Zoila Quiñones (16 April 1940 – 24 March 2024) was a Mexican actress and comedian.

Biography

Zoila Quiñones was born in

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, Mexico on 16 April 1940. Quiñones is remembered as the character Adalina in the comedy '' Mi secretaria (English: My Secretary)'' which was on air between 1978 and 1986. Zoila portrayed a sweet-toothed, energetic secretary who maintained a great friendship with Lupita, the protagonist (played by

Lupita Lara Lupita Lara (born December 6, 1950) is a Mexican actress. Early life On 6 December 1950, Lara was born as Guadalupe Lara Ochoa in Mexico City, Mexico. Career Lara began her career as a child actress at an early age. At age five, Lara made ...

). Additionally, she acted in various telenovelas from the 60s, on programs such as '' Lágrimas amargas (English: Bitter Tears)'', ''

Ana del aire ''Ana del aire'' is a Mexican telenovela produced by Ernesto Alonso for Canal de las Estrellas in 1974. Starring Angélica María and Fernando Allende. Plot Ana is a flight attendant who lives with Andrea, who believes it is his mother who in ...

(English: Ana of the Air)'', '' Mañana será otro día (English: Tomorrow's Another Day)'', '' Más allá del puente (English: Beyond the Bridge)'', '' Soñadoras (English: Dreamers)'', '' Amigas y rivales (English: Friends and Rivals)'', ''

La otra ''La Otra'' (English: ''The Other Woman'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Ernesto Alonso for Televisa in 2002. On Monday, May 20, 2002, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting ''La Otra'' weekdays at 8:00pm, replacing ''Salomé''. Th ...

(English: The Other Woman)'' and '' En nombre del amor (English: In the Name of Love)'', among others. Quiñones also stood out in dubbing, where she lent her voice to movies such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and the 1949 version of ''

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''. She was the voice of Marcia Brady in the series ''

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'' and the second voice of Agent 99 in the series ''

Get Smart ''Get Smart'' is an American comedy television series parodying the secret agent genre that had become widely popular in the first half of the 1960s, with the release of the ''James Bond'' films. It was created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, an ...

''. Quiñones died on 24 March 2024, at the age of 83.

Filmography

Telenovelas and series

* ''Telecomedia de Manolo Fábregas'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1962) * '' Apasionada'' (1964) .... Lourdes * '' Tormenta de pasiones'' (1965) * '' Lágrimas amargas'' (1967) * ''Un pobre hombre'' (1967) .... Luisa * ''

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'' (1968) .... Carmen * ''El padre Guernica'' (1968) * ''

La sonrisa del diablo ''La sonrisa del Diablo'' (English: ''The Devil's Smile'') is a Mexican telenovela directed by Arturo Ripstein and produced by Ernesto Alonso for Televisa in 1992. Rebecca Jones starred as antagonistic protagonist, while Ernesto Laguardia, En ...

'' (1970) .... Patricia * ''

'' (1974) .... Elena * ''

Mañana será otro día The title "''Manana Sera Otro Dia''" (anglicized for the Spanish ''"Mañana será otro día''") is the name of a Mexican telenovela (a limited-run TV soap opera). It began in 1976, with principal actors Jacqueline Andere and Eduardo Fajardo. The tit ...

'' (1976–1977) .... Helenita * ''Mi secretaria'' (1978–1986) .... Adalina * ''

Carrusel ''Carrusel'' () is a Mexican children's telenovela produced by Valentín Pimstein for Televisa in 1989. It's based on the Argentinean character Jacinta Pichimahuida (first televised in 1966), and produced by and broadcast on Televisa in 1989. It ...

'' (1989–1990) Hospital Nurse * ''

Más allá del puente ''Más allá del puente'', is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa in 1993. It is a sequel of the telenovela, ''De frente al sol'' produced in 1992. María Sorté and Alfredo Adame star as the main protagonists. Cast * ...

'' (1993–1994) .... Margarita * ''

Agujetas de color de rosa ''Agujetas de color de rosa'' (English title: ''Pink shoe laces'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Luis de Llano Macedo for Televisa in 1994. Natalia Esperón and Flavio César starred as protagonists, Angélica María, Alberto Vázquez a ...

'' (1994–1995) * '' Alondra'' (1995) * ''

Canción de amor ''Canción de amor'' (English: ''Love Song'') is a Mexican telenovela directed by Alfredo Gurrola and produced by Luis de Llano Macedo for Televisa in 1996. It premiered on Canal de las Estrellas on Monday, May 13, 1996, and ended on Friday, Sept ...

'' (1996) .... Ofelia * ''

Soñadoras ''Soñadoras'', is a Mexican telenovela produced and created by Emilio Larrosa with Rocio Taboada and Braulio Pedraza for Televisa in 1998. Plot The main character of this story is Fernanda, a psychologist who works in a rehabilitation center ...

'' (1998–1999) .... Maite * ''

Mujeres engañadas ''Mujeres engañadas'' (English: ''Deceived Women'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Emilio Larrosa for Televisa in 1999-2000. The telenovela tells the story of four couples who live in the same apartment building. On Monday, October 25, 199 ...

'' (1999–2000) .... Concepcion's Mother * ''

Amigas y rivales ''Amigas y rivales'' (English: ''Friends and Rivals'') is a Mexican juvenile telenovela produced by Emilio Larrosa for Televisa in 2001. On Monday, February 26, 2001, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting ''Amigas y rivales'' weekdays at 7:0 ...

'' (2001) .... Adelaida * ''

'' (2002) .... Simona Díaz * '' Mujer de madera'' (2004–2005) .... Adelaida Portillo * ''

Pablo y Andrea ''Pablo y Andrea'' is a Mexican children's telenovela produced by Lucero Suárez for Televisa in 2005. Pablo y Andrea is an adaptation of the classic ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' by Mark Twain. The adventures are not developed on the coast of ...

'' (2005) ... Concha * ''

Muchachitas como tú ''Muchachitas como tú'' (English title: ''Young Girls Like You'') is a teen Mexican telenovela produced by Emilio Larrosa for Televisa in 2007. It is an adaption of the Mexican telenovela ''Muchachitas'', also produced by Emilio Larrosa. It premi ...

'' (2007) .... Professor Custodia Zamarripa * ''

En nombre del amor En nombre del amor (English: ''In the Name of Love'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carlos Moreno Laguillo for Televisa. It is a remake of ''Cadenas de amargura'', by María del Carmen Peña y José Cuauhtémoc Blanco, and produced in 1991 ...

'' (2008–2009) .... Meche * ''

Hasta que el dinero nos separe ''Hasta que el dinero nos separe'' is a Mexican telenovela premiered on Canal de las Estrellas on June 29, 2009, and concluded on May 16, 2010. The series is created and produced for Televisa by Emilio Larrosa, based on the Colombian telenovela ' ...

'' (2009–2010) ....Ramírez's Mother * '' Dos hogares'' (2011–2012)

Dubbing

Films

* ''

A Tale of Two Cities ''A Tale of Two Cities'' is a historical novel published in 1859 by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the ...

'' (1935) .... Lucie Manette * '' Camille'' (1937) .... Camille's friend * ''

Courage of Lassie ''Courage of Lassie'' is a 1946 Technicolor MGM feature film starring Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Morgan, and dog actor Pal in a story about a collie named Bill and his young companion, Kathie Merrick. When Bill is separated from Kathie following a v ...

'' (1946) .... Kattie (

Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. ...

) * ''

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir ''The Ghost and Mrs. Muir'' is a 1947 American romantic fantasy film starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison. It was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and is based on a 1945 novel written by Josephine Leslie under the pseudonym of R.A. Dick. In ...

'' (1947) .... Anna Muir * ''

'' (1949) .... Elizabeth "Beth" March * '' Red River'' (1949) .... Fen * ''

'' (1951) .... Eunice * '' The Greatest Show on Earth'' (1952) .... Trapeze Artist * ''

'' (1955) .... Elma Duckworth (

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) * ''

'' (1959) .... Angie * ''

Journey to the Center of the Earth ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' (french: Voyage au centre de la Terre), also translated with the variant titles ''A Journey to the Centre of the Earth'' and ''A Journey into the Interior of the Earth'', is a classic science fiction novel ...

'' (1959) .... Jenny Lindenbrook * ''

King of Kings King of Kings; grc-gre, Βασιλεὺς Βασιλέων, Basileùs Basiléōn; hy, արքայից արքա, ark'ayits ark'a; sa, महाराजाधिराज, Mahārājadhirāja; ka, მეფეთ მეფე, ''Mepet mepe'' ...

'' (1961) .... Salomé (

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) * ''

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'' (1962) .... Huera * ''

National Lampoon's Vacation ''National Lampoon's Vacation'', sometimes referred to as simply ''Vacation'', is a 1983 American road trip comedy film directed by Harold Ramis starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Imogene Coca, Randy Quaid, John Candy, and Christie Brinkle ...

'' (1983) .... Ellen Griswold (

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)

Television series

* ''

'' .... Agent 99 (Second voice) (

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) * ''

'' .... Marcia Brady (

Maureen McCormick Maureen Denise McCormick (born August 5, 1956) is an American actress. She portrayed Marcia Brady on the ABC television sitcom ''The Brady Bunch'', which ran from 1969 to 1974, and reprised the role in several of the numerous ''Brady Bunch'' sp ...

) * ''

Princess Comet is a Japanese TV drama and manga series created and illustrated by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, the creator of ''Tetsujin 28-go'' and ''Giant Robo''. The TV drama tells the story of Comet, one of the princesses of the Triangle Nebula who came to ...

'' .... Princess Comet (

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) * ''

Land of the Giants ''Land of the Giants'' is a one-hour American science fiction television series that aired on ABC for two seasons, beginning on September 22, 1968 and ending on March 22, 1970. The show was created and produced by Irwin Allen. ''Land of the Gia ...

'' .... Betty Hamilton

Episodic characters

* ''

The High Chaparral ''The High Chaparral'' television series, which was broadcast on NBC from 1967 to 1971, is an American Western action adventure drama set in the 1870s. It stars Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell. The series was made by Xanadu Productions in ...

'' .... Tina Granger (episode 37)

Animated series

* ''

Pac-Man originally called ''Puck Man'' in Japan, is a 1980 maze action video game developed and released by Namco for arcades. In North America, the game was released by Midway Manufacturing as part of its licensing agreement with Namco America. Th ...

'' .... Sue * '' Drak Pak'' .... Vampira

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