A Chilean actress and singer, born as Maria de la Luz Gatica Boisier in Puren, Chile. She married Curtis Eugene Fell, the US military attaché at the Mexican Embassy, and they had a child before their divorce. Her works include Sabado negro (1959), Marron Glacé (1993), and...Read more Captain Pirate (1952). She was born to a journalist father in Puren. She moved with her parents to New York at the age of 6, attended primary and secondary school, studied languages and music in New York, made her debut as a singer at the age of 16, and later studied theater at the Conservatoire Cunill Cabanellas. She gained fame in the 1950s as a singer in the United States, Brazil, France, and Spain, and in 1962, she returned to Chile, where she worked in film and television and wrote stories and songs until her death. She had a long history on television as she presented many long series, such as Sol tardío (1976). She died in Santiago, Chile on August 10, 1997.
A Chilean actress and singer, born as Maria de la Luz Gatica Boisier in Puren, Chile. She married Curtis Eugene Fell, the US military attaché at the Mexican Embassy, and they had...Read more a child before their divorce. Her works include Sabado negro (1959), Marron Glacé (1993), and Captain Pirate (1952). She was born to a journalist father in Puren. She moved with her parents to New York at the age of 6, attended primary and secondary school, studied languages and music in New York, made her debut as a singer at the age of 16, and later studied theater at the Conservatoire Cunill Cabanellas. She gained fame in the 1950s as a singer in the United States, Brazil, France, and Spain, and in 1962, she returned to Chile, where she worked in film and television and wrote stories and songs until her death. She had a long history on television as she presented many long series, such as Sol tardío (1976). She died in Santiago, Chile on August 10, 1997.