- Born
- Birth nameMaría del Rosario Mercedes Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza
- Nickname
- The Cuchi Cuchi Girl
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Charo was born on January 15, 1951 in Murcia, Spain. She is an actress, known for Thumbelina (1994), The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979) and Tiger by the Tail (1970). She was previously married to Kjell Rasten and Xavier Cugat.
- SpousesKjell Rasten(August 11, 1978 - February 18, 2019) (his death, 1 child)Xavier Cugat(August 7, 1966 - April 17, 1978) (divorced)
- Shake of the hips accompanied by a squealed "cuchi-cuchi!"
- Often wears provocative outfits
- Platinum blonde hair
- Curvaceous, buxom figure
- Seductive deep voice with Spanish accent
- Fluent in Spanish (native language), English, French, Italian and Japanese.
- Her trademark "cuchi, cuchi" comes from her nickname for her dog, Cuchillo (Spanish for "knife"): "When Cuchillo was happy, he wiggled. I copied him and I used to say 'como Cuchi, como Cuchi'. Everybody thought that it was very cute when I wiggled and say cuchi-cuchi, and they give me cookies and candy. Now every time I say cuchi-cuchi, people give me money.".
- When she was 14, she won a scholarship to study classical guitar with Andrés Segovia.
- Was winner of Guitar Player magazine's Readers Poll as Best Flamenco Guitarist two years in a row.
- Her father was a lawyer who was exiled to Casablanca during the Franco dictatorship, returning only when Franco died.
- If you believe in what you do, you are immortal. The day that you don't believe it, the day you're taking other people's opinion, you better go to Tijuana.
- Around the world, I am known as a great musician. But in America, I am known as the cuchi-cuchi girl. That's okay because cuchi-cuchi has taken me all the way to the bank.
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