Malucha Pinto Solari (born 16 April 1955) is a Chilean actress, theater director, playwright and politician.

Biography

The daughter of

Aníbal Pinto Santa Cruz Aníbal Pinto Santa Cruz (; 1919 – 3 January 1996) was a Chilean economist known for his work on dependency theory and structuralist economics. From 1960 to 1965 he was director of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and th ...

(and direct descendant of the presidents

Francisco Antonio Pinto Francisco Antonio Pinto y Díaz de la Puente (; July 23, 1785 – July 18, 1858) was a Chilean politician who served as President of Chile between 1827 and 1829. Early life He was born in Santiago, the son of Joaquín Pinto and Mercedes D ...

and

Aníbal Pinto Garmendia Aníbal is the Spanish and Portuguese masculine given name equivalent of Hannibal (q.v.), itself a latinization of the Greek name Hanníbas (Ἀννίβας), derived from “ḥnbʿl” in the Carthaginian language (Carthaginian Punic script, 𐤇 ...

) and the Nicaraguan-Chilean dancer Malucha Solari, Malucha Pinto began her career on the

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', then debuted on ''

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'' in 1982 as Señorita Priscilla Caucaman in ''Los Eguiguren'', a segment that ran until early 1987. Her next appearance was on the comedy program ', where she originated several characters with actors such as

Coca Guazzini Silvia Beatriz Guazzini Monsalve (born December 22, 1953 in Santiago), best known as Coca Guazzini, is a Chilean television, theatre and film actress. Guazzini studied theatre at Universidad de Chile. She appeared in some popular Chilean telenov ...

and

Gonzalo Robles Gonzalo Eduardo Robles García (Santiago, April 22, 1952), is a Chilean film, theater and television actor and comedian. Biography Robles studied at Colegio San Ignacio. Later he started a career in Civil Construction at the Pontificia Unive ...

. In 1992, Pinto, Guazzini, and Robles created a new comedy show on

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(TVN), ''Jaguar Yu'', which was on the air until 1993. Malucha Pinto and her husband Joaquín Eyzaguirre are the parents of a son with

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named Tomás. In 1996, she wrote the book ''Cartas para Tomás'' dedicated to him. This remained on Chile's bestseller list for ten weeks and is now required reading in schools. It was the basis of the play ''Tomás'', in which Coca Guazzini played the role of Malucha. In 1999 she won an Award for Best Actress for her role in the telenovela '. In 2007, she played the leading role of Leonor Santa Cruz in the

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series '. Since 9 March 2011, she has been a member of the editorial committee of the weekly newspaper ''

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''. In 2011, Pinto directed the play ''La pasionaria'', for which she was nominated for APES and

Altazor ''Altazor o el viaje en paracaídas'', or simply ''Altazor'', is the magnum opus of Chilean poet Vicente Huidobro, published in Madrid in 1931. This poem in the shape of a book can be classified as an example of the Avant-garde literature movem ...

Awards in 2012. That year she was invited back onto ''Sábado Gigante'' with Coca Guazzini, Gonzalo Robles, and

Cristián García-Huidobro Cristián Mario García-Huidobro Lira (born 27 May 1952) is a Chilean actor and comedian. Career Known for his appearances on television since the mid-1980s in programs such as Sábados Gigantes where he played ''Francisco Javier "Pompi" Egu ...

to revive ''Los Eguiguren''. In 2016 she received the Elena Caffarena Award for her contribution to the defense of women's rights in Chile. Also in 2016 she returned to Canal 13 to star in ''

Preciosas ''Preciosas'' (lit: ''Beautiful'') also known as ''Runaways'', is a Chilean television series created by Catalina Calcagni, that aired on Canal 13 from August 1, 2016, to January 31, 2017, starring Loreto Aravena, Pablo Macaya, and Paulo Brunetti ...

'', playing Marta, a woman in prison who is about to complete her sentence.

Filmography

Films

Telenovelas

TV series and specials

TV programs

* ''El show del Tío Alejandro'' * ''

''/''Los Eguiguren'' (1982–1987, 2012) – Srta. Priscilla * ' (1987–1991) * ''Jaguar Yu'' (1992–1993) – Various characters * ' (2012) – Sra. Lily * ' (

La Red La Red (Spanish for "The Network" or "The Net") may refer to: * ''Rossana'' (film), known in Spanish as ''La red'', a 1953 Mexican drama directed by Emilio Fernández * La Red (Chilean TV channel), a private television channel in Chile * , a tel ...

, 2013) – Guest * ''Sin Dios Ni Late'' (

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, 2013) – Guest * '' Buenos Días a Todos'' (

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, 2013) – Guest * ' (

, 2013) – Guest * ''Dudo'' (, 2013) – Guest * ' (

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, 2014) – Guest * '' Buenos Días a Todos'' (

, 2015) – Guest * ''Sin Dios Ni Late'' (

, 2015) – Guest * ''Me Late'' ( UCV, 2016) – Guest * ''Algo Personal'' ( UCV, 2016) – Guest * '' Bienvenidos'' ( Canal 13, 2016) – Guest *''Mi rincón'' (

, 2017) – Guest *' (

, 2018) – Guest *' (

, 2018) – Guest

Books

* ''Cartas para Tomás'' (1996). 110 pages. Editorial Catalonia. . * ''Cartas de la memoria. Patrimonio epistolar de una generación de mujeres'' (2007). 336 pages. Editorial Catalonia. .

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinto, Malucha 1955 births 20th-century Chilean actresses 21st-century Chilean actresses Actresses from Santiago Chilean women dramatists and playwrights Chilean film actresses Chilean telenovela actresses Chilean theatre directors Living people Chilean women theatre directors Writers from Santiago Chilean people of Nicaraguan descent Members of the Chilean Constitutional Convention Chilean actor-politicians 21st-century Chilean dramatists and playwrights