Marisela Buitrago

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Buitrago and the second or maternal family name is Mora.

Marisela Buitrago Mora (born June 18, 1958) is a Venezuelan actress and beauty queen. She is perhaps better known internationally for her participation in the 1982 Puerto Rican-Venezuelan film co-production Menudo: La Pelicula, alongside Puerto Rican boy band Menudo (where she played Rene Farrait's love interest) but she is also known in Venezuela for her various participations in telenovelas there, including the major television hit show, Leonela.[1]

Biography[edit]

Buitrago is from Aragua.

In 1979, she participated in Miss Venezuela 1979, representing her state of Aragua. Buitrago competed against, among others, Jeanette Rodriguez and Tatiana Capote. She placed 6th in the competition.

In 1982, she participated in Menudo: La Pelicula. She had previously participated in 1981's "Luz Marina", a telenovela which opened doors for her in Venezuelan television.

She later participated in ten more telenovelas during the 1980s and in eight during the 1990s.

In 2002, Buitrago acted in 250 episodes of the major telenovela hit, Gata Salvaje.

Personal[edit]

She was married to actor William Colmenares (her co-star in Olvidarte Jamás), with whom she had a daughter named Kislev Colmenares Buitrago and a son named Juan Carlos Colmenares Buitrago. Juan Carlos died on May 9, 2021.[2]

Filmography[edit]

Telenovelas[edit]

Movies[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Marisela Buitrago".
  2. ^ "Marisela Buitrago pide ayuda para despedir a su hijo - Impacto Venezuela". May 17, 2021.
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