Rosita Alonso
María Rosa Alonso de Camacho (25 January 1943 – 12 June 2025), known as Rosita Alonso, was an Argentine-Colombian theater and television actress.
Life and career
[edit]Alonso was born in Santa Fe, Argentina in 1943, and moved to Colombia in the 1960s. She began acting in the theatre in Colombia, appearing in over 200 plays.[1]
In 1963 she participated in one of the first telenovelas produced in Colombia, El 0597 está ocupado, based on an Argentine radio drama of a similar name.[2] She appeared in a number of other telenovelas during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, including: Viaje al pasado, Estafa de amor, Rasputín, El Virrey Solís, La espada de papel, Los dueños del poder and La rosa de los vientos.[3]
In 1999 she received a nomination for the TV and Novelas Awards for her performance in Dios se lo pague.[4] In 2005 she portrayed the role of Mercedes Rubio in the telenovela Los Reyes.[5] Her final role occurred in 2008, in the series No Return.[6]
Alonso died in Bogotá on 12 June 2025, at the age of 82.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "ColArte | El Arte en Colombia". www.colarte.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ Semana (30 December 2016). "Las telenovelas y los colombianos". Semana.com Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ "ColArte | El Arte en Colombia". www.colarte.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ Tiempo, Redacción El (3 January 1999). "Y SE QUEDARON SIN PANTALLA". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ Colombia.com, Redacción Entretenimiento- (8 October 2018). "Las 10 telenovelas más exitosas de Colombia". Colombia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ "Rosita Alonso | Actress". IMDb. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ Barrera, Por Elsa (14 June 2025). "Falleció Rosita Alonso, actriz que participó en 'Padres e hijos' y en 'Los Reyes'". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 6 July 2025.