Renata Flores (actress)

Marta Sylvia "Renata" Flores (28 August 1949 – 9 February 2024) was a Mexican actress and singer. She was best known for her participation in a number of Televisa-produced telenovelas, usually as a villain. Flores died from cancer on 9 February 2024, at the age of 74.[1]

Career

In 1964, at the age of 14, Flores made her debut as a rock singer.[2] One of her songs, "Mi Novio Juan" ("My Boyfriend Juan") became a major hit for the then young singer.[3] "Mi Novio Juan" was a Spanish-cover version of the major English hit, "My Boyfriend's Back". Her other major hit was "Mi novio esquimal" ("My Eskimo Boyfriend"), which itself was also a cover of another popular English rock song, this time of "My Boy Lollipop".[4] Her friend, Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo, later remembered her as "The Gloria Trevi of their era", a person "with wild hair and broken socks".[5]

Flores experimented as a theater actress, until she finally had an acting breakthrough when she began participating in some Televisa telenovelas, as a teen-aged villain in "Gente sin historia" ("People Without a Story"),[6] which brought her fame in Mexico. She followed that initial success with a participation in another teen-oriented telenovela, "Juventud, divino tesoro" ("Youth, Divine Treasure"), acting, again, as a teen-aged villain in the latter.

From there on, her television acting career took off. She participated in many telenovelas, some of which were shown internationally in Latin America, the United States and further abroad. Among her credits were "Chispita", 1987's "Rosa Salvaje" (where she opposed star Verónica Castro), "La usurpadora" ("The Usurper"), the children's oriented telenovela "Carita de ángel" ("Angel Face"), the Children's oriented telenovela "Vivan los niños" ("Long Live the Children"),[7] the teen-oriented musical telenovela "Rebelde" ("Rebel", in which she acted opposite Spanish pop-rock band RBD) and many others.[8]

Later life and death

Despite earning a good living as an actress, Flores eventually lost her savings. She became homeless and lived in a car and on the streets of Mexico City with some dog friends, until she asked for, and was provided with, assistance by the Mexican institution, Casa del Actor, which provided her with a home and with basic needs beginning in 2020.[5]

She died of cancer on 9 February 2024 in Mexico City.[9][10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Castillo, Por Adriana (9 February 2024). "De qué murió Renata Flores, la actriz de Televisa que pasó sus últimos días en 'La Casa del Actor'". infobae.
  2. ^ "El mundo llora la muerte de estrella de telenovelas Rosa salvaje y Rebelde". People en Español.
  3. ^ "Muere Renata Flores, actriz de "Rosa salvaje" y "Rebelde", a los 74 años". UnoTV. 9 February 2024.
  4. ^ González, Larisa (9 February 2024). "Muere Renata Flores, recordada actriz de "Chispita", "Rosa Salvaje" y muchas más". Quién.
  5. ^ a b "Renata Flores pasó sus últimos años cuidada en la Casa del Actor tras ser rescatada de la calle". El Universal.
  6. ^ Mora, Luis Angel H. (9 February 2024). "Quién es Renata Flores, la icónica villana de telenovelas de Televisa". infobae. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Actores de ¡Vivan los niños! reaccionan a la difícil situación que atraviesa Renata Flores". People en Español. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  8. ^ "¿De qué murió Renata Flores, la icónica actriz de Rosa salvaje?". TVyNovelas. 9 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Muere Renata Flores, actriz de 'Rebelde' y 'Amores Verdaderos'". Las Estrellas. Valeria Contreras N. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Renata Flores pasó sus últimos años cuidada en la Casa del Actor tras ser rescatada de la calle". El Universal. Jaqueline Tello. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.