Mirtha Legrand
| Mirtha Legrand | |
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Mirtha Legrand in 2013
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Rosa María Juana Martínez Suárez 23 February 1927 Villa Cañás, Argentina |
| Other names | Chiquita, Chiqui |
| Occupation | Actress, presenter |
| Years active | 1940–present |
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| Spouse(s) | Daniel Tinayre (1946–1994) |
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Rosa María Juana Martínez Suárez (born 23 February 1927), known by her stage name Mirtha Legrand, is an Argentine actress and television presenter who has worked in Argentina and Spain, twin sister of retired actress Silvia Legrand. With a 72-year career, Legrand is one of the most popular entertainment figures in Argentina.
Her first leading role on film was at age 14. Currently she continues to work and is considered the most important star in Argentinian show business along with Susana Gimenez. Mirtha is considered one of the most important Latin American television hostesses.
Her TV show is one of the longest running television programs in Argentina, having first aired in 1968. She has spent over 45 years on screen hosting her talk show "Lunch with Mirtha Legrand", which receives celebrities from all over the world, including Hollywood and Europe, around a table for lunch discussing different topics. In 2013, the program returned in a weekly format, which airs on Sundays on América TV.
She is known for her astounding vitality, elegance, and taste for jewelry and haute couture.
The future Mirtha Legrand was born on 23 February 1927 in Villa Cañás, a town in the province of Santa Fe located some 200 kilometres (120 mi) from Rosario. Her parents were both Spanish immigrants. In 1934 her parents separated. Her mother relocated to Rosario to ensure a better education for her three children, while her father remained in Villa Cañás.
In Rosario, Rosa María Juana and her twin sister María Aurelia took basic courses at the Municipal Theater. After the death of their father in 1936, the family relocated permanently to Buenos Aires, to the barrio of La Paternal. There they lived in poverty, mitigated by sporadic employment, until in 1939 the sisters were offered small roles in a film starring Niní Marshall which would be released in 1940 under the title Hay que educar a Niní.
The Martínez sisters' next film together was Novios para las muchachas in 1941. Mirtha's first leading role came later that year in Los martes, orquídeas. The same year her mother would be contacted by a well-known film industry figure, Ricardo Cerebello, who offered to represent the sisters. It was Cerebello who devised the stage names Mirtha and Silvia Legrand.
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