Lola Beltrán (born María Lucila Beltrán Ruiz on March 7, 1932 in Rosario, Sinaloa – died March 24, 1996 in Mexico City) was one of the greatest Mexican ranchera singers, nicknamed Lola la Grande ("Lola the Great").[LINK: http://musicnet8.tripod.com/jasonb.htm] Unofficial Lola Beltran Resource Biography In her native town of Rosario, Beltrán completed her secretarial studies while she participated in many singing competitions. She then moved to Mexico City never to go back to Rosario again, where she worked at the radio station XEW, where she was discovered. She married Alfredo Leal a matador and film actor and with him had two children: María Elena Leal, who is also a singer, and José Leal. She entered the world of film in 1954 starring in El tesoro de la muerte. After participating in dozens of films, most of them musicals, she obtained a role in the telenovela Mi