Isabel Rincón Bautista,[1] known professionally as Estrellita, is a Spanish singer and actress.
Estrellita | |
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| Birth name | Isabel Rincón Bautista |
| Born | Seville, Andalusia, Spain |
| Genres | Latin ballad, flamenco, mariachi |
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| Years active | 1962–1979 |
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| Spouse | Hugo Kiese |
Born in Seville, Spain, Rincón was discovered by film producers in the Seville Fair.[1] She was renamed "Estrellita" ("Little Star" in Spanish) and cast in the leading roles of two films, Su alteza la niña (1962) and Han robado una estrella (1963).
A decade later, Estrellita relocated to Mexico, where she had a top 10 hit in 1974 with the song "Perdóname".[2] She recorded several more hit singles and albums for the Mexican record label Cisne-Raff. She played a starring role opposite Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel in the film En esta primavera (1979).
Bautista married Paraguayan footballer Hugo Kiese.[3]
Filmography
edit- Su alteza la niña (1962)
- Han robado una estrella (1963)
- Los caciques (1975)
- En esta primavera (1979)
Discography
edit- Por creer en ti (1973)
- Perdóname (1976)
- En algún lugar (1977)
- Si no te amase (1978)
References
edit- ^ a b "SINGULAR ACONTECIMIENTO CINEMATOGRAFICO EN LA SALA DEL FLORIDA". ABC Sevilla. 22 April 1962. p. 77. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ "Billboard Hits of the World". Billboard. Vol. 86, no. 30. 27 July 1974. p. 55. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ Leonardo, Elías (10 February 2016). "Una americanista historia de amor". Yahoo Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2023.
External links
edit- Estrellita at IMDb
- Estrellita at Discogs