Margarita Sierra
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Birth name | Maria Margarita Suarez Sierra |
Born | Madrid, Spain | January 5, 1936
Died | September 6, 1963 Hollywood, California | (aged 27)
Occupation(s) | Live performer Dancer Vocalist |
Years active | 1940 – 1963 |
Maria Margarita Suarez Sierra (January 5, 1936 – September 6, 1963), better known as Margarita Sierra, was a Spanish-American singer, dancer, and actress perhaps best known for her supporting role as the nightclub-singing Cha Cha O'Brien on the early 1960s ABC/Warner Bros. television series, Surfside 6, with Troy Donahue, Van Williams, Lee Patterson, and Diane McBain.
Episodes of Surfside 6 often featured Sierra singing, usually in English, but occasionally in Spanish. "The Cha Cha Twist", a song featured during the show's second and final season, was released as a single on Warner Bros. Records, but did not enter the Billboard Top 100 chart.
Sierra died in Hollywood, California, in 1963 at the age of 27, from complications following heart surgery performed a day earlier.[1] She is interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City.
Television
- 1957: Tonight Starring Jack Paar, guest appearance
- 1960 - 1962: Surfside 6, nightclub singer Cha Cha O'Brien
References
- ^ Final Rites Conducted for Margarita Sierra: Actress Widely Known for Role in TV's 'Surfside 6' Series; Stars Among Pallbearers Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 11 Sep 1963: A8.
External links
- 1936 births
- 1963 deaths
- Spanish female singers
- Spanish actresses
- Singers from Madrid
- Actresses from Los Angeles
- Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City
- Warner Bros. contract players
- Singers from Los Angeles
- 20th-century American actresses
- 20th-century American singers
- 20th-century Spanish musicians
- 20th-century women singers