Lupe Ontiveros

Lupe Ontiveros is one of those character actors whose face you know even if you never learned the name. To me she's two unforgettable extremes: warm, comic Rosalita in The Goonies and chilling Yolanda Saldivar in Selena. That she could swing between those poles tells me how much she could do with a supporting role. I find it telling that her background included social work and Texas Woman's University; you sense real life behind her performances. She passed in 2012, but the body of work she left, decades of films and television, makes her exactly the kind of dependable presence I respect most.

Guadalupe Ontiveros (née Moreno; September 17, 1942 – July 26, 2012) was an American actress best known for portraying Rosalita in The Goonies, and Yolanda Saldívar in the film Selena. She acted in numerous films and television shows.

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Name (English)

Lupe Ontiveros

Name (Japanese)

ルーペ・オンティヴェロス

Reading

るーぺ・おんてぃゔぇろす

Born

September 17, 1942 – July 26, 2012

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Horse

Origin

El Paso, Texas, United States

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

television actor / film actor / social worker / stage actor / voice actor

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

El Paso High School

University

Texas Woman's University

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9

Tags

• Texas
• television actor
• film actor
• social worker

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.