Malucha Pinto

Malucha Pinto Solari (born 16 April 1955) is a Chilean actress, theater director, playwright and politician. Biography The daughter of Aníbal Pinto Santa Cruz (and direct descendant of the presidents Francisco Antonio Pinto and Aníbal Pinto Garmendia) and the Nicaraguan-Chilean dancer Malucha Solari, Malucha Pinto began her career on the telenovela , then debuted on Sábado Gigante in 1982 as Señorita Priscilla Caucaman in Los Eguiguren, a segment that ran until early 1987. Her next appearance was on the comedy program , where she originated several characters with actors such as Coca Guazzini and Gonzalo Robles. In 1992, Pinto, Guazzini, and Robles created a new comedy show on Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN), Jaguar Yu, which was on the air until 1993. Malucha Pinto and her husband Joaquín Eyzaguirre are the parents of a son with cerebral palsy named Tomás. In 1996, she wrote the book Cartas para Tomás dedicated to him. This remained on Chile's bestseller list for ten weeks and is now required reading in schools. It was the basis of the play Tomás, in which Coca Guazzini played the role of Malucha.