1. Esther Sandoval was a Puerto Rican actress and a pioneer in Puerto Rico's television.
12 Facts About Esther Sandoval
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Esther Sandoval first came into contact with the field of communications when she went to work as a secretary for Emilio Huyke in the radio station WPAB.
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Esther Sandoval auditioned and was named director of a program directed towards a female audience.
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Esther Sandoval was given the surname "Sandoval" by the Argentine actress Queca Guerrero.
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Esther Sandoval landed roles in radionovelas and became known in Puerto Rico as "The Queen of the Radio Operas".
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In 1954, Esther Sandoval became a pioneer in the island's television when she participated, alongside Mario Pabon and Lucy Boscana, in Puerto Rico's first televised telenovela Ante La Ley which was transmitted through Telemundo.
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Esther Sandoval traveled to New York City, where she joined Miriam Colon's theatrical group "El Circulo Dramatico".
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In 1959, Esther Sandoval returned to the island and married Ivan Goderich, a Cuban soap opera musical director.
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Esther Sandoval continued working in soap operas, such as Bodas de Sangre, La Novia, La Rosa Taluada, Un Tren Travia llamada Deseo, Santa Juana de America and Los Soles Truncos, where she acted alongside her daughter Ivonne and her son-in-law Xavier Cifre.
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Esther Sandoval lent her voice in the Spanish translation of movies.
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Esther Sandoval was the voiceover of Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck and Rosalind Russell.
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Esther Sandoval had been hospitalized at the Antiilas Hospital of Rio Piedras for several years, before dying on February 6,2006.