Charo's movie and TV credits date back to the '60s. (Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images) The first time Charo remembers delivering what became her signature phrase, it was a way to flatter The ...

Charo is no stranger to people underestimating her. Born María Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza, the Spanish actress and flamenco guitarist first appeared on American television in the '60s and ...

Newly minted “Dancing With the Stars” contestant Charo has two distinctions heading into Monday night’s season premiere. The Spanish native (born in Murcia) still has the thick accent that helped ...

Charo comes on the phone and immediately starts chattering away in that rapid-fire, Spanish-accented voice that anyone who ever watched a talk show or game show in the ’60s and ’70s still instantly ...

The entertainer wants you to live. “You must live! And you must watch out for the people you love!”Credit...Ryan Pfluger for The New York Times Supported by By Jolie Kerr BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Maria ...

Charo, 66, revealed three years ago just where her catchphrase came from — and it’s not what you think. “What cuchi cuchi came from is such a disappointment for everybody when they know because ...

The guitarist, singer, actress and comedian has long wrapped her prodigious talents in a glossy, over-the-top persona. Decades later, she’s still going strong, and it’s time to take her seriously. By ...

"Please don't call them tapas," requests the menu at Cuchi Cuchi in Central Square, Cambridge. "We globe trot!" Globe trot, time trot... Cuchi Cuchi is all over the place cuisine-wise and era-wise, ...

The first time Charo remembers delivering what became her signature phrase, it was a way to flatter The Tonight Show host Johnny Carson's ego, as a publicist had advised her to do with men. After he ...