According to the driver, it all started on her first trip to Spain. “When I arrived in Madrid the first time I went to make the film Doña FrancisquitaI I was excited because my dad was Andalusian“Chiquita recalled.
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In this way, Díaz asked him, “Is Legrand Andalusian?” Díaz then wanted to know. “No, I’m not Legrand, dear. I’m an impostor, my name is Rosa María Juana Martínez Suárez de Tinayre alias Chiquita, that’s my real name,” she clarified with her characteristic humorous tone.
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Mirthe Legrand revealed the reason why she does not use her real name.
“Your name is spectacular,” Julieta then complimented her. In this way, Mirtha continued revealing that her third name (Juana) had nothing to do with the baptism of her granddaughter: “Marcela didn’t know my name was Juana”acknowledged the diva.
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How the name Mirtha Legrand was born
In the middle of lunch, the host told the funny anecdote of her artistic baptism and surprised everyone with a revelation: “The truth is, I never liked the name Mirtha”.
“When we start We had a representative who told my mother ‘No, ma’am, not Martínez… it’s such a common surname!’ and my mother, who was a school director, told him ‘Look, sir, the first playwright from the River Plate is called Florencio Sánchez.’ I don’t forget anymore,” the diva recalled.
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Mirtha Legrand revealed how the name she currently uses came about.
Ricardo Cerebello, who was the diva’s representative, was in charge of choosing the new name for both her and her sister Silvia, who was actually called María Aurelia Paula.
At that time, they had no better idea than toss a coin to decide who would be Silvia and who would be Mirtha. This is how La Chiqui had to bear the famous name Mirtha Legrand and his sister got Silvia.