- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 25, 1938
- Place of Birth
- San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Died
- May 30, 2025
Renée Victor
Renée Victor (July 25, 1938 — May 30, 2025) was an American actress, dance instructor, and singer. She was best known for her role as Abuelita in the Disney•PIXAR film Coco (2017), the recurring role of Lupita on Weeds (2005–12), and the voice of female Argonians in Bethesda Softworks' video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011). Victor was the eldest of three sisters. She moved to Los Angeles in the 1960s, where she launched her career in entertainment as a singer for prominent bandleaders who spearheaded the popularity of Latin music in the U.S., including Xavier Cugat and Perez Prado. At this time, she also served as a dance instructor, teaching salsa and tango. Having met her husband in these circles, she and her husband traveled globally to perform together under the banner “Ray & Renee” — nicknamed the Latin Sonny & Cher — from 1963 to 1973. In the 1970s, Victor hosted KTLA’s P…
Filmography
movieThe Mealybug
2024 · Camila Delgado
movieThis One Is for the Neighborhood
2023
movieGreen Ghost and the Masters of the Stone
2022 · La Nana
tvWith Love
2021 · Marta Delgado
movieUnknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity
2021 · Self
tvWalker
2021 · Gloria
movieIn Other Words
2020
tvSnowpiercer
2020 · Mama Grandé
tvAll Rise
2019 · Lupita
tvUndone
2019 · Abuelita Fabiola
tvDead to Me
2019 · Flo Gutierrez
tvVictor and Valentino
2019 · Delores (voice)
tvA Million Little Things
2018 · Inez
tvMayans M.C.
2018 · , Sister Teresa, Nun
movieSuperFly
2018 · Esmeralda Gonzalez
movieCoco
2017 · Abuelita (voice)
movieThat Motherf**ker
2017 · , Writer
tvSaint George
2014
movieParanormal Activity: The Marked Ones
2014 · Irma Arista
movieA Night in Old Mexico
2013 · Josefina Nelly
tvWitches of East End
2013 · Alma
movieStuntmen
2009 · Juanita Villareal
movieConfessions of a Shopaholic
2009 · Bag Lady
tvChildrens Hospital
2008 · Gladys
tvWomen's Murder Club
2007
movieAll You've Got
2006 · Grandmother Rosa
tvWeeds
2005 · Lupita
tvMister Sterling
2003 · Gloria Lopez
tvStrong Medicine
2000 · Isabel Santana
movieMy Brother the Pig
1999 · Grandma Berta
tvFuturama
1999 · Pottery Bot / Abuelatron (voice)
movieThe Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
1998 · Grandmother
movieThe Prophecy II
1998 · Nana
movieThe Apostle
1997 · Latin Translator
tvThe Tony Danza Show
1997 · Lydia Cruz
tvMen Behaving Badly
1996 · Estelle
movieThe Neon Bible
1995 · Choreographer
tvThe Parent 'Hood
1995
tvER
1994 · Florina Lopez
tvBob
1992
movieDolly Dearest
1991 · Nun at the Convent
movieThe Doctor
1991 · Lucy
The Flight
movieThe Flight
1989 · Maria
movieBlood Screams
1989 · The Witch (English-language version only)
tvMatlock
1986 · Maid