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Charo

Highest Rated: 94% Lucy and Desi (2022)

Lowest Rated: 25% The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979)

Birthday: Jan 15, 1951

Birthplace: Murcia, Spain

Those who know Charo only as the hip-shaking Spanish lady who shouts "Cuchi cuchi" would be stunned to learn that she is fluent in five languages and is a classically trained guitarist who studied under the master, Andrés Segovia. Her real age is a point of contention. Charo claims, despite contradictory records from Spain and the United States, that she was born in 1951. She even had a court ruling in 1977 making this official. It is important because she was brought to the U.S. by bandleader Xavier Cugat in 1966, marrying him that same year, which would have made her 15 at the time. She has had relatively little success in dramatic roles on film and television, relegated mostly to guest appearances on ensemble shows like the romantic comedy "The Love Boat" and the fantasy series "Fantasy Island," with a small recurring role as Freddy Prinze's aunt on the comedy "Chico and the Man" in 1977 and 1978. But, by playing herself, whether on game shows like "The Hollywood Squares," in interviews with Johnny Carson on "The Tonight Show," as a guest on Merv Griffin's program, in the reality series "The Surreal Life," on the dais for the Dean Martin roasts, or opposite Bob Hope on a number of his specials, she has maintained her celebrity for over 40 years across several generations of viewers.

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Highest rated movies

94% 84% Lucy and Desi Watchlist
42% 46% Moon Over Parador
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36% 66% Thumbelina Watchlist 30% 37% Sharknado 5: Global Swarming Watchlist
25% 13% The Concorde: Airport '79
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81% The B... Who Stole Christmas
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
94% 84% Lucy and Desi Self - 2022
No Score Yet 81% The B... Who Stole Christmas Unknown (Character),
Self
- 2021
30% 37% Sharknado 5: Global Swarming Queen of England (Character) - 2017
36% 66% Thumbelina Mrs. Toad (Voice) $10.1M 1994
42% 46% Moon Over Parador Madame Loop (Character) $10.1M 1988
25% 13% The Concorde: Airport '79 Margarita (Character) - 1979

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 12% Generation Gap Guest 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet MTV Cribs Self 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dancing With the Stars Contestant 2017
100% 86% Jane The Virgin Unknown (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet FABLife Guest 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Celebrity Wife Swap Guest 2015
85% 83% Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wendy Williams Show Music Performer 2010
81% No Score Yet So NoTORIous Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Surreal Life Self 2004
No Score Yet 82% That '70s Show Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
64% No Score Yet The Naked Truth Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Tortellis Unknown (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Facts of Life Herself (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Jeffersons Herself (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1981 1983-1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chico and the Man Unknown (Character) 1977-1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Love Boat Unknown (Guest Star) 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Carol Burnett Show Guest 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Guest 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Danny Kaye Show Guest 1965