Gatica, Malú

(1922-1997)

(María Luz Gatica Boisier)

   Chilean actress and singer who made films in her native land, Brazil, Hollywood, and Mexico (8 pictures). Gatica went to the U.S. with her parents when she was 7 years old, returning to Chile in 1940. She worked in radio, theatre and films, before leaving to establish an international career in North and South American and Europe, coming back to Chile in 1962. She spent the latter part of her career appearing in telenovelas and writing, before succumbing to cancer in August 1997.