Laura Valenzuela He died at the age of 92 in Madrid. Known to be a face of great renown in our country, she had been in a delicate state of health for a few days. However, he did not recover from the latter.
Born in Seville in 1931, she made her film debut at the age of 23 with director Antonio del Amo. After several films, he joined TVE in 1956, where he became one of the best-known faces of the public channel; in addition to being the first woman to hold such a position.
Her marriage to film producer José Luis Dibildos further boosted her career on the big screen, in addition to giving birth to her first daughter. Lara Dibildos. It is precisely she who has communicated the state of health of her mother to the press in recent years, inform those who have known her throughout her long career about her state of health.
In his story there is room for everything, even for the coincidence linked to another famous character who changed his life. After moving to the capital, she worked in a fashion store, but the Duchess of Alba’s complaint about her as a saleswoman fired her. In this way, He started in the theater world.
He experienced black and white and color television, as well as another historic event in our great television history: presented Eurovision in 1969, the only edition that took place in Spain. It is thanks to the success of massive and his la la la who brought the European festival to our country, even if being the place was not the only anecdotal thing.
Valenzuela had one of Eurovision’s best anecdotes when he found himself at a crossroads after I live singing -of SalomeSpain-, Troubadour -of Lenny KuhrThe Netherlands-, Boom Bang-a-bang -of LuluUnited Kingdom— and one day a child -of Frida Boccara, France—draw. Finally, and with no tiebreaker rules, they were all deemed winners; although disagreement with these titles meant that none of them hosted the festival on their premises and had to be drawn.
Valenzuela’s career continued to be active for many more years, full of encounters and anecdotes that viewers and audiences could see through the screen. His name has always been claimed in the press, until he decides to retire from public life.
It was in 2012, after years without being on the screens, that he took this path. He went to La 2 to collect an award given to him for his career, and after that he told the media that he was retiring to fully enjoy his familyafter more than 52 years of a career dedicated to mass entertainment.