Florinda Meza
Mexican actress
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- Florinda Meza García (born 8 February 1949) is a Mexican actress, comedian, television producer, and screenwriter.
- Early life and career Meza was born in Juchipila, Zacatecas, the daughter of Emilia García and Hector Meza.
- The show would last from February 26, 1973, to January 7, 1980 (although the sketch would continue until 1992), during which she and Gómez Bolaños began a lifelong affair that never produced any children.
- After production of Chespirito ended in 1995, she and Gómez Bolaños began touring extensively.
- Meza would also participate in several movies, as well as produced telenovelas including La Dueña , Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas , and Milagro y Magia , in which she also acted.
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WikipediaFlorinda Meza García (born 8 February 1949) is a Mexican actress, comedian, television producer, and screenwriter. She is best known as Doña Florinda and Popis in El Chavo del Ocho, La Chimoltrufia in Chespirito, and other various roles in El Chapulín Colorado.
Meza was born in Juchipila, Zacatecas, the daughter of Emilia García and Hector Meza.
She was cast by Roberto Gómez Bolaños to play Doña Florinda (and later Popis) in the Televisa sitcom El Chavo del Ocho, which would become a major international hit. The show would last from February 26, 1973, to January 7, 1980 (although the sketch would continue until 1992), during which she and Gómez Bolaños began a lifelong affair that never produced any children. During her tenure on the Chespirito television series, she was also known to have played Édgar Vivar's character "Botija"'s wife "María Expropiación Petronila Lascuráin y Torquemada", famously known as "La Chimoltrufia" in the sketch "Los Caquitos" (alongside Gómez Bolaños who played the role of Chómpiras). Meza would also participate prominent roles in Chespirito's other main sitcom, El Chapulín Colorado.
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