Juana Reina Castrillo (August 25, 1925 in
Seville
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– March 19, 1999 in Seville) better known as Juanita Reina, was a Spanish actress and
copla singer.
She was born in the Sevillian district, la
Macarena, Seville and studied in Enrique el Cojo's academy.
She became popular thanks to songs by famous copla songwriters like
León or
Quiroga and she debuted in movies with ''La blanca Paloma'' (''White Pigeon'') (1941).
On June 15, 1964, she married the flamenco dancer
Federico Casado Algrenti, and she later inaugurated a restaurant in
Madrid
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and a dancing academy in
Seville
Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...
.
She died from a respiratory insufficiency and she is buried in the cemetery San Fernando in Seville.
Filmography
* ''
The White Dove'' (1942)
*''
Cinnamon Flower'' (1943)
*''Serenata española'' (1947)
* ''
Lola Leaves for the Ports'' (1947)
* ''
Lola the Coalgirl
''Lola the Coalgirl'' (Spanish: ''Lola, la piconera'') is a 1952 Spanish historical musical film directed by Luis Lucia and starring Juanita Reina, Virgilio Teixeira and Manuel Luna.
It was part of a series of patriotic historical films produ ...
'' (1952)
*''Gloria Mairena'' (1952)
* ''
Airport
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'' (1953)
* ''
It Happened in Seville
''It Happened in Seville'' (Spanish: ''Sucedió en Sevilla'') is a 1955 Spanish musical film directed by José Gutiérrez Maesso and starring Juanita Reina, Rubén Rojo and Alfredo Mayo.Gómez p.132 It is a remake of the 1942 film '' The White Do ...
'' (1955)
*''La novia de Juan Lucero'' (1958)
*''Canciones de nuestra vida'' (1975)
External links
International Jose Guillermo Carrillo Foundation*
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1925 births
1999 deaths
Singers from Andalusia
Spanish actresses
People from Seville
Spanish Roman Catholics
20th-century Spanish actresses
20th-century Spanish singers
20th-century Spanish women singers