Marisa Medina

María Luisa Guiu Medina (2 December 1942 – 11 April 2012) was a Spanish singer, actress and television presenter.

Biography

She started at TVE as a dedicated announcer reading scripts for cultural programs. She made her debut before the cameras in Spain in 1962 in the program En antena. Subsequently made numerous appearances in many other programs, mainly during the sixties and seventies. She made some forays into the world of cinema and song, to share the stage with Julio Iglesias. In 2000, she collaborated in some programs of Telecinco, such as "TNT" by Jordi González.

Personal life

In 1970 Medina married the composer Alfonso Santisteban, with whom she had three daughters. They divorced in 1994.

On 9 May 2009 Medina appeared in the television program DEC, on Antena 3, speaking about colon cancer and hepatocarcinoma. On 27 August 2010, in an interview on the program "Sálvame Deluxe", she confirmed that she had one or two years to live.

Medina died on 11 April 2012 at age 69 of colon and liver cancer.

Published books

• In 1967 she published the book of poetry Quien espera.
• In 2003 she wrote the autobiography Canalla de mis noches.

Awards

In 1967 received the award Golden antenna.

Featured works in television

• Escuela TV (1962)
• En antena (1963-1965)
• Fin de semana (1963-1968)
• Manos al volante (1968)
• Noches de Europa (1968)
• Nivel de vida (1968-1970)
• Todo es possible en domingo (1974)
• Andante (1977)
• 625 líneas (1979-1981)
• Vamos a ver (1981)
• Próximamente (1982)
• Llave en mano (1991)

Work in film

• Si Fulano fuese Mengano (1971)
• La casa de los Martínez (1971)
• En un mundo nuevo (1972)
• Las señoritas de mala compañía (1973)
• Vida íntima de un seductor cínico (1975)
• Eva, limpia como los chorros del oro (1977)
• La loca historia de los tres mosqueteros (1983)