Mara Conchita Alonso

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Spider Woman. She later acted in romantic comedies like
Chasing Papi (2003) and The Last Guy on Earth (2006).
Mara Conchita Alonso (born June 29, 1957), better
known as Mara Conchita, is a Cuban-Venezuelanraised three time Grammy Awardnominated
singer/songwriter and actress.

Alonso was cast to play Luca, the mother of Gabrielle

Solis, on the ABC hit show Desperate Housewives. The
episode was aired on February 19, 2006. She was in the
Latin version Amas de Casa Desesperadas for Univision
Network. She was a guest star in the live-action lm
of the comic book El Muerto and appeared in the lm
Material Girls (2006).

Early life

Alonso hosted VH1's Viva Hollywood! on April 13, 2008

Mara Conchita Alonso was born Mara Concepcin with Carlos Ponce. She portrayed Sam in the Werewolf
Alonso Bustillo in Cienfuegos, Cuba, the daughter horror lm Wolf Moon, which was directed by Dana
[2]
of Ricardo Alonso and Mara Conchita Bustillo. Her Mennie.
family moved to Venezuela when she was ve years Alonso shot Rob Zombie's Lords of Salem, coming out
old, in 1962, after the Cuban Revolution. She had in 2013. Her latest lm, a fantasy short titled The Secret
her rst experience in show business when she was Of Joy, features her alongside fellow Venezuelan Carcrowned Miss Teenager of the World in 1971, and was los Antonio Leon, Spanish Laura Bayonas and Brazilian
Miss World/Venezuela in 1975 where she became sixth bombshell Ana Carolina Da Fonseca in a story that aims
runner-up in the Miss World pageant won by Puerto to bring awareness about pediatric cancer. The Secret of
Ricos Wilnelia Merced; she quickly became a top model Joy will premier in Los Angeles by the end of August
and a popular singer/actress in Venezuela.
2015.<www.imdb.com>

Career

3 Political views

Alonsos rst gold album and number one song in the

charts was "Love Maniac" in 1979, her name as a singer
back then was A'mbar, after that followed her second
number 1 with The Witch and soon after Dangerous
Rhythm. In what is generally considered to be her best
known song, she was asked by Giorgio Moroder to write
the lyrics in Spanish and sing Vamos a Bailar which
he had written to be part of the soundtrack for the lm
Scarface. The song instantly became a classic amongst
Spanish speakers despite failing to garner any major attention outside of Cuba where it was recorded. As her
two albums with Ambar and her solo debut were recorded
in English, it was her second album Mara Conchita from
1984 that made her a singing star in the Spanish-speaking
market, receiving a Grammy Award nomination for "Best
Latin Performance".[1]

Alonso is an outspoken critic of Cuba's Fidel Castro and

late Venezuelan president Hugo Chvez, whom she had
described as a dictator like "Hitler,[3] and those who
vote and support him as terrorists.[4] She has appeared
on Sean Hannity's Hannitys America on May 6, 2007,
Hannity & Colmes on June 1, 2007[3] and Bill O'Reilly's
The O'Reilly Factor on August 13, 2007 and March 11,
2009.

Alonso issued an Open Letter to Sean Penn" online on

March 29, 2010 regarding his support of then-President
Hugo Chvez. She used a point-by-point refrain of
WHY in her letter questioning various issues occurring in Venezuela.[5] In December 2011, she got into a
heated exchange with Penn at a Los Angeles airport during which Penn called her a pig and she responded by
She made her Hollywood lm debut in 1984 in Moscow calling Penn a communist.[6]
on the Hudson with Robin Williams, and also starred In an August 2012 Spreecast interview, Alonso stated her
in movies like Extreme Prejudice, The Running Man, opposition to the reelection of President Obama, saying
Predator 2, Touch and Go, The House of the Spirits, that if reelected he will take steps to make the United
Vampires Kiss and Colors.
States become more like Venezuela under the Chvez
She was one of the few Latin-born actresses to star in government.[7]
1

In the fall of 2008, Alonso endorsed the presidential campaign of Republican nominee John McCain, writing:[8]
As a Latina and a new American citizen,
I believe in this country and its people, and I
believe that we need more than just change.
We need a leader who can bring about the
right kind of change, and John McCain has
the experience and judgment necessary to
lead us in these uncertain times. I grew up in
Cuba and Venezuela, and I am appalled that
Barack Obama apparently wants to emulate
the spread the wealth economic policies
of those countries and negotiate with their
leaders.
Maria Conchita Alonso

In January 2014, Alonso resigned from a San Francisco

production of The Vagina Monologues after appearing in
an advertisement for Republican candidate for Governor
Tim Donnelly.[9]
In September, 17 2014, Venezuelan President Nicols
Maduro asked Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez Torres to pursue on court legal actions to revoke Alonsos
Venezuelan citizenship. [10] The reason was her public
request on a radio interview for a military intervention
against Venezuela: In my opinion, (the US) must intervene, because the Cubans already invaded without ring
a single bullet because they gave it (Venezuela) for free.
So I would like that the US would invade using bullets to
get all those communist out of Venezuela [11]

Filmography

Radio
Recorded a public service announcement for Deejay
Ras 'Hip-Hop Literacy' campaign
Ocial Youtube web site (requires ash)

Discography
Love Maniac (Polydor/PolyGram, 1979)
The Witch (Polydor/Polygram, 1980)
Dangerous Rhythm (PolyGram, 1982)
Te Amo (Polydor/PolyGram, 1983)
Mara Conchita (A&M/PolyGram, 1984)
O Ella o Yo (A&M/PolyGram, 1985)
Grandes xitos (PolyGram, 1986)

REFERENCES

Mrame (PolyGram, 1987)

Hazme Sentir (PolyGram, 1990)
En Vivo Mxico (Capitol/EMI Mexico, 1991)
Imagname (Columbia/SME Mexico, 1992)
Alejandra: Boleros (PolyGram, 1994)
Hoy y Siempre (ARDC/PolyGram, 1997)
Grandes xitos (2004)
Soy EP (Hypnotic, 2005)
Greatest Hits (ARDC/Universal Latino, 2008)
Mienteme (ARDC/Universal Latino, 2009)

7 Singles
8 References
[1] Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences nominees for
Grammy.... United Press International. January 10,
1985. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
[2] Wolf Moon DVD Art and Special Features Revealed.
Dreadcentral.com. 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
[3] All those people are Chavistas, all those people are controlled by Chavez... So they say what Chavez wants them
to say... No, he was not elected democratically. The
rst time he was elected democratically, but the last two
time[s], the referendum and this last month of December,
he was not. Hannity & Colmes, Fox News. June 2007.
[4] Geraghty, James. After Watching Her Speak, Giuliani
Was an Afterthought, National Review Online. May 1,
2007.
[5] Open Letter to Sean Penn. Mediaite.com. 2010-03-29.
Retrieved 2010-07-27.
[6] Where Washington Comes To Talk Now on 105.9FM!".
WMAL. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
[7] Steve Malzberg (8 August 2012). Alonso: Obama Win
a Move Toward Chavez. Spreecast. Retrieved 17 April
2014.
[8] Press oce. Maria Conchita Alonso Endorses John McCain JohnMcCain.com, October 31, 2008.
[9] Actress Out Of San Francisco Production After Endorsing Tea Party Candidate. CBS Local San Fran. KCBS.
18 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
[10] Venezuelas leftist leaders move to strip citizenship from
actress Maria Conchita Alonso. StarTribune Minneapolis. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
[11] Gestionan revocar la nacionalidad venezolana a Mara
Conchita Alonso (In Spanish)

External links
Maria Conchita Alonso at the Internet Movie
Database
Mara Conchita Alonso at Discogs
Mara Conchita Alonso at TV Tropes

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