Malucha Pinto Solari (born 16 April 1955) is a Chilean actress, theater director, playwright and politician.

Biography

Pinto (right) in 2002

The daughter of Aníbal Pinto Santa Cruz (and direct descendant of the presidents Francisco Antonio Pinto and Aníbal Pinto Garmendia) and the Nicaraguan-Chilean dancer Malucha Solari, Malucha Pinto began her career on the telenovela Alguien por quien vivir[es], then debuted on Sábado Gigante in 1982 as Señorita Priscilla Caucaman in Los Eguiguren, a segment that ran until early 1987. Her next appearance was on the comedy program De chincol a jote, where she originated several characters with actors such as Coca Guazzini and Gonzalo Robles. In 1992, Pinto, Guazzini, and Robles created a new comedy show on Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN), Jaguar Yu, which was on the air until 1993.

Malucha Pinto and her husband Joaquín Eyzaguirre are the parents of a son with cerebral palsy named Tomás. In 1996, she wrote the book Cartas para Tomás dedicated to him. This remained on Chile's bestseller list for ten weeks and is now required reading in schools. It was the basis of the play Tomás, in which Coca Guazzini played the role of Malucha.

In 1999 she won an APES[es] Award for Best Actress for her role in the telenovela Cerro Alegre[es].

In 2007, she played the leading role of Leonor Santa Cruz in the Chilevisión series Vivir con 10[es].

Since 9 March 2011, she has been a member of the editorial committee of the weekly newspaper Cambio 21.

In 2011, Pinto directed the play La pasionaria, for which she was nominated for APES and Altazor Awards in 2012. That year she was invited back onto Sábado Gigante with Coca Guazzini, Gonzalo Robles, and Cristián García-Huidobro to revive Los Eguiguren.

In 2016 she received the Elena Caffarena Award for her contribution to the defense of women's rights in Chile. Also in 2016 she returned to Canal 13 to star in Preciosas, playing Marta, a woman in prison who is about to complete her sentence.

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleDirector
1982La CandelariaSilvio Caiozzi
1987SussiGonzalo Justiniano
1999La chica del Crillón[es]IsmeniaAlberto Daiber
2002El fotógrafo[es]MercedesSebastián Alarcón
2003The Chosen OneLucreciaGabriel López & Nacho Argiró
XS: The Worst SizeRebeca ChávezJorge López Sotomayor
2006Rojo, la película[es]Yurita SánchezNicolás Acuña[es]
2012NoCameoPablo Larraín
2018Huenchula

Telenovelas

YearTitleRoleChannel
1982Alguien por quien vivir[es]Olga FilippiCanal 13
Anakena[es]Employee of Dr. SolerCanal 13
1999Cerro Alegre[es]Zulema ChávezCanal 13
2001Corazón pirata[es]Ema LecarosCanal 13
Amores de mercadoMónica PeraltaTVN
2002Purasangre[es]Rosa EspinozaTVN
2003Pecadores[es]Laura MachucaTVN
2004Destinos cruzados[es]Prudencia BarreraTVN
2005Los treinta[es]Gloria DuarteTVN
2007Vivir con 10[es]Leonor Santa CruzChilevisión
2008Mala ConductaNinfa AcevedoChilevisión
2010Mujeres de lujo[es]Teresa MoyanoChilevisión
2011Infiltradas[es]Nélida VerdugoChilevisión
2012La SexólogaYolanda TapiaChilevisión
2015Buscando a MaríaRaquel CifuentesChilevisión
2016PreciosasMarta BrosicCanal 13
2018Soltera otra vez 3Marilu PugaCanal 13
2019Nueva NocturnaMega

TV series and specials

YearTitleRoleTypeChannel
1979Martín Rivas[es]Upper Class WomanGuest (1 episode)TVN
1989Los Venegas[es]GuestTVN
1997Brigada Escorpión[es]BárbaraGuest (1 episode)TVN
2005Los simuladoresSusanaCanal 13
2009Aquí no hay quien viva[es]Mónica HurtadoLead roleChilevisión
2010Infieles[es]GuestChilevisión
2011CesantesSoílaCast (1 episode)Chilevisión
2019La Vida SimplementeVieja LindaLa Red

TV programs

Books

  • Cartas para Tomás (1996). 110 pages. Editorial Catalonia. ISBN 9789568303648.
  • Cartas de la memoria. Patrimonio epistolar de una generación de mujeres (2007). 336 pages. Editorial Catalonia. ISBN 9789568303556.

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