Maria Teresa "Tere" Marichal Lugo, (born May 24, 1956) better known as her character Maria Chuzema is a Puerto Rican

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and

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. For 25 years starting in 1987, her television show, *La Casa de Maria Chuzema", was shown on Puerto Rico's government channel, the

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-affiliated Canal 6.

Biography

Marichal was born in

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, the daughter of a Spaniard named Carlos Marichal, who was an artist and scenographer, and mother Flavia Lugo, a schoolteacher and radio show writer. During 2018, Marichal revealed that she had suffered domestic violence at a point in her life.

Health issues

During June of 2020, Marichal told Puerto Rican newspaper

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that she had recuperated from a bout with the coronavirus. Her son, Miguel, who was, as of 2020, incarcerated at the

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, United States, also suffered from that disease.

Awards

For her work, Marichal has been awarded two Emmy's as well as the "

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Award", which she won for her play, "La Obra de los Dioses" ("The Work of the Gods").

Writings

As of 2020, Marichal had written some 31 books that have been published, both in Spanish and in English.

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Biography

Health issues

Awards

Writings

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