Lila Morillo (born Lila Rosa Bozo Morillo on August 14, 1940 in

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) is a Venezuelan actress and singer. She is popularly known as ''La Diva de Venezuela'', ''La Reina del Cocotero'' and also as ''La Maracucha de Oro''.

Biography

Lila was born in

. She was born to Silvestre de Jesús Bozo Bozo (1914-2013) and Ana Magdalena Morillo de Bozo (1920-2017) She moved to

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with her family to try her luck in show business. She made her debut in 1955 as a singer next to Mario Suárez with whom she made her first record. In 1963 she made her acting debut in the film '' Isla de sal'' which also helped launch her music career Later, she participated in other films and also ventured into television by starring in the telenovela '' María Mercé, La Chinita'' in 1970 where she starred alongside

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. She obtained another starring role in the telenovela '' La doña'' produced by

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Personal life

At a young age, she met José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma" who became a singer and actor himself. They got married, and the couple had two daughters Liliana Morillo and

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. In the 1970s, Lila and her husband became paparazzi fodder all the way to the 1980s, appearing on covers of multiple gossip magazines in

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. The couple had a highly publicized divorce in 1986 after 20 years of marriage. In 2020, she made headlines after endorsing then US president and Republican candidate

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for re-election.

Filmography

Telenovelas

* '' Pablo y Alicia'' (1969) * '' María Mercé, La Chinita'' (1970) * '' La doña'' (1972) * ''Iliana'' (1977) * ''

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'' (1992-1993) * '' Viva la Pepa'' (2001) * '' Cosita rica'' (2004)

Film

* '' Isla de sal'' (1964)

References

External links

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Lila Morillo Discography
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