{{short description|Spanish singer (1952–2021)}} {{family name hatnote|Martínez|Mendiola|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = María Mendiola | image = MariaMendiola Baccara (cropped).jpg | alt = María Mendiola | caption = Mendiola during a performance in [[Bilbao]] in 2011 | birth_name = María Eugenia Martínez Mendiola | birth_date = {{Birth date|1952|04|04}} | birth_place = [[Madrid]], Spain | origin = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|09|11|1952|04|04}} | death_place = Madrid, Spain | occupation = Singer | years_active = 1968–2021 | label = {{hlist|[[RCA Records]]|[[EMI Electrola]]|[[CBS Records International|CBS Records]]|Baby Records|[[Virgin Records]]|Movieplay|Neon|Team 33 Music}} }} '''María Eugenia Martínez Mendiola'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=23 September 2021 |title=María Mendiola, Half of a Chart-Topping Disco Duo, Dies at 69 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/23/arts/music/maria-mendiola-dead.html |last1=Minder |first1=Raphael }}</ref> (April 4, 1952 – September 11, 2021),<ref name=":0"/> known as '''María Mendiola''', was a Spanish singer, dancer, actress, creator and founder of the musical duo [[Baccara]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lavin |first=Will |date=2021-09-12 |title='Yes Sir, I Can Boogie' singer María Mendiola has died |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/yes-sir-i-can-boogie-singer-maria-mendiola-has-died-3043262 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Life and career ==
=== Early life === Mendiola's mother, Lola Mendiola, was a housewife; her father, Emilio Martínez, was a police officer at the Madrid airport.<ref name=":0" /> From a very young age Mendiola showed interest in the world of dance and trained in her native city, [[Madrid]] – taking dance, singing, recitation and interpretation classes. Mendiola studied at an Italian school in [[Madrid]] and trained to be a ballet dancer at the national school there, before joining the [[Televisión Española|Spanish state broadcaster's]] dance troupe.<ref name=":0" /> Mendiola made her debut in the flamenco and Spanish dance companies of María Rosa and the legendary [[Antonio (dancer)|Antonio El Bailarín]], with whom she toured the world;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Román |first=Manuel |date=2021-09-15 |title=La muerte de la injustamente olvidada María Mendiola, del grupo Baccara |url=https://www.libertaddigital.com/cultura/musica/2021-09-15/muere-maria-mendiola-baccara-6817986/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=Libertad Digital – Cultura |language=es-ES}}</ref> Mendiola even performed in Japan.
Alberto Portillo,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alberto Portillo {{!}} Additional Crew, actor |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0692385/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref> choreographer of the [[RTVE|Spanish Radio Television]] ballet, chose her as the first dancer, and with the other members of the [[corps de ballet]] Mendiola was taking part in the most popular Spanish television programs in the early 70s.<ref name="revistavanityfair.es">{{Cite magazine |date=2016-06-23 |title=La culpa fue del boogie: las Baccara repasan su apasionante historia |url=https://www.revistavanityfair.es/sociedad/celebrities/articulos/la-culpa-fue-del-boogie/19207 |access-date=2024-03-30 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=es-ES}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Citation |title=La hora de... |type=Comedy, Music |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450530/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |others=Ballet Zoom, Daniel Cicare, Alberto González |publisher=Televisión Española (TVE)}}</ref>
=== Baccara === In 1976, assuming that the dancer's life was short professionally, Mendiola proposed to one of her ballet colleagues, Mayte Mateos, to form a musical duo.<ref name="revistavanityfair.es"/> Inspired by the popular [[Kessler Twins|Kessler sisters]] and with Paco Bermúdez as their representative,<ref name="elespanol.com">{{Cite web |date=2017-04-08 |title=40 años de éxito y 35 de enemistad: el caso insólito del dúo Baccara |url=https://www.elespanol.com/reportajes/grandes-historias/20170407/206729861_0.html |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=El Español |language=es}}</ref> the duo ''Venus'' was born, debuting under this stage name on Enrique Martí Maqueda's program ''Palmarès''.<ref>{{Citation |title=Palmarés |date=1976-07-03 |type=Comedy, Musical |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374439/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |others=Pilar Velázquez, Ballet Zoom, Marcia Bell}}</ref>
After a failed attempt to perform at the "Cancela" venue in [[Zaragoza]],<ref name="revistavanityfair.es"/> in January 1977 Mendiola asked her husband Jimmy Lim, who was at that time managing the hotel ''Tres Islas'' in [[Fuerteventura]], to perform there. That performance was seen by Leon Deane and other executives from the German record label [[RCA Records|RCA]], who happened to stay in the hotel.<ref name=":0" /> The duo was invited to [[Hamburg]], and after the test recording in the studio they signed a record deal with [[RCA Records|RCA]]. The duo was renamed from ''Venus'' to [[Baccara]] after the type of dark-red roses.
As a member of [[Baccara]] duo, Mendiola recorded hits like ''[[Yes Sir, I Can Boogie]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts – Offizielle Deutsche Charts |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-453 |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=www.offiziellecharts.de}}</ref> ''Cara Mía''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts – Offizielle Deutsche Charts |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-16189 |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=www.offiziellecharts.de}}</ref> and ''[[Sorry, I'm a Lady|Sorry I'm A Lady]]'';<ref>{{Cite web |title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts – Offizielle Deutsche Charts |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-464 |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=www.offiziellecharts.de}}</ref> represented [[Luxembourg]] in the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] in [[Eurovision Song Contest 1978|1978]], and entered in the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of Records]] as the female musical duo with the highest number of sales with a single.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Yes Sir, I Can Boogie' singer Maria Mendiola has died aged 69 |url=https://mixmag.net/read/bacarra-maria-mendiola-yess-sir-i-can-boogie-news |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Mixmag}}</ref> [[Baccara]] was acclaimed worldwide and recognised for what the [[Baccara]] concept brings to the world of entertainment: two young girls, one in white and the other in black, who combine music with dance, always with a touch of sophistication and elegance.<ref name="elespanol.com"/>
After four years together and four albums released, the original line-up of the duo, created by María Mendiola broke up in 1981.<ref name=":0" /> From that moment on, each of the members of the original duo tried to launch their solo-careers – but without much success; and later each created their own line-ups of [[Baccara]], with new stage companions.<ref name="elespanol.com"/>
=== Solo career === As a solo-singer, Mendiola recorded the album ''Born Again''<ref>{{Citation |title=Maria Mendiola – Born Again |url=https://hitparade.ch/album/Maria-Mendiola/Born-Again-217485 |access-date=2024-03-30}}</ref> with singles such as "Sugar Boom Boom",<ref>{{Citation |title=Maria Mendiola – Sugar Boom Boom |url=https://hitparade.ch/song/Maria-Mendiola/Sugar-Boom-Boom-376838 |access-date=2024-03-30}}</ref> "I Wanna See the World",<ref>{{Citation |title=Maria Mendiola – I Wanna See The World |url=https://hitparade.ch/song/Maria-Mendiola/I-Wanna-See-The-World-402512 |access-date=2024-03-30}}</ref> "[[Stupid Cupid]]"<ref>{{Citation |title=Maria Mendiola – Stupid Cupid |url=https://hitparade.ch/song/Maria-Mendiola/Stupid-Cupid-23951 |access-date=2024-03-30}}</ref> (cover of a [[Neil Sedaka]] song) and followed the tendencies of the early '80s with "Aerobic".<ref>{{Citation |title=Maria Mendiola – Aerobic |url=https://hitparade.ch/song/Maria-Mendiola/Aerobic-79634 |access-date=2024-03-30}}</ref>
When Fernando García de la Vega was preparing the series ''La Comedia Musical Española''<ref name="La comedia musical española">{{Citation |title=La comedia musical española |date=1985-10-01 |type=Comedy, Musical |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458536/?ref_=tt_ov_inf |access-date=2024-03-30 |others=Beverly Rolls, Sara Mora, Ángel de Andrés |publisher=Televisión Española (TVE)}}</ref> for [[RTVE]] and Mendiola was invited to be part of four of the musical episodes in the series; ''Las Leandras''<ref name=":1">{{Citation |last=Vega |first=Fernando García de la |title=Las leandras |date=1985-10-15 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0544675/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |series=La comedia musical española |others=Luis Barbero, María Barranco, Quique Camoiras}}</ref> with [[Paloma San Basilio]], ''Róbame Esta Noche''<ref name=":2">{{Citation |title=Róbame esta noche |date=1985-11-05 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0544677/?ref_=ttep_ep6 |access-date=2024-03-30 |series=La comedia musical española |others=Pilar Bardem, Francisco Camoiras, Mónica Cano}}</ref> with [[:es:María José Cantudo|María José Cantudo]], ''Luna de Miel en El Cairo''<ref name=":3">{{Citation |title=Luna de miel en El Cairo |date=1985-10-29 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0544676/?ref_=ttep_ep5 |access-date=2024-03-30 |series=La comedia musical española |others=José Bódalo, Fabián Conde, Margot Cottens}}</ref> with [[Teresa Rabal]], and ''El Sobre Verde''.<ref name=":4">{{Citation |last=Vega |first=Fernando García de la |title=El sobre verde |date=1985-12-24 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0544668/?ref_=ttep_ep13 |access-date=2024-03-30 |series=La comedia musical española |others=Tomás Zori, Fernando Santos, Pedro Valentín}}</ref>
For her work in ''La Comedia Musical Española'' Mendiola received a ''Premios Revelación'' in the television category, at a gala organized by the Vanity nightclub. [[:es:María José Cantudo|María José Cantudo]], who had met Mendiola in the Fernando García de la Vega series, invited her to be part of the cast of the musical show, "Doña Mariquita de mi Corazón", authentic success of the 1985 theater season in [[Madrid]] at the [[Teatro Calderón, Valladolid|Teatro Calderón]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doña Mariquita de mi corazón, Programa {{!}} CDAEM, Teatro Español |url=https://www.teatro.es/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=www.teatro.es |language=eu}}</ref>
=== Return to Baccara === It is at this moment when Mendiola decided to re-create the duo that she founded at the end of the seventies, and for this new line-up she invited an old colleague from the [[RTVE]] ballet; Maryse Pérez.<ref name=":0" /> The duo was named ''New Baccara''<ref name=":0" /> and its first appearance before the media took place at the [[:es:Teatro La Latina|Theater ''La Latina'']], owned by [[Lina Morgan]]. For their debut, Mendiola and Pérez released the songs ''Esta Noche No''<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 May 2009 |title=María Mendiola y Maryse Pérez interpretan la canción "Esta Noche No" en el Teatro La Latina de Madrid. |website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PE2H0CA47w&pp=ygUVYmFjY2FyYSBlc3RhIG5vY2hlIG5v}}</ref> and ''Cuerpo, Alma y Corazón''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 May 2009 |title=María Mendiola y Maryse Pérez interpretan la canción "Cuerpo, Alma Y Corazón " en el Teatro La Latina de Madrid |website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3yszeac288}}</ref> Mendiola and Perez re-entered the charts thanks to the hit ''Call Me Up''<ref>{{Citation |title=New Baccara – Call Me Up |url=https://hitparade.ch/song/New-Baccara/Call-Me-Up-70652 |access-date=2024-03-30}}</ref> – written by [[Ian Cussick]], produced by [[Luis Rodríguez (producer)|Luis Rodríguez]]. Mendiola wrote the lyrics for the Spanish version of this song, entitled ''Talisman''.<ref>{{Citation |title=New Baccara – Talisman |url=https://hitparade.ch/song/New-Baccara/Talisman-70653 |access-date=2024-03-30}}</ref> "New Baccara" released three dance-singles, that brought the duo back to the charts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts – Offizielle Deutsche Charts |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-70651 |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=www.offiziellecharts.de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts – Offizielle Deutsche Charts |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-70652 |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=www.offiziellecharts.de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts – Offizielle Deutsche Charts |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-63273 |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=www.offiziellecharts.de}}</ref> Together with Pérez and during the 25 years they worked together,<ref name=":5">{{Cite AV media |url=https://shows.acast.com/eurovisionlegends/episodes/5ef9a42fedf2b34ef52fd669 |title=Baccara {{!}} Eurovision Legends |date=2020-05-07 |access-date=2024-03-30 |via=shows.acast.com}}</ref> Mendiola released several albums: ''F.U.N''<ref>{{Citation |title=Fun by New Baccara – RYM/Sonemic |url=https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/new_baccara/fun/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |language=en}}</ref> (1990), ''Made in Spain''<ref>{{Citation |title=Made in Spain by Baccara – RYM/Sonemic |url=https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/baccara/made_in_spain/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |language=en}}</ref> (1999), ''Face to Face''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baccara – Face To Face (Album, 2000) |website=[[Discogs]] |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1201819-Baccara-Face-To-Face}}</ref> (2000), ''Greatest Hits''<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Baccara – Greatest Hits (Album, 2002) |website=[[Discogs]] |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/15954200-Baccara-Greatest-Hits}}</ref> for [[Universal Music Group|Universal]] in 2002 and ''Singles Collection''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baccara – Singles Collection (Album, 2006) |website=[[Discogs]] |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1363607-Baccara-Singles-Collection}}</ref> with Divucsa in 2006.
Pérez had to leave the duo due to a health problem that prevented her from dancing; and Mendiola has chosen the Madrid-native singer [[Cristina Sevilla]] as a stage partner.<ref name=":5" /> Together with Sevilla, Mendiola worked her last twelve years of professional life, and the duo continued to perform all over the world. On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the original formation they released the album ''[[I Belong to Your Heart|I Belong To Your Heart]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Telemadrid |date=2017-06-07 |title=Baccara vuelve con nuevo trabajo y recibe el Disco de Oro |url=https://www.telemadrid.es/noticias/cultura/Baccara-vuelve-trabajo-Disco-Oro-0-1909909031--20170607060246.html |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Telemadrid |language=es}}</ref> produced by [[Luis Rodríguez (producer)|Luis Rodríguez]] for the Team 33<ref>{{Citation |title=Baccara – I Belong To Your Heart – hitparade.ch |url=https://hitparade.ch/song/Baccara/I-Belong-To-Your-Heart-1669614 |access-date=2024-03-30}}</ref> record label.
In November 2020, ''[[Yes Sir, I Can Boogie]]'' returned to the UK charts thanks to the Scottish football team and in particular one of its players, [[Andrew Considine|Andy Considine]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 November 2020 |title=Euro 2020: Scotland's unofficial 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie' anthem re-enters the charts |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/euro-2020-scotlands-unofficial-yes-sir-i-can-boogie-anthem-re-enters-the-charts-3036654}}</ref> For that reason, Mendiola received a lot of interview requests from the British media – and she gave a lot of interviews for the most prominent tabloids, radio and television stations, including [[BBC]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-11-13 |title=Yes Sir, I Can Boogie: Why disco hit is now Scotland's unofficial anthem |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-54930718 |access-date=2024-03-30 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
As a consequence, the main hit of [[Baccara]] was re-recorded by Mendiola and Sevilla – and released together with Scottish DJ George "GBX" Bowie.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-07 |title=George Bowie and Baccara release 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie' remix ahead of Euro 2020 |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/19356182.euro-2020-george-bowie-releases-yes-sir-can-boogie-fan-anthem/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Glasgow Times |language=en}}</ref> In 2021 the single ''No Sir, Don't Say Goodbye'' was released by Team 33.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-30 |title=Baccara are back with 'No Sir, Don't Say Goodbye' – ESC Covers |url=https://www.esccovers.com/baccara-are-back-with-no-sir-dont-say-goodbye/,%20https://www.esccovers.com/baccara-are-back-with-no-sir-dont-say-goodbye/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Private life === From her first marriage with Jimmy Lim, Mendiola had a son, Jaime Emilio Lim Martínez, who is now the owner and director of Higher School of Music in Madrid.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Forum Musikae – Escuela Superior de Música |url=https://www.forummusikae.com/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |language=es-ES}}</ref> One of the auditoriums in that educational institution now bears the name of María Mendiola.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Musikae |first=ByForum |title=FESTIVAL DE NAVIDAD FORUM MUSIKAE – Forum Musikae |date=30 November 2022 |url=https://www.forummusikae.com/2022/11/30/festival-de-navidad-forum-musikae/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |language=es-ES |archive-date=2024-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330192458/https://www.forummusikae.com/2022/11/30/festival-de-navidad-forum-musikae/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Mendiola's second marriage, that lasted nearly 3 decades, was to Swedish businessman Jan-Erik Olsson, whom she met on an airplane in May 1991.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 September 2021 |title=One half of the Spanish disco duo Baccara who had a smash hit in 1977 with Yes Sir, I Can Boogie |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/maria-mendiola-obituary-t00stmkff}}</ref>
=== Death ===
On September 11, 2021, Mendiola died at the age of 69.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-09-12 |title=Yes Sir, I Can Boogie singer dies aged 69 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58533613 |access-date=2024-03-30 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=12 September 2021 |title=Yes Sir, I Can Boogie singer Maria Mendiola dies aged 69 |url=https://news.stv.tv/entertainment/yes-sir-i-can-boogie-singer-maria-mendiola-dies-aged-69 |access-date=2024-03-30 |website= |language=en-GB}}</ref> Many media organisations published obituaries, such as ''[[The New York Times]]'' who stated, regarding the cause of death, that "she had been dealing with a [[Anemia|blood deficiency]] for two decades".<ref name=":0" />
== Chronology ==
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== Discography == '''Album''' * 1981: ''Born Again'' (EMI Electrola – Germany; CBS – Spain; Baby Records – Netherlands)
'''Singles''' * 1981: "Higher and Higher" / "Luxury Life" (EMI Electrola – 1C 006-64 555) (Germany) * 1982: "Sugar Boom Boom" / "Hungry for Love" (CBS – CBS A-2268) (Spain) * 1982: "Sugar Boom Boom" / "(When They Believed) They Were an Angel" (Baby Records – BR-1468) (Netherlands) * 1982: "I Wanna See the World" / "(When They Believed) They Were an Angel" (EMI Electrola – 1C 006-46 549) (Germany) * 1982: "I Wanna See the World" / "Caribamerica" (CBS – A-2763) (Spain) * 1982: "I Wanna See the World" / "Born Again" (Baby Records – BR 50.003) (Netherlands) * 1983: "Stupid Cupid" / "Hit on the Radio" (Virgin – 105 783-100) (Europe) * 1983: "Stupid Cupid" / "The Time of Your Life" (Movieplay – 02.3690/0) (Spain) * 1983: "Stupid Cupid" / "Hit on the Radio" (Baby Records – BR 50304) (Italy) * 1983: "Aerobic (Gets Your Body Fit)" / "Aerobic (Sigue Sin Parar)" (Movieplay – 02.3620/9) (Spain)
'''Maxi singles''' * 1983: "Stupid Cupid" / "Hit on the Radio" (Virgin – 600 979-213) (Germany) * 1983: "Stupid Cupid" / "Hit on the Radio" (Neon – N1245005) (France) * 1983: "Stupid Cupid" / "The Time of Your Life" (Movieplay – 05.3690/3) (Spain) * 1983: "Aerobic (Gets Your Body Fit)" / "Aerobic (Sigue Sin Parar)" (Movieplay – 05.3620/2) (Spain)
'''Appearances (compilations)''' * 1981: ''Single News 9'81 – Higher and Higher'' (EMI Electrola – P 518 108) (Germany) * 1982: ''Single News 3'82 – I Wanna See the World'' (EMI Electrola – P 518 203) (Germany) * 1982: ''Un Verano Caliente CBS 1982 – Sugar Boom Boom'' (CBS) (Spain) * 1983: ''Die Neue Ronny's Pop Show – Stupid Cupid'' (CBS – 24025) (Germany) * 1983: ''Movie Dance – Especial Disco – Stupid Cupid'' (Movieplay – 17.3695/8) (Spain) * 1983: ''Fascination (16 Hits of Today) – Stupid Cupid'' (Virgin – 40 143 0) (Germany) * 1985: ''Paloma San Basilio – Las Leandras'' (tracks: A4, B1, B4, B5) ([[Hispavox]] – 160 340) (Spain) * 1985: ''María José Cantudo – Robame Esta Noche'' (Hispavox – 160 341) (Spain) * 1985: ''Teresa Rabal – Luna De Miel En El Cairo'' (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B3) (Hispavox – 0602 160 348) (Spain)
== Filmography == '''Television:''' * 1975/1976: ''La hora de...''<ref name=":6" /> * 1975: ''Felices Pascuas''<ref>{{Citation |last=Vega |first=Fernando García de la |title=Felices Pascuas |date=1975-12-24 |type=Music |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16610096/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_17_slf |access-date=2024-03-30 |others=Les Humphries Singers, Juan Camacho, Antoñita Moreno |publisher=Radio Televisión Española (RTVE)}}</ref> * 1975/1976: ''Especial Nochebuena''<ref>{{Citation |last=Vega |first=Fernando García de la |title=Especial Nochebuena 1975 |date=1975-12-24 |type=Comedy, Music |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457882/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |others=Florinda Chico, Manolo Gómez Bur, Mariano Ozores |publisher=Televisión Española (TVE)}}</ref> * 1982/1983: ''Estudio Abierto''<ref>{{Citation |last1=Navarrete |first1=Fernando |title=Episode dated 24 August 1983 |date=1983-08-24 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5912580/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_i35 |access-date=2024-03-30 |series=Estudio abierto |others=José María Íñigo, Felipe Campuzano, Pablo Castellano |last2=Íñigo |first2=José María}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last1=Navarrete |first1=Fernando |title=Episode dated 27 October 1982 |date=1982-10-27 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9654620/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_i35 |access-date=2024-03-30 |series=Estudio abierto |others=José María Íñigo, Ladislao Azcona, Carmen de la Maza |last2=Íñigo |first2=José María}}</ref> * 1985'': La Comedia Musical Española''<ref name="La comedia musical española"/> "''Las leandras''",<ref name=":1" /> "''Luna de Miel en El Cairo''",<ref name=":3" /> "''Róbame esta noche''",<ref name=":2" /> "''El sobre verde''"<ref name=":4" /> * 1986'': Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez''<ref>{{Citation |title=Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez |date=1972-04-24 |type=Comedy, Family, Game-Show |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0300872/?ref_=tt_ov_inf |access-date=2024-03-30 |others=Paloma Hurtado, Teresa Hurtado, Fernanda Hurtado |publisher=Televisión Española (TVE)}}</ref> "''La oficina siniestra''"<ref>{{Citation |title=La burocracia, la oficina siniestra |date=1986-01-10 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758725/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_i588 |access-date=2024-03-30 |series=Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez |others=Mayra Gómez Kemp, Paloma Hurtado, Teresa Hurtado}}</ref> * 1995/1996'': La Revista''<ref>{{Citation |title=La revista |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1984677/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |others=Piti Sancho, Manolo Royo, Silvia Gambino}}</ref> "''Si fausto fuera faustina''",<ref>{{Citation |title=Si fausto fuera faustina |date=1995-02-04 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16985320/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |series=La revista |others=Alberto Closas, Fernando Conde, Esther Del Prado}}</ref> "''La de los ojos en blanco''"<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2358027/ |title="La revista" La de los ojos en blanco (TV Episode 1996) |language=en-US |access-date=2024-03-30 |via=m.imdb.com}}</ref>
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