Maria Conchita Alonso, actress, singer, songwriter. (Cienfuegos)
María Conchita Alonso (born June 29, 1957), better known as María Conchita, is a Cuban-born Venezuelan-raised three time Grammy Award–nominated singer/songwriter and actress.
María Conchita Alonso was born María Concepción Alonso Bustillo in Cienfuegos, Cuba, the daughter of Ricardo Alonso and María Conchita Bustillo. Her family moved to Venezuela when she was five years old, in 1962. She had her first experience in show business when she was crowned Miss Teenager of the World in 1971, and was Miss World/Venezuela in 1975 where she became sixth runner-up in the Miss World pageant won by Puerto Rico’s Wilnelia Merced; she quickly became a top model and a popular singer/actress in Venezuela.[citation needed]
Alonso hosted VH1’s Viva Hollywood! on April 13, 2008 with Carlos Ponce. She portrayed Sam in the Werewolf horror film Wolf Moon, which was directed by Dana Mennie. Alonso shot Rob Zombie’s Lords of Salem, out in 2013.
In the fall of 2008, Alonso endorsed the presidential campaign of Republican nominee John McCain, writing:[7]
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.
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.
Some of her last pictures:
2008 The Red Canvas (post-production) Maria Sanchez
2008 Trópico de Sangre (filming)
2008 Two Minutes Of Hate (announced) Dos minutos de odio
2008 Unauthorized Clifford (announced) Des-Autorizado (Venezuela: wide-release title)
2009 Maneater (miniseries) Alejandra Alpert Two episodes
2009 Dark Moon Rising Sheriff Sam.
2009 Spread (film) Rich woman from the pool
2012 Lords of Salem
2014 Return to Babylon Lupe Vélez
2014 Untitled Matt Riddlehoover Project
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The Cuban History, Hollywood.
Arnoldo Varona, Editor