Charo

Maria Rosario Pilar Martinez Molina Baeza (born January 15, 1942), better known by the Latin American and Hollywood show business as Charo, is a singer, dancer, comedian, actress and classical guitar player who was born in Murcia.

When Charo was young, she was discovered by famous musician Xavier Cugat. They quickly fell in love, and then they got married. But love ran out for the couple and they divorced. Later, she re-married and moved to Hawaii, where she performed at the Outrigger Hotel. Charo waited for her son to grow up to return to Los Angeles to try to re-take her movie career and she participates on Las Vegas shows regularly. She also donates her talents to Jerry Lewis' annual MDA telethon. Her trademark phrase is Cuchi-Cuchi!.

Discography

• Cuchi-Cuchi (1977)
• Ole Ole (1978)
• Mamacita, Donde esta Santa Clause? (My Mother, Where's Santa Claus?, 1978, single)
• Bailando Con Charo (Dancing With Charo, 1981)
• Guitar Passion (1994)
• Blame it on The Macarena (1996)
• Gusto (Pleasure, 1997)

Her first four albums were made as a member of the Salsoul orchestra.

Filmography

• Tiger by the Tail (1968, movie, as Darlita)
• The Name of the Game (television show, 1970)
• Elvis: That's the Way it Is (1970, docu-film, alongside Elvis Presley and husband Xavier Cougat)
• The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters (1972)
• Hollywood Squares (game show, 1972 to 1978)
• Joys (1976, television special)
• The Donny and Marie Show (1976)
• The Charo Show (1976)
• Dean Martin Celebrity Roast (1976 to 1977)
• The Mike Douglas Show (1976)
• Sonny and Cher Show (1976 to 1977)
• The Captain and Tennille Show (1976 to 1977)
• Chico and the Man (television series, 1977 to 1978)
• The Love Boat (television series, 1977 to 1985)
• The Brady Bunch Hour (1977)
• 3rd Annual Circus of the Stars (1978)
• Airport '79 (1979, as Margarita)
• The John Davidson Show (talk show, 1981)
• Fantasy Island (television series, 1983)
• The Jeffersons (as herself, 1985)
• The Facts of Life (as herself, 1985)
• Hollywood Squares-The John Davidson era (1987 to 1988)
• Moon Over Parador (movie, 1988, as Madame Loop)
• Marblehead Manor (1988)
• Pee Wee Herman's Christmas Special (1988)
• Thumbelina (1994, voice)
• Blame it On the Macarena (song's video, 1996)
• The Naked Truth (as herself, 1997)
• Sin City Spectacular (1998)
• The RuPaul Show (talk show, 1998)
• That '70s Show (as herself, 2000)
• ¡Viva Vegas (as herself, 2001)
• Sprint PCS Commercial (2001)