One of the best-known actresses of the 80’s in Latin America, she is Maria Jose Nieto known as “Maripepa”.
The star and dancer also conquered Costa Rica and Argentinawhile in Chile it was presented in 1981 on the TVN program “Sabor Latino”.
In that presentation he drove the audience crazy with a suit where he broke barriers by showing his anatomy.
The woman was ahead of her time by being a pioneer of these controversial costumes, causing some to scream into the sky. Even the press at that time filled their covers with postcards of this great star.
After its presentation in “Latin Flavor”the Spanish star multiplied her visits to Chile, where she even participated in events such as the “Vedettón”.
However, Not everything was rosy since down below the stage was experiencing torment. He was linked to the former CNI agent, Alvaro Corbalanwho until now is serving a sentence in Punta Peuco for human rights violations.
Even the former CNI, Luis Sanhueza revealed that Corbalán took her to official events where he introduced her as his wife. “With us you can’t deny it because, at a dinner at the Army Field Club, All of us officers were with our wives and Corbalán, who as always made himself wait, arrived late and with her on his arm. He sat at the headboard and introduced her as his mistress.”, he confessed.
The book “Mucha Tele. A choral history of TV in dictatorship” by journalists Marcelo Contreras and Rafael Valle, presented the words of the former TVN producer, Tita Colodro, said that “Álvaro Corbalán was with Maripepa Nieto and took the dirt off her.”
What is Maripepa Nieto’s life like?
In 2006, Maripepa announced her retirement. However, he returned in 2012 and was a judge on the TVN program “Cabaret burlesque”. I was looking to show this art.
Everything changed in the woman’s life in 2007, when her mother died. “I had never understood this thing about depression until it hit me and it is tremendous. I have gone through two fat crises in my life. One of them removed me from my stage work. And the second, fe the death of my mother. That for me has been terrible. I’m still mourning”, he confessed.
Now, Maria Jose Nieto is far from the stage and is based in the north of Madrid, where she has a advertising and promotional gifts company.
