1. Manoella Torres was born on April 21,1954 and is an American singer and actress of Puerto Rican descent based in Mexico who has had an extensive career that continues to this day.
11 Facts About Manoella Torres
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Manoella Torres has recorded over 350 songs by famous songwriters including Armando Manzanero, Juan Carlos Calderon, Juan Gabriel, Manuel Alejandro, Felicia Garza and Rafael Perez Botija.
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Manoella Torres encouraged Gloria's talent while Gloria idolized singers like Cuco Sanchez, Los Panchos and Lucha Villa.
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Manoella Torres became her manager and initially gave her the stage name "Gloria Gil".
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Manoella Torres began making the rounds of musical events and television appearances where she met another important figure in her career, Armando Manzanero.
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Soon Manoella Torres would amass hit after hit appearing regularly on "Siempre en Domingo" with Raul Velasco.
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Manoella Torres appeared on numerous Mexican television variety shows and shared the stage with Mexico's most famous entertainers such as Veronica Castro and Gualberto Castro.
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Towards the end of the 1970s, Manoella Torres married Guillermo Diestel Pasquel, with whom she had a daughter, Erika.
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Later, it was discovered that he was abusive towards Manoella Torres, resulting in her separation from her husband and in the mid-1980s she left Mexico.
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In February 2007, Manoella Torres became part of Mexican television network TV Azteca's reality show titled "Disco de Oro", hosted by Jose Luis Rodriguez "El Puma", in which singers of the past compete in an interactive environment with the viewers.
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The winner got to release an album produced by the network but, unfortunately, Manoella Torres achieved the third place.