Overview
- Mexico’s actors’ union ANDA announced her death on Friday, November 7, 2025, expressing condolences to family, friends and colleagues.
- Vela was widely remembered for playing Gloria, Paty’s aunt and Don Ramón’s romantic interest, in 1987 episodes of El Chavo del 8.
- Born in Valencia on November 9, 1937, she became a Mexican national and died two days before what would have been her 88th birthday.
- Her six-decade career spanned film and television, with credits including Cachún cachún ra ra!, Papá soltero, Quinceañera, La Rosa de Guadalupe and Como dice el dicho.
- She retired in 2020 after a final appearance on Como dice el dicho; her last telenovela credit was Tenías que ser tú (2018), and no family statement or funeral details have been issued.