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name: "Socorro Valdez"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 December 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:16:01.445882+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Socorro Valdez

Actor. Born 20 December 1953 in San Jose, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 December 1953, San Jose, California, USA

## Biography

Socorro Valdez is an American actress born on 20 December 1953 in San Jose, California. Her early screen credits include the role of a lowrider's girlfriend in *Zoot Suit* (1981) and the voice of Lucia in the animated series *The New Adventures of Zorro* (1981).

She played Carmelita in Wim Wenders' *Paris, Texas* (1984). Valdez later appeared as Matilde Gonzalez in the television film *Break of Dawn* (1988).

*Sources: imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Paris, Texas* (1984), Fi1m 88, as Carmelita — [page](https://film.one/film/paris-texas.md)

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