My friend
Maria Rangel
Last Update: December 29, 2011

 

(Click on most of the images below for a larger and more detailed view.)

 

 Born in Los Angeles and raised in Lynwood with three brothers and two sisters, Maria Rangel wanted to be a writer.  Financial constraints forced her to rethink this goal and she turned to her vaudevillian roots.

Perseverance in a industry known for its lack of roles for minorities -- much less female minorities -- won her parts in soap operas, specifically, Days of our Lives and General Hospital. This gave her a chance to break into nighttime dramas and movies, including "Full Fathom Five" and "A Million to Juan."

Often compared to Vanessa Marcil and Linda Fiorentino, Maria currently lives in Southern California and is seeking new challenges on screen and on stage.

 




Visit Maria's 
photography website.

 

Check out Maria's 
TV and Film Credits!



A resume which 
includes past Theatre credits!

 


Maria appeared on TV each Monday evening 
during the summer of 2007 
on NBC's series 
Click on the above graphic 
for NBC's Age of Love website.

 

Here's a photo 
of Maria 
in a bikini!

Staying Hot At 40

(From the 
August 6, 2007 
issue of 
People  magazine.)



The cast of Age of Love

 Interested in hearing the Age of Love theme song, Look of Love, as performed by the group ABC?

You can download the full mp3 here. Update:  I'm temporarily removing this song and link!  MP3 sites are linking to it and it's using up too much of my bandwidth!

Here's a 14 second clip of the chorus from the above song, which makes for a good cellphone ringtone!  (When Maria calls me, this is what I hear!)

Finally, here's the lyrics to the song!

 

Visit Maria's 
Age of Love MySpace 
page!

Here's a link to an Age of Love online 
People magazine video interview!

 

 

 

 

 





Maria as "Lucina" 
in 
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

 

 



Maria as "Anita" in A Million to Juan (1994)

Maria as "Lorrie de Luca" in Legal Tender (1991)

Each of these four images is hyperlinked to a Flash Video (FLV) trailer.  
If your computer recognizes the FLV extension, simply click the graphic to open the file.  
Alternately, you can also right-click and save the FLV file to your own hard drive.

If your computer does not recognize FLV files, 
you should first download and install an FLV player.
There are many to choose from, for all operating systems.   Try a Google search.


Maria in Ambition (1991)

Maria as "Justine" in Full Fathom Five (1990)


 



Reviews from her performance as Jade in Natural's In It

 

 

  


Maria and me (1980)



Maria, me, and Sylvia (2001)



Maria and me (2006)

Me and Maria (2009)

 

More photos coming soon!   Check back regularly for updates.