Trivia / Maria Conchita Alonso

• Actor Allusion/Celebrity Paradox:
  • In Touch and Go, her character walks past a poster for 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.
• The Danza: Several times.
  • "Maria Conchita Navarro" on the short-lived 1989 Sitcom One of the Boys
  • "Maria Katarina Caldone" in the 2000 E! Made-for-TV Movie Best Actress
  • "Maria" in 2003's Chasing Papi
  • "Maria Valdez" in 2007's The Condor
  • "Mariana Brito" in the 1980 Venezuelan telenovela series Natalia de 8 a 9
  • "Concepcion Sheffield" (see her birth name) on the 1998 The Nanny episode "Immaculate Concepcion"
  • "Marie Elena Casafranca" on the 1982 Knight Rider episode "Forget Me Not."
• Deleted Scene: Many if not all of her albums are long out of print, and it's not easy to find information about her telenovela days.
• Fake Nationality:
  • A Cuban playing an Italian in Moscow on the Hudson and A Fine Mess.
  • "French Girl" on the 1982 Fantasy Island episode "The Beautiful Skeptic/The Lost Platoon."
• She Also Did: Made her Broadway debut in Kiss of the Spider Woman in 1995.
  • In the 1980s, she had her own exercise video, Dance It Up! Hot Fitness
• What Could Have Been:
  • She dropped out of Licence to Kill, with the role of Lupe Lamora going to Talisa Soto instead.
  • She had to decline the role of the Matron in the film adaptation of Edmond because she had committed to a tour in Mexico. The role went to Debi Mazar instead.
  • She was considered for the lead in Evita.

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