Yolanda Císcar Mateu (12 December 1951 – 26 April 2012), known professionally as Yolanda Ríos, was a Venezuelan–born Spanish actress best known for her appearances on the game show ''
Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez'' and her theatrical performances.
Beginnings
Yolanda Ríos broke onto the artistic scene at 19, playing a small role in
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's film ''Pierna creciente, falda menguante'' (1970), and a year later she appeared in the premiere of
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's play '.
From there she jumped to
Televisión Española
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, where she participated in some episodes of the series ' (1970) and ''
Tres eran tres'' (1972).
Television
Ríos found popularity when
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chose her as one of the hostesses of the first stage of the game show ''
Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez'', where she remained from 1972 to 1973, and on the first program of 1976, in which she and her fellow secretaries chose new secretaries by giving them their glasses. She gave hers to .
A few months after the end of the contest, there was a renewal in the direction and presentation of the Sunday afternoon show ' led by . Its new director, , entrusted the young Yolanda Ríos to lead the three-hour variety program with actor from ''
The Chiripitiflauticos
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''.
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In subsequent years she made other forays into television, although increasingly further apart. She appeared in episodes of the series ' (1977), ' (1977), '']Segunda enseñanza
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Plot
The fiction follows Pilar, a history teacher and single mother who moves to Ovi ...
'' (1986), ' (1997), ' (1999), and ''El comisario
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'' (2000), as well as the plays ' (1972) and Molière's ''The Imaginary Invalid
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'' (1979) on the show ''Estudio 1
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''.
Film
After her brief experience as a TV presenter, and throughout the 1970s, she continued to play small roles in films such as ' (1976), ''La espada negra'' (1976) by Francisco Rovira Beleta
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, and '' Sesión continua'' (1984) by José Luis Garci.
Theater
In theater she premiered plays such as '' Les Poissons rouges'' (1973) by Jean Anouilh, ' (1975) by Pedro Gil Paradela, '' What the Butler Saw'' (1979) by Joe Orton, ' (1979) by Santiago Moncada, and ' (1980), by Antonio Gala.
In 1986 she joined the , directed by Adolfo Marsillach
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.
Later career
After training as a set designer
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with Elena Kriukova, she worked in that role on ''Yo, Leonor'' (2006), performed by María Luisa Merlo
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. In her last years she focused on the production of shows such as '' Grease'' and ''Spamalot
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''.[
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Personal life
She was married to actor and stage director Juan Calot (son of actress Encarna Paso
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Biography
Daughter of playwright Antonio Paso Díaz, granddaughter of Antonio Paso y Cano and n ...
), the father of her two children Alicia and Edgar.[
On 26 April 2012, Yolanda Ríos died in Madrid at age 60.]
References
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1951 births
2012 deaths
Actresses from Caracas
Scenic designers
Spanish game show hosts
Spanish stage actresses
Venezuelan emigrants to Spain
20th-century Spanish actresses