History Creator / MariaConchitaAlonso

* ActorAllusion[=/=]CelebrityParadox: In ''Touch and Go'', her character walks past a poster for ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}''. She recorded a song for that movie's soundtrack.
** In ''Moscow On The Hudson,'' when her character's family is celebrating her becoming an American citizen, a song of hers is playing on the transistor radio.

!!!''Tropes associada con Maria Conchita Alonso'':

* ActorAllusion[=/=]CelebrityParadox: In ''Touch and Go'', her character walks past a poster for ''Film/{{Scarface}}''. She recorded a song for that movie's soundtrack.

* ActionGirl: In ''Film/TheRunningMan'' and ''Film/{{Predator 2}}''.
** PregnantBadass: In ''Film/{{Predator 2}}''.
* ArchEnemy: Her ''Film/{{Colors}}'' co-star Creator/SeanPenn, over his support for deceased Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.

* RomanticComedy: ''Film/MoscowOnTheHudson'' and ''Film/AFineMess''.

* YourCheatingHeart: ''Film/AFineMess'' (funny) and ''Caught'' (serious).

* CanonDiscontinuity: Many if not all of her albums are long out of print, and it's not easy to find information about her ''[[SoapOpera telenovela]]'' days.

* HotMom: In ''Touch and Go,'' ''Caught'' and as Gabrielle Solis's mother on ''Series/DesperateHousewives''.

* BeautyPageant: Miss Teenager of the World in 1971, first runner up for Miss Venezuela in 1975 and placed in the top seven for Miss World in 1975.

* PregnantBadass: In ''Film/{{Predator 2}}''.

* ActionGirl: In ''Film/TheRunningMan'' and ''[[Franchise/{{Predator}} Predator 2]]''.

* MsFanservice

** She was featured in the "Least Dressed" section of ''People'' Magazine's "Best, Worst and Least Dressed" issue, September 18, 2000, and was quoted as saying, "I love to wear outfits that feel like I have nothing on."

* PregnantBadass: In ''[[Franchise/{{Predator}} Predator 2]]''.

** OncePerEpisode: Many of her movies involve nudity and/or a sex scene or, at least, some kind of lingerie (''Film/AFineMess'', ''Acts of Betrayal'', ''Cuerpos Clandestinos'', ''Film/VampiresKiss''.)

** OncePerEpisode: Many of her movies involve nudity and/or a sex scene or, at least, some kind of lingerie (''Film/AFineMess'', ''Acts of Betrayal'', ''Cuerpos Clandestinos''.)

** ''My Husband's Secret Life,''

!!''Tropes associada con Maria Conchita Alonso'':

* OncePerEpisode: Many of her movies involve nudity and/or a sex scene or, at least, some kind of lingerie (''Film/AFineMess'', ''Acts of Betrayal'', ''Cuerpos Clandestinos''.)
** Her 1992 album ''Imagíname'' has several examples of this as well. The first line of the chorus of the title track is ''"Imagíname desnuda en tu cama imagíname,"'' which is Spanish for "Imagine me naked in your bed imagine me." The CD booklet has the lyric sheet printed over a close-up picture of her [[HandOrObjectUnderwear using her arm to barely cover her breasts, with a slight hint of her left nipple visible]]. There is also a more complete picture of this, complete with her jeans unbuttoned and her [[PantyShot black panties]] visible. The back cover of the CD jewel box is a blue-tinted picture of her topless and covering herself with a guitar.
** Back in the 1980s, some writer semi-famously described her as "half out of her mind, half out of her dress."

* YourCheatingHeart: ''Film/AFineMess'' and ''Caught''.

'''Maria Conchita Alonso''' (b. María Concepción Alonso Bustillo in 1957) is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} Cuban-born]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Venezuela}} Venezuelan-raised]] actress. singer, TV talk show host (1998's ''Al dia con Maria Conchita'') and movie producer best known for her appearances in the movies ''Film/MoscowOnTheHudson'', ''Film/TheRunningMan'' and ''Film/{{Colors}}''.

* [[HeAlsoDid She Also Did]]: Made her Brodway debut in ''KissOfTheSpiderWoman'' in 1995.

* TheTalkShowWithHostName: ''Al dia con Maria Conchita''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Dropped out of ''Film/LicenceToKill'', with the role of Lupe Lamora going to Talisa [=Soto=] instead.
** Had to decline the role of the Matron in the film adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Edmond}}'' because she had committed to a tour in Mexico. The role went to Debi [=Mazar=] instead.
** Considered for the lead in ''Music/{{Evita}}'', which, given her hostility to dictators, she likely would have declined anyway.

* TheDanza:
** "Maria Conchita Navarro" on the [[ShortRunners short-lived]] 1989 {{Sitcom}} ''One of the Boys''
** "Maria Katarina Caldone" in the 2000 [[Creator/{{E}} E!]] MadeForTVMovie ''Best Actress''
** "Maria" in 2003's ''Chasing Papi''
** "Maria Valdez" in 2007's ''WesternAnimation/TheCondor''
** "Mariana Brito" in the 1980 Venezuelan ''[[SoapOpera telenovela]]'' series ''Natalia de 8 a 9''
** "Concepcion Sheffield" (see her birth name) on the 1998 ''Series/TheNanny'' episode "Immaculate Concepcion"
** "Marie Elena Casafranca" on the 1982 ''Series/KnightRider'' episode "Forget Me Not."
* FakeNationality: A Cuban playing an Italian in ''Film/MoscowOnTheHudson'' and ''Film/AFineMess''.
** "French Girl" on the 1982 ''Series/FantasyIsland'' episode "The Beautiful Skeptic/The Lost Platoon."

* PregnantBadass: in ''[[Franchise/{{Predator}} Predator 2]]''.

* ArchEnemy: Her ''Film/{{Colors}}'' co-star Creator/SeanPenn, over his support for Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.

* CanonDiscontinuity: Many if not all of her albums are long out of print, and it's not easy to find information about her ''[[{{SoapOpera}} telenovela]]'' days.

* ArchEnemy: Her ''Film/{{Colors}}'' co-star Creator/SeanPenn, over his support for Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez.

** "Mariana Brito" in the 1980 Venezuelan drama/romance series ''Natalia de 8 a 9''