Yolanda Ríos

Yolanda Ríos
Born
Yolanda Císcar Mateu

(1951-12-12)12 December 1951
Caracas, Venezuela
Died26 April 2012(2012-04-26) (aged 60)
Madrid, Spain
OccupationActress
Years active1970–2012
SpouseJuan Calot

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.[1]

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 Llegada de los dioses [es].[2]

From there she jumped to Televisión Española, where she participated in some episodes of the series Remite: Maribel [es] (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 María Durán [es].[3]

A few months after the end of the contest, there was a renewal in the direction and presentation of the Sunday afternoon show Tarde para todos [es] led by Juan Antonio Fernández Abajo [es]. Its new director, Oscar Banegas [es], entrusted the young Yolanda Ríos to lead the three-hour variety program with actor Nicolás Romero [es] from The Chiripitiflauticos.[2]

In subsequent years she made other forays into television, although increasingly further apart. She appeared in episodes of the series La señora García se confiesa [es] (1977), Los libros [es] (1977), Segunda enseñanza (1986), Éste es mi barrio [es] (1997), Petra Delicado [es] (1999), and El comisario (2000), as well as the plays Cincuenta años de felicidad [es] (1972) and Molière's The Imaginary Invalid (1979) on the show Estudio 1.

Film

After her brief experience as a TV presenter, and throughout the 1970s, she continued to play small roles in films such as El secreto inconfesable de un chico bien [es] (1976), La espada negra (1976) by Francisco Rovira Beleta, and Sesión continua (1984) by José Luis Garci.[4]

Theater

In theater she premiered plays such as Les Poissons rouges (1973) by Jean Anouilh, El afán de cada noche [es] (1975) by Pedro Gil Paradela, What the Butler Saw (1979) by Joe Orton, Vivamos hoy [es] (1979) by Santiago Moncada, and La vieja señorita del paraíso [es] (1980), by Antonio Gala.[5]

In 1986 she joined the Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico [es], directed by Adolfo Marsillach.[1]

Later career

After training as a set designer with Elena Kriukova, she worked in that role on Yo, Leonor (2006), performed by María Luisa Merlo.[1][6] In her last years she focused on the production of shows such as Grease and Spamalot.[2]

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.[2]

On 26 April 2012, Yolanda Ríos died in Madrid at age 60.[1][2][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Fallece Yolanda Ríos, la actriz teatral y azafata del concurso 'Un, dos, tres...'" [Yolanda Ríos Passes Away, the Theatrical Actress and Secretary of the Contest 'Un, dos, tres...']. El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid. EFE. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e Torres, Rosana (26 April 2012). "Yolanda Ríos, una actriz para todos los escenarios" [Yolanda Ríos, an Actress for All Seasons]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. ^ "In memoriam: Los televisivos que nos dejaron en 2012" [In Memoriam: The Television Stars That Left Us in 2012]. eldiario.es Vertele! (in Spanish). 30 December 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  4. ^ Caparrós Lera, José María (1992). El cine español de la democracia: de la muerte de Franco al 'cambio' socialista (1975–1989) [The Spanish Cinema of Democracy: From Franco's Death to Socialist 'Change' (1975–1989)] (in Spanish). Anthropos Editorial. p. 380. ISBN 9788476583128. Retrieved 27 October 2018 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ Samaniego, Fernando (3 October 1980). "El dramaturgo Antonio Gala estrena 'La vieja señorita del Paraíso'" [The Dramatist Antonio Gala Premieres 'La vieja señorita del Paraíso']. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Fallece a los 60 años Yolanda Ríos, una de las azafatas del 'Un, dos, tres'" [Yolanda Ríos Passes Away at 60, One of the Secretaries of 'Un, dos, tres']. ABC (in Spanish). Europa Press. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2018.