Maria Conchita Alonso

Maria Conchita Alonso has everything — beauty, skill, and a character which has allowed her to become star of movies, Broadway, and a Grammy-nominated vocalist. Miss Teenager from the Globe in 1971 and Miss Venezuela in 1975, Alonso was called “Hispanic Female of the entire year” from the Mexican American Chance Basis in 1990. Alonso’s extraordinary career began soon after earning the Miss Teen from the Globe award. She became an internationally known celebrity in the 1984 film Moscow within the Hudson offering Robin Williams. Alonso’s following films possess included Contact and Choose Michael Keaton, and AN EXCELLENT Wreck havoc on Ted Danson and Howie Mandel in 1986; Working Guy with Arnold Schwartzenegger, and Intensive Prejudice with Nick Nolte in 1987; Shades, with Robert Duvall and Sean Penn in 1988; and Vampire’s Kiss with Nicholas Cage in 1989. In 1992, Alonso co-starred in the HBO film, Teamster Employer — The Jackie Presser Tale. Two years afterwards, she co-starred with Kenny Rogers in the NBC film from the week McShayne. In Apr 1995, Alonso made an appearance in the four-hour mini-series Tx. Alonso acquired the lead function in the NBC circumstance comedy, “AMONG THE Children.” Alonso’s initial Grammy nomination emerged in 1985 when she was nominated as Greatest Latin Artist on her behalf self-titled record. Her second record, Otra Mentira Mas, released in 1988, was nominated for the Grammy as Greatest Latin Pop Functionality. Alonso’s 1992 record, Imaginame, which she co-produced with K.C. Porter and Mari Spiro, was nominated for the Grammy as Greatest Latin Pop Record. Alonso co-wrote seven from the album’s 11 music. She has continued to be one of the primary superstars in Latin America. She hosted a every week Spanish-language variety present, Picante, from January 1992 to January 1993. In Feb 1994, Alonso starred in Alejandra, predicated on Dela Fiallo’s novella. The display was broadcast in 40 Spanish-speaking countries and seduced an audience greater than three million people. An record of intimate ballads was documented with the present. On March 20, 1995, Alonso became the initial Latin-born celebrity to star within a Broadway present when she made an appearance in Kiss from the Spider Woman.