Alma Leonor Beltran (August 22, 1919 – June 9, 2007) was a

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film, stage and television actress. She appeared in 82 films between 1945 and 2002. In addition to her film roles, Beltran played over 80 roles in film and television, often in smaller roles, always as Mexican women, and then later in her career, as matriarch types. She is best known as Mrs. Fuentes, mother of Julio Fuentes, on the NBC-TV series ''

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Death

Beltran died in

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, on June 9, 2007, aged 87, due to natural causes. She was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California.

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* 1919 births 2007 deaths People from Cananea American film actresses American television actresses Mexican film actresses Mexican television actresses Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute alumni Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses 20th-century Mexican actresses 21st-century Mexican actresses California Republicans Mexican emigrants to the United States People with acquired American citizenship Actresses from Sonora {{US-actor-stub