Maria del Rosario Mendoza Chavez was a Mexican vedette, actress, dancer, and singer.
15 Facts About Rossy Mendoza
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Rossy Mendoza was born on 6 June 1945 in Vicam, one of eight Yaqui villages in the south of the Mexican state of Sonora.
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Rossy Mendoza began her career in the mid-1960s when she was still a teenager, slowly making a name for herself in the entertainment industry by performing in the main cabarets of Sonora.
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Rossy Mendoza appeared in well known Mexican magazines including Cinelandia, Cine mundial and Siempre.
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Rossy Mendoza appeared in several television programmes such as Sabadito Alegre, with Paco Malgesto, where she remained for several months.
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Rossy Mendoza appeared there for many seasons, accompanied by an orchestra and a ballet of 18 dancers.
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Rossy Mendoza's performances alternated with singers such as Celia Cruz, Enrique Guzman, Mike Laure, Sonia Lopez and Damaso Perez Prado.
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Rossy Mendoza ventured into the fotonovelas of the time and recorded some records.
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Rossy Mendoza headed the cabaret show Terraza Casino, accompanied by the Hector Halal orchestra.
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Rossy Mendoza worked at El Cadillac, El Rondinella, El Closet, Las Galaxias, El Can Can and El Quid, among other places.
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Rossy Mendoza toured Mexico in the play Elena para los miercoles, with Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo.
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Rossy Mendoza took part in the popular television show Variedades de medianoche with Manuel Valdes.
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In 1999, Rossy Mendoza took part in the theater show Las inolvidables de la noche, in which the vedettes Amira Cruzat, Wanda Seux, Grace Renat and Malu Reyes appeared.
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Rossy Mendoza modelled for photographers such as Nadine Markova and Paulina Lavista as well as the painter Jose Luis Cuevas.
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Rossy Mendoza died from a heart attack on 29 December 2023, at the age of 78.