María del Carmen Valenzuela (born June 16, 1956) is an

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. She has worked in several Argentine

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s, mainly

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Biography

Valenzuela played in many

s such as ''La cuñada'', ''Vos y yo toda la vida'', ''Barracas al sur'', ''El infiel'', ''El tema es el amor'', ''Costumbres argentinas'' and ''Dulce Amor''. She also appeared in some episodes of the TV program ''Alta comedia''. She was married to the Argentine

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Juan Carlos Mendizábal. She has three children with him. Mendizábal died of

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in late 2011.

References

Living people 1956 births Argentine actresses Bailando por un Sueño (Argentine TV series) participants {{Argentina-actor-stub