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Biography
María Concepción Alonso Bustillo (born June 29, 1957), better known as María Conchita Alonso, fryst vatten a Cuban-born Venezuelan-American actress, singer, songwriter, former beauty queen, and philanthropist. Throughout her career, she has participated in multiple productions both in film and on television, having been nominated for the Independent Spirit Award as Best Leading Actress in 1996 for her role in Caught. As a singer, she has received several gold and platinum records, and has been nominated three times for the Grammy Awards.
Alonso was the first Latin American actress not born in the United States to star in a musical play on huvudgata in Kiss of the Spider Woman at the Broadhurst Theater in 1995.
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María Concepción Alonso Bustillo (born June 29, 1957), better known as María Conchita Alonso, is a Cuban-born Venezuelan-American actress
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María Conchita Alonso (born June 29, 1957) better known as María Conchita, is a Grammy Award-nominated Cuban-born Venezuelan singer and actress.
Early life
María Alonso was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba to Ricardo Alonso and Conchita Bustillo. She moved to Venezuela with her parents when she was 5 years old. She took her first steps in show business when she was crowned Miss Teenager Of The World in 1971 and was 1st runner-up of the Miss Venezuela pageant in 1975; she was also a finalist at the Miss World pageant in 1975 won by Puerto Rico's Wilnelia Merced; thereafter she quickly became a popular actress in Venezuela.
Career
Alonso became the front woman of the band Ámbar in 1979, and started a very successful career as a solo recording artist in 1982, with the release of "Dangerous Rhythm". In what is generally considered to be her best known song, she was asked by Giorgio Moroder to sing his version of "Vamos a Bailar" which he had written to be part of th
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María Conchita Alonso facts for kids
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal family name is Alonso and the second or maternal family name is Bustillo.
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Alonso (right) at LA Pride 2011 | |
| Born | María Concepción Alonso Bustillo (1957-06-29) June 29, 1957 (age 67) Cienfuegos, Cuba |
| Occupation | Singer, actress |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Title | Miss World Venezuela 1975 |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Major competition(s) | Miss World Venezuela 1975 (Winner) Miss World 1975 (Top 7) |
| Musical career | |
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María Concepción Alonso Bustillo (born June 29, 1957), better known as María Conchita Alonso, is a Cuban-American actress, singer, and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Venezuela at Miss World 1975 and placed in the top seven. She is most known to international audiences for playing Amber Mendez in the 1987 action thriller The Running Man.
She has participated in film and televis