14 Facts About Norma Candal

Norma Daniela Candal Penedo, was a Puerto Rican actress and comedian who was best known for her role as Petunia on La criada malcriada.

Norma Daniela Candal Penedo was born in 1927 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico to Eladio Jose Candal and Maria Isabel Penedo.

Norma Candal lived with her family on the Fajardo Sugar Company's sugar plantation, where her father was an accountant.

Norma Candal attended the Colegio del Sagrado Corazon in her hometown, where she obtained her primary and secondary education.

Norma Candal was planning on a political career and was going to study political sciences, however after she was granted a scholarship to The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, she changed her goals and went on to earn her Master's Degree in Theater.

Norma Candal worked in the shows Aqui con Norma ; El Show del Mediodia, and La Criada Malcriada, in which she played the comical role of Petunia, a simple-minded maid.

In 1970, there was a strike against Tommy Muniz Productions, which forced Norma Candal to leave the show and join ASTRA Productions, for which she did a couple of shows.

Norma Candal stopped working in television for several years after undergoing open heart surgery in which she had a valve replacement.

In 1980, Norma Candal went to work for Cardinal Luis Aponte Martinez at the Cathedral of San Juan.

Norma Candal participated in the Spanish-language version of the play Steel Magnolias; The Letters of Mozart; The Old Maids of San Sebastian Street, and Kisses on the Forehead.

Norma Candal played different roles in the films Dios los Cria 1 and its sequel,.

On Friday, February 3,2006, Norma Candal suffered a fall in her home in Trujillo Alto, hitting her head on the floor.

Norma Candal was hospitalized at the Pavia Hospital in San Juan where she suffered additional complications from the loss of blood.

Norma Candal was buried alongside her mother at Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.