Biography

After a brief period as a legionnaire, Eduardo abandoned Spain and moved to Marseille, France, and then to Paris. There she met several of the French trans pioneers, like Bambi and Capucine.

First performed as Gilda Love in the Madame Arthur, in Paris. She quickly began performing under her stage name in various cabarets in the 1960s and throughout her career she acted and shared a dressing room with the cuplé Carmen de Mairena.

Cousin of the first trans vedette, Sandra Salomé.

Mother married at 14 and had 20 children of which 16 survived.

Grew up with six brothers and nine sisters.