The weekly magazine chose 10 unforgettable television figures in our country. His career will remain engraved in the hearts of all Colombians.
Pacheco
He began his career in 1957, when television was four years old and was done in black and white, live and direct. Pacheco boxed, fought bulls, jumped in a parachute, sang and entertained an entire country for five decades that today cares about his health. your programs flavors, animalland, Buy the Orchestra, Talks with Pacheco Y Do you want cocoa? They are part of the memory of Colombians.
Glory Valencia of Chestnut
Known as the first lady of television, Mrs. Glory is an indisputable forerunner of radio and television in the country. This woman from Ibague dedicated her life to the development of educational, cultural and ecological content. The Colombian public remembers her with special affection, among others, for the successful program Naturaliaproduced between 1974 and 1993. Doña Gloria passed away on March 24, 2011.
Jimmy Salcedo
The man from Barranquilla made Colombians sing and laugh with his show and the musical and humorous occurrences of The Meros Recochan Boys and of Hernando ‘the Culebro’ Casanova, with whom he formed a comic key that many Colombians still remember. Just as they remember the fun interviews with characters from the national life of the section ‘sing even if you don’t sing’ or the choreographies of ‘The Super Notes’show dancers. Jimmy Salcedo he died in 1992.
Theresa Gutierrez
He conquered the audience and made the whole country fall in love with his voice when it was not yet suspected that television was a possible invention and he managed to stay current in the medium for seventy years. She participated in more than 40 telenovelas and serials. No doubt many still remember with chills Doña Brigida of walls, ‘The grandmother’, one of the strongest characters played by the so-called first Colombian actress. She passed away in March 2010.
Carlos Munoz
From his first famous role, as the young Coca-Cola Carlitos in Me and you, won the favor of Colombians. Multiple series and soap operas attest to the importance of this Santanderean who was present at the beginning of Colombian television and continues to work on productions for national channels.
Carlos ‘el Mocho’ Sanchez
He had no problem accepting himself for what he was: a guy with a great sense of humor who didn’t lack a hand but had a stump to spare. For 31 years, every Saturday, El Mocho entered Colombian homes to start laughing with the occurrences of the reckless cleofan abusive and gossipy service employee or the inspector’s suspicions Ruanini. Sanchez passed away in 2002.
Alicia del Carpio
She was the first woman to appear on screen in the country. del carpio was in charge of presenting the General Rojas Pinilla the day television was inaugurated on June 13, 1954 but achieved fame with the comedy Yo y Tú. This costumbrista program, written, directed and starring Del Carpio, was on the air for more than 20 successful years. He currently lives in Spain.
Carlos ‘el Gordo’ Benjumea
The millionaire taxi driver and the Latino immigrant are perhaps his most beloved characters. ‘Fat’, who is no longer fat, has a prolific career in film, television and theater that has earned him numerous awards and the affection of the entire country. He began his career hidden from his parents in a drama school and today he continues with his successful career followed by his children, also actors.
Otto Greiffenstein
The most elegant voice that has passed through the microphones of Colombian radio and television belonged to Otto Greiffestein. Born in Medellín but raised in Bogotá, Greiffestein He joined La Voz de Bogotá, from where he went to Nueva Granada, RCN and finally to Caracol, a station that broadcast his program for decades. ‘The time of return’. On television he stood out as a presenter and his last job on the small screen was Panorama. He died in 1994.
Emeterio and Felipe, the Tolimenses
The compadres who traveled the world with their guitar and tiple are an icon of a type of regional humor that appealed to the mischievousness of Colombians to construct phrases with double meanings. Emeteriuswho was actually called Jorge Ramirezdied in 2001 and Philip, Lizardo Diazpassed away last year.
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