Estrellita
Birth nameIsabel Rincón Bautista
BornSeville, Andalusia, Spain
GenresLatin ballad, flamenco, mariachi
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • actress
Years active1962–1979
Labels
  • Cisne-Raff
  • Ariola
Spouse(s)Hugo Kiese

Isabel Rincón Bautista,[1] known professionally as Estrellita, is a Spanish singer and actress.

Born in Seville, Spain, Rincón was discovered by film producers in the Seville Fair.[1] She was renamed "Estrellita" ("Little Star" in Spanish) and cast in the leading roles of two films, Su alteza la niña (1962) and Han robado una estrella (1963).

A decade later, Estrellita relocated to Mexico, where she had a top 10 hit in 1974 with the song "Perdóname".[2] She recorded several more hit singles and albums for the Mexican record label Cisne-Raff. She played a starring role opposite Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel in the film En esta primavera (1979).

Bautista married Paraguayan footballer Hugo Kiese.[3]

Filmography

  • Su alteza la niña (1962)
  • Han robado una estrella (1963)
  • Los caciques (1975)
  • En esta primavera (1979)

Discography

  • Por creer en ti (1973)
  • Perdóname (1976)
  • En algún lugar (1977)
  • Si no te amase (1978)

References

  1. 1 2 "SINGULAR ACONTECIMIENTO CINEMATOGRAFICO EN LA SALA DEL FLORIDA". ABC Sevilla. 22 April 1962. p. 77. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "Billboard Hits of the World". Billboard. Vol. 86, no. 30. 27 July 1974. p. 55. ISSN 0006-2510.
  3. ↑ Leonardo, Elías (10 February 2016). "Una americanista historia de amor". Yahoo Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2023.
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