About Yolanda Ríos
Lived 1951 – 2012 (aged 60). Yolanda Ríos was a Spanish and Venezuelan television presenter and actor.
Yolanda Císcar Mateu (12 December 1951 – 26 April 2012), known professionally as Yolanda Ríos, was a Venezuelan–born Spanish actress best known for her appearances on the game show Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez and her theatrical performances.
Beginnings Yolanda Ríos broke onto the artistic scene at 19, playing a small role in Javier Aguirre's film Pierna creciente, falda menguante (1970), and a year later she appeared in the premiere of Antonio Buero Vallejo's play .
From there she jumped to Televisión Española, where she participated in some episodes of the series (1970) and Tres eran tres (1972).
Television Ríos found popularity when Narciso Ibáñez Serrador chose her as one of the hostesses of the first stage of the game show Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez, where she remained from 1972 to 1973, and on the first program of 1976, in which she and her fellow secretaries chose new secretaries by giving them their glasses. She gave hers to .
A few months after the end of the contest, there was a renewal in the direction and presentation of the Sunday afternoon show led by . Its new director, , entrusted the young Yolanda Ríos to lead the three-hour variety program with actor from The Chiripitiflauticos.
Theater In theater she premiered plays such as Les Poissons rouges (1973) by Jean Anouilh, (1975) by Pedro Gil Paradela, What the Butler Saw (1979) by Joe Orton, (1979) by Santiago Moncada, and (1980), by Antonio Gala.
In 1986 she joined the , directed by Adolfo Marsillach. In her last years she focused on the production of shows such as Grease and Spamalot.
Personal life She was married to actor and stage director Juan Calot (son of actress Encarna Paso), the father of her two children Alicia and Edgar.
On 26 April 2012, Yolanda Ríos died in Madrid at age 60.
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Who was Yolanda Ríos?
Spanish actress (1951–2012)
When was Yolanda Ríos born?
Yolanda Ríos was born on 12 December 1951 in Caracas.
When did Yolanda Ríos die?
Yolanda Ríos died on 26 April 2012 in Madrid.
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Yolanda Ríos was a television presenter and actor.
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Yolanda Ríos was Spanish and Venezuelan.
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