o nadie
Tú o nadie is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced and broadcast by Televisa in 1985, and starred Lucía Méndez, Andrés García and Salvador Pineda...
, using two theme songs from her album "Solo Una Mujer," "Corazón de Piedra" ("Heart of Stone") and "Don Corazón", which became smashing hits, on the Mexican and Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
n music charts. She also returned to the recording studio to record her fourth pop record. She worked for the last time alongside Spanish Composer, Herrero. The fun upbeat music ends with the release of "Te Quiero/I Love You." Mendez again used the video form to gain more exposure and coverage on television. She releases the hit singles, "Te Quiero/I Love You," "Amor Imposible/Impossible Love" and "La Ola Del Amor/The Love Wave."
In 1987, her single "Castígame/Punish Me" reached the top of the charts. The title track became a hit in both sides of the Atlantic. The next big hit, "Yo No Se Quererte Más/I Don't Know How To Love You More," had two videos to accompany it. The song was received with the same enthusiasm. The album became another gold and platinum certification. Another promo hit was launched on the radio, "Que Tiene/Who Cares."
Later life and career
In the '90s Méndez re-emerged with two productions. After her song "Nos Aburriremos Juntos" was leaked into airways as early as November 1989 in America, the album was not officially released until 1990, Lucía es . . . Luna Morena ("Lucía is . . . Tanned Moon").Within the same year, Méndez came back with another soap opera, Amor de nadie, alongside Saúl Lisazo
Saul Lisazo
Saul Lisazo is an Argentine actor and ex-footballer.-About Saul:Saúl Gustavo Lisazo Oscoidi is one of 6 siblings: Maria, Fernanda, Araceli, Alejandro, Mauricio, and Vanina. One event in his childhood that marked him was the death of his father when he only was 12 years old...
, Berín Osborne and Fernando Allende
Fernando Allende
Fernando Allende is a Mexican singer, actor, painter, film producer, and film director. Allende began singing in 1959, at the age of seven.-Private life:...
. In Amor de nadie, she played a rape victim. During the story there are five men that fight for her love. The soap opera's title song also became a smash hit for Méndez.
After Amor de nadie, Méndez flew to Miami after she was offered to star in what would be her smashing comeback, Marielena, the soap opera which consolidated her career in the United States and the rest of the world. Marielena was the second soap opera to be shot in Miami after El Magnate starring Andrés García and Salvador Pineda. Her co-star in this case was Eduardo Yáñez
Eduardo Yáñez
Eduardo Yáñez is a Mexican television and film actor.Yáñez was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He lived with his mother and half brothers. He never met his father. Eduardo had a hard and sad childhood alongside his stepfather...
. Marielena was the first non Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
soap opera Méndez starred in, and caused the 17 year veto (dropped out in 2007) between the star and the company. In 1991, Lucía Méndez visited Lebanon and performed in front of the Lebanese population more than one musical concerts. These concerts were organized in the Christian area northern to the capital Beirut. Lucia Mendez became famous in Lebanon after showing one of her old TV series. In 1994 Méndez was invited to Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
and starred in the romantic story Señora Tentación, which turned out to be a flop considering the huge success of Marielena. Lucía Méndez semi-retired from acting, leading a more private life. But even as she did lead a more private life, she was still under the public's eye, because of her business career.
In 1998, she signed a contract with TV Azteca
TV Azteca
Azteca, is the second largest Mexican television entertainment. It was established in 1983 as the state-owned Instituto Mexicano de la Televisión , a holding of the national TV networks channel 13 and 7 and was privatized under its current name in 1993 and now is part of Grupo Salinas...
, Televisa's big rival in México. Her comeback was a success starring in Tres Veces Sofía alongside Omar Fierro
Omar Fierro
Omar Fierro is a Mexican television actor and host who has appeared in many soap operas in and outside Mexico, movies and television shows such as "Cada Mañana", "A Ganar con Omar" and the Mexican version of Jeopardy!...
. Two years later, she shot another TV Azteca soap opera, Golpe Bajo, with Javier Gómez and Salvador Pineda. Golpe Bajo is Méndez' last soap opera so far after ending her contract with TV Azteca. In 2005 producer Salvador Mejía wanted Lucía Méndez to be the star of his huge success La Madrastra
La Madrastra
La Madrastra is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by Televisa and broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico from 7 February 2005 through 29 July 2005. The program became an unexpected success, garnering ratings in excess of 30 points...
, but finally the leading role landed on Victoria Ruffo
Victoria Ruffo
Victoria Ruffo is a Mexican actress. Ruffo, the surname she uses professionally, is actually her maternal grandfather's surname.- Biography :...
.
In 2007 Lucía Méndez returned to Televisa in the 50 year of Telenovelas commemorative Teleonvela "Amor sin Maquillaje" (Love w/o Make Up).
Lucia debuted as a writer of a soap opera in Miami in 1998.
Méndez came back in 2008 into Latin American and Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
television channel
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
UNIVISION in the Spanish version of "Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producer Cherry serves as Showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth season include Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W...
" - "Esposas Desesperadas", in the role originally played by Brenda Strong
Brenda Strong
Brenda Lee Strong is an American actress and yoga instructor, known for her roles as as Capt. Deladier in the 1997 hit movie Starship Troopers and Mary Alice Young on the television show Desperate Housewives....
in the American version.
Lucia also has marketed a variety of beauty products, being her perfume with pheromones "Vivir" and an oxygen supplement "Oxyvivir" her top sellers.
She made the tour "Reina de Reinas" for club gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
discos at U.S and she will have a tour in México called " Noches de Cabaret 2009" starting June 2009.
She has a new album "Otra vez enamorada con un nuevo amanecer" with new dance versions of her hits and new themes like 'Un nuevo amanecer" was her debut presentation at Teleton 2008 in México. This cd is due to be released sometime in May 2009.
With the released of a new covers of her hits in Mexico she proves why she is everybody's favorite gaining great attention and becomes an instant hit on sells by amprofon, focusing on the new music giving great presentations on TV, radio and returning in a special role in "Mi Pecado" a soap with a special part as key to the story development. That brings her to another small special invitation as a charm of luck in the Mexican version of Mi Gorda bella. She comebacks in 2010 with another Cd. with mariachi as part of her fourth cd contract deal with Sony music. "Canto un homeaje a mi compadre" with great songs and a video Amor de u rato single which gains another good seller.
Now, Lucía starred in Mexico the telenovela Esperanza del Corazón
Esperanza del Corazón
Esperanza del Corazón is a telenovela produced by Luis de Llano Macedo, starring Bianca Marroquin and Patricio Borghetti as the main protagonists. Lucía Méndez, Lisardo Guarinos with Carmen Aub and Tania Vásquez as the main antagonists/ main villains. Mane de la Parra and Thelma Madrigal as the...
, with Fernando Allende and the Mexican Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
star Bianca Marroquín
Bianca Marroquín
Bianca Marroquin is a Mexican musical theatre and television actress known as the first Latina to play in a starring role on Broadway and one of the youngest actresses to play Roxie Hart in a Broadway production of Chicago....
.
Albums
- 2010: Canta un homenaje a Juan Gabriel
- 2009: Mis grandes éxitos: Otra vez enamorada... con un nuevo amanecer
- 2007: Las número 1 Cd/DVD
- 2006: Canciones de amor
- 2004: ViveVive (Lucía Méndez album)Vive is an album by Mexican iconic pop singer Lucía Méndez, It was released in 2004. No to much promocion thanks to the times of company issues. Great music and video La pareja dispareja song duet with Los tucanes de tijuana band. despite a great video and song, there was friction with the band....
- 2003: Ellas cantan a si
- 2001: 100 Años de música
- 1999: Dulce romance
- 1999: Exitos musicales
- 1998: Todo o nadaTodo O NadaAfter a five year absence Benny Ibarra returned with Todo O Nada. This album features collaborations with Erik Rubin, Alix, Dougie Bowne and musicians from Café Tacuba and Alex González from the Mexican Rock band Maná . The first single, "Uno", was top of the charts for eight weeks, became a gold...
- 1997: A Petición del Público
- 1996: Colección original
- 1994: Personalidad Lucía Méndez 20 éxitos Sony-México
- 1994: Señora Tentación,
- 1993: Mis 30 mejores canciones
- 1993: Se Prohibe
- 1992: Marielena
- 1991: Bésame
- 1990: Amor de nadie
- 1989: Luna morenaLuna morenaLucia Es Luna Morena is the 19th album by Mexican iconic pop singer Lucía Méndez, It was released in 1989.-Track listing:# "No Aburriremos Juntos"# Tormenta de Verano# "Devuelveme el Amor"# "Juntos Por Costumbre"# "Nube Viajera"...
- 1988: Mis íntimas razonesMis íntimas razonesMis íntimas razones is the 18th album by Mexican iconic pop singer Lucía Méndez, It was released in 1988 as she was filmimg the telenovela El Extraño Retorno de Diana Salazar.-Track listing:# Un Alma En Pena# "Te Me Vuelves Soledad"...
- 1987: Acapulco, Acapulco
- 1986: Lo mejor de Lucía Méndez
- 1986: Castígame
- 1985: Te quieroTe QuieroTe Quiero , also known as Te Quiero: Romantic Style In Da World, is the debut album by Panamian singer-songwriter Flex. It was released in late September 21, 2007 in Mexico and Panamá and three months later on December 4, 2007 in United States, peaking at number-one on those three countries...
- 1984: Solo una mujerSolo una mujerSólo una mujer is the 13th album by Mexican iconic pop singer Lucía Méndez. It was released in 1984 as she was filming the telenovela Tú o Nadie...
- 1983: EnamoradaEnamorada (Lucía Méndez album)Enamorada is the 9th album by Mexican iconic pop singer Lucía Méndez. The album was released in 1983 and helped her to consolidate herself in Latin America with themes such as Enamorada, Amor volcánico, Mi amor amor, Margarita and Corazón de fresa.-Track listing:# Mi amor amor# Márchate de aquí#...
- 1983: Los Grandes Exitos de Lucía Méndez
- 1982: Cerca de ti
- 1981: Lo mejor de Lucía Méndez South America
- 1980: Regálame esta noche...Colorina
- 1979: Viviana
- 1978: Se feliz
- 1977: Tema "No te buscaré"
- 1977: La sonrisa del año
- 1977: PresentimientoPresentimientoPresentimiento is the 3rd album by Mexican acctress pop singer Lucía Méndez, It was released in 1977-Track listing:# "PRESENTIMIENTO"# "PORQUE NO HE DE LLORAR"# "LA ESTRELLA"# "SE MUY BIEN QUE VENDRAS "# "ESTRELLITA DEL SUR"...
- 1976: Frente a frenteFrente a frenteFrente a frente is the second album by Mexican actress pop singer Lucía Méndez. It was released in 1976.-Track listing:# "Frente a frente"# "Hay que saber perder"# "Mi vida esta rosa"# "Perdón si te molesté"# "No me quieras tanto"# "Tú y la mentira"...
- 1975: Siempre estoy pensando en tíSiempre Estoy Pensando en TiSiempre Estoy Pensando en Ti is the title of a studio album released by Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel with mariachi in 1978 and re-release on July 18, 1989.-Tracklisting:-External links:*...
Films
- 2007: Malinche Audio Book
- 1996: ConfettiConfettiConfetti is a multitude of pieces of paper, mylar or metallic material which is usually thrown at parades and celebrations, especially weddings . Confetti is made in a variety of colors, and commercially available confetti is available in imaginative shapes...
Movie .... Coco Freyre - 1986: El Maleficio II Movie .... Marcela
- 1984: EnamoradaEnamoradaEnamorada is the 19th studio album by Mexican pop singer Yuri. It was released in 2002, and sold more than 45,000.-Reception:...
- 1982: Los Renglones torcidos de Dios Movie .... Alice Gould
- 1980: La Ilegal .... Claudia Bernal]
- 1979: Los hijos de Sánchez ....Marta Sánchez
- 1978: The Children of SanchezThe Children of SanchezThe Children of Sanchez is a 1961 book by American anthropologist Oscar Lewis about a Mexican family living in the Mexico City slum of Tepito, which he studied as part of his program to develop his concept of culture of poverty...
.... Marta Sanchez - 1976: Juan Armenta, El Repatriado .... Julia
- 1976: El ministro y yoEl ministro y yo-Plot:Mateo Melgarejo is a notary public and scribe for the illiterate people of Santo Domingo, a neighborhood north of Mexico City's Zócalo. A squatter friend asks for his help in negotiating with the land census bureau to regularize a land title...
aka The Minister and Me (USA: literal English title) .... Barbara - 1975: Más negro que la nocheMás negro que la nocheMás negro que la noche is a 1975 Mexican horror film, written and directed by Carlos Enrique Taboada.-Plot:The film is about four women that move to a creepy house, inherited by one of them from an old aunt; as a condition, they must take care of the aunt's pet, a black cat...
aka Blacker than the Night (Europe: English title) .... Marta - 1974: El Desconocido
- 1974: Cabalgando a la luna
- 1973: El Hijo del puebloEl hijo del puebloEl hijo del pueblo is a 1973 Mexican film. It stars Sara García....
.... Carmen - 1972: Vuelven los campeones justicieros
Telenovelas
- 2011: Esperanza del CorazónEsperanza del CorazónEsperanza del Corazón is a telenovela produced by Luis de Llano Macedo, starring Bianca Marroquin and Patricio Borghetti as the main protagonists. Lucía Méndez, Lisardo Guarinos with Carmen Aub and Tania Vásquez as the main antagonists/ main villains. Mane de la Parra and Thelma Madrigal as the...
... Lucrecia Duprís (Main Antagonist/Villain) - 2010: Llena de AmorLlena de amor__FORCETOC__Llena de amor is a Mexican Spanish-language soap opera, produced by Televisa, that began airing in 2010. It is a remake of the 2002–2003 Venezuelan telenovela Mi Gorda Bella, which itself was inspired by the 1999–2001 Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea.Llena de amor...
.... Eva Pavon (special guest star, 2 episodes) - 2009: Mi PecadoMi PecadoMi pecado is a Mexican telenovela that was produced by Televisa and aired on Canal de las Estrellas from 15 June 2009 through 13 November 2009...
.... Inés Roura (special guest star, 2 episodes) - 2007: Amor sin maquillajeAmor sin MaquillajeAmor sin Maquillaje ' is a mini novela that was shown in 2007. It is a production of Rosy Ocampo, who also produced La Fea Mas Bella. The stars are Sergio Goyri and Marlene Favela; and the novela marks the return of the famous actress Lucía Méndez to Televisa after a 17 year absence...
- 2000: Golpe bajo .... Silvana Bernal
- 1998: Tres veces Sofía .... Sofía Gutiérrez de Briseño
- 1995: Señora Tentación .... Rosa Moreno
- 1994: MarielenaMarielenaMarielena was a Spanish-language telenovela written by Delia Fiallo. It premiered on Telemundo in 1992, and starred Lucía Méndez and Eduardo Yáñez. To date, it is the most successful telenovela that Telemundo has ever shown on their programming schedule with very high ratings for that time, and the...
.... Marielena - 1990: Amor de nadie .... Sofía
- 1988: El Extraño Retorno de Diana SalazarEl Extraño Retorno de Diana SalazarEl extraño retorno de Diana Salazar was a 1988 Mexican telenovela starring Lucía Méndez and Jorge Martinez. It is an unusual example of a telenovela which addresses supernatural topics.-Plot:...
.... Diana Salazar/Doña Leonor de Santiago - 1985: Tú o nadieTú o nadieTú o nadie is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced and broadcast by Televisa in 1985, and starred Lucía Méndez, Andrés García and Salvador Pineda...
.... Raquel Samaniego - 1982: Vanessa .... Vanessa Reyes de Saint-Germain
- 1980: ColorinaColorinaColorina is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 90 km northeast of Milan and about 10 km west of Sondrio...
.... Colorina/Fernanda - 1978: VivianaVivianaViviana is a 1916 short drama film directed by B. Reeves Eason....
.... Viviana Lozano - 1976: Mundos OpuestosMundos Opuestos-Track listing:#Si Tu Quieres Ser#Amor A Medias#Tu Mirada en Mi#Ya No #Me Entrego A Ti#No Te Puedo Enamorar#Alejate De Mi Hermana#Quedate Conmigo#Mas Perfecta Que Normal#Vaquera#Pobre Diabla#Que Hago Yo?...
.... Cecilia - 1975: Paloma .... Rosa
- 1974: La Tierra .... Olivia
- 1973: La Maestra Méndez
- 1973: Cartas sin destino
- 1972: Muchacha italiana viene a casarseMuchacha italiana viene a casarseMuchacha italiana viene a casarse is a 1971 Mexican telenovela by Televisa produced by Ernesto Alonso and directed by Alfredo Saldaña, starring Angélica María and Ricardo Blume...
Singles
- Aunque me duela el alma (2004)
- Perdóname(1999)
- Gracias por haberte ido (1999)
- Corazón de acero (1999)
- Rehilete (1999)
- Cariñito Azucarado (1998)
- Ya la pagarás (1998)
- Señora Tentación (1994)
- Se Acabó (1992)
- Amor de Nadie (1990)
- Amor de Nadie (1985)
- Amor Imposible (1984)
- Sólo una Mujer (1984)
- Corazón de Piedra (1983)
- Enamorada (1983)
- Mi Amor, Amor (1982)
- Te tengo en mis manos (1982)
- Viviana (1978)
- Yo soy una perra (1976)
Video clips
- Piensa en mí
- Por un amor
- Siempre estoy pensando en tí
- Cariño nuevo
- La Martina
- Qué pasó corazoncito
- Gracias
- Mi amor amor
- Te quiero
- La luna de Cancún
- Amor imposible
- Corazón de piedra
- Don Corazón
- ¿Qué clase de hombre eres tú?
- Culpable o inocente
- Contigo o sin tí
- Vete
- Se acabó
- Morir un poco
- Don't tell my mama
- Amado mío
- Qué clase de hombre eres tú 2
- Corazón de piedra 2
- Enamorada
- Enamorada remix
- Parte de mi
- La pareja dispareja
- Un alma en pena
- Mis íntimas razones
- Super miedo
- Corazón de fresa
- Escúchame
- La media vuelta
- Castígame
- Yo no se quererte más
- Amor a dos
- La solidaridad
- Cantaré cantarás
- Yo no se quererte más 2
- Castígame 2
- La ola de amor
- Acapulco
- No hay hombres
- Luna morena
- Secreto
- La que más te ha querido
- Nos aburriremos juntos
- No me lo tomes a mal
- Amor de nadie
- ¿Quién será?
- Tormenta de verano
- Golpe bajo
- Todo y nada
- Señora tentación
- Margarita, no lo se
- Juntos por costumbre
- Ya la pagarás
- Sólo una mujer
- Aventurero
- Un poquito de sabor
- Nube viajera
- Amor volcánico
- Perdóname
- Devuélveme el amor
- Aguanta corazón
- Solamente una vez
- Sombras nada más
- Te tengo en mis manos
- Márchate de aquí
- Cobarde (lástima)
- Te me vuelvas soledad