Bárbara Rey

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Bárbara Rey
Born
María García García

(1950-02-02) 2 February 1950 (age 74)
OccupationActress
Years active1969-present

Bárbara Rey (

actress.[1]
She is the daughter of Andrés García Valenzuela and Salvadora García Molina.

Rey represented Spain at the 21st annual Miss World pageant under her original name María García.

Her real fame came in 1975 with the TV program Palmarés which made her a sex-symbol. After that she appeared in many revues in theatres. In the 1970s she became an icon of the destape films (films where Spaniards could see naked women in film for the first time after Francoist censorship ended).[2]

In the 1980s she appeared in many revues and TV shows such as Primera función (1989) or

.

Persona life

In 1980 she married

lion tamer Ángel Cristo with whom she had two children, Ángel Cristo Jr. (1981) and Sofía Cristo (1983). They worked together in his circus in different shows.[4]
He was a drunk and abussive towards Bárbara. They divorced in 1988.

Between 1976 and 1994, she had an extramarital romantic relationship with King Juan Carlos I.[5][6]

Work

Filmography

Television

as host

References

  1. ^ Mira p.114
  2. Unidad Editorial Información General
    S.L.U. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  3. Prisa
    . Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  4. ^ Rodríguez, Ana (8 May 2010). "El domador que jugó a malabares con su vida". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Bárbara Rey y la historia del collar de la venganza que el rey Juan Carlos le regaló y que ella usó para «fastidiar»". Mujer Hoy (in Spanish). 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  6. ^ "Bárbara Rey emite un comunicado ante las últimas informaciones publicadas sobre ella". www.hola.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-18.

Bibliography

  • Mira, Alberto. The A to Z of Spanish Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010.

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