Movistar Plus+ has always been committed to producing biographical documentaries of Spanish celebrities. The Telefónica platform triumphed with the documentary series about Lola Flores, which continues to feature Raphael, José María García or Miguel Bosé.
David Bisbal anyone C.Tangana They will also be producing a documentary on Movistar Plus+, with a series about the actress ready to premiere Lena Morgan. Production company 100 Balas (Mediapro), part of the team with Lola, will delve into the biography of the performer, who died of pneumonia in August 2015, at the age of almost 80.
Maria de los angeles lopez segoviaThe real name of the protagonist of “Ship of Fools” was born in Madrid in the middle of the Civil War. At just 11 years old, in a devastated post-war Spain, he had to drop out of school to help his family’s devastated economy. He does this by collecting empty glass bottles or cardboard.
Over time, the young Dickens succeeded in joining the theater businessman’s Colsada magazine Matias Yanez Jimenezknown as Matías Colsada, at the end of the 1950s he managed to gain a reputation in the entertainment industry.
Dedicate your life to your career
Lena Morgan has triumphed in cinema with “Soltera y madre en la vida” and “La Tonto del Bot”, she has taken the theater by storm with “Celeste…no es un color” and she has “Hostal Royal” Manzanares” broke the audiometer and took over the script at the Latin Theater.
All these victories will be put into perspective by Movistar Plus+, which, as a source close to the platform points out, “will escape sensationalism” but will follow the path that TVE show “Lazos de sangre” started following last year, when it launched One about his life.
Norma Duval said that his life path was full of light and shadow, marked by his work and his great love: “He sacrificed his life for his career, he sacrificed to own this theater His life, he sacrificed his life to succeed, he sacrificed his life to his career.” Sacrificed his life to become Lena Morgan. “
Single, no children, barely any known relationships (she dated actors) Manolo Zazzo) made her the subject of lesbian rumors, a taboo subject at the time and one that could destroy an artist’s career.
In any case, the fact is that the person who made the greatest impression on her life was not love, but her brother, manager and confidant José Luis, who, according to people familiar with the matter, died in 1995, leaving her “Very lonely”. She is an actress.
mystery
Monica PonteA woman who shared the bill at the Hostal Royal Manzanares in Lazos de sangre said, “The big mystery is whether she is bisexual. Lena Morgan and I spend our days together.” Three years have passed, but I can’t answer this question.” … She told me that what she loved most was a man.”
Eva Harsh “I also think that it is not easy to defend lesbianism when it is so frowned upon,” he concluded. But his biographer Jesus García Orz confirmed that he “loved many times On” man. “She fell in love at least four times and then had an affair. I think the best thing about Lena was that it remained unknown,” the writer said. Manolo Zazzo and josé sacristan They were some of his lovers.
García Orz believes his most incredible love was a bullfighting businessman Jose Antonio Martinez Uranga, who got married. “All the starlets at the time had a married man in their lives, but the problem was no one said anything about it.”
Your driver and universal heir. Daniel Pontes Confirming the relationship: “He always had his photo in his wallet.” The driver said that Las Ventas manager Martínez Uranga and Paqueri’s manager invited her to the United States to live with her, but Lena Morgan declined the offer.
airtight
Jesus Garcia OatesThe author of “From Angelines to Excelentísima Señora” (ECU Editorial) assures that Morgan “kept a great deal of secrecy in order to take care of himself and his family”. She didn’t think she had to tell her these things. She was one of the few actresses who appeared on the cover of gossip magazines because of her work, and he didn’t want to hurt a third party. ”
Famous is the actress’s decision not to inform the press about her brother’s death: “José Luis’ life belonged to him, he was not famous. The three siblings Julia, José Luis and Lina were inseparable, and for these problem, they have similar ways”
On the legacy Pontes received, García Orz explain to David Gonzalez In El Cierre Digital, he “is the one responsible for making decisions for her as a legal guardian. Although he didn’t just appear in her life, he did in ’84. He is a taxi driver and is responsible for taking taxis Every evening mom came to Lina’s house from the theater. Daniel came in as José Luis’ driver and secretary.”
Other hobbies
The biographer says that his first love was “a boy from a good family who owned an electrical appliances store in Callao. His family was against the relationship because of the bad reputation of the starlet at the time. Years later, when Lina became When it was so famous, an advertising contract was signed with Philips, and a giant statue of Lena herself was placed in the store.
She said: “Her last love was the producer Julian Esteban, who hired her to star in four films. He gave her many gifts, including a lynx coat worth 3 million pesetas and a car.”
“She never wanted to live with them to avoid breaking up the family. It sounds contradictory, but she was a very religious woman with a conservative background. Martinez Uranga even offered for the two of them to settle in the United States, But she refused. In addition to these stories, she also had an extramarital affair with an Atletico Madrid player, who eventually ended up with another woman, Gustavo Bi Oscar gets married,” he added.
Conservative outlook on life refuted Juan Luis Gagliaccio, she said she told her friends that she wanted “all the jewelry and gold bars so the reds wouldn’t come and take everything. So they couldn’t take it from me. I could hide it and have it when I needed it.” Take it out when the time comes.” I thought. ”
According to the Property Registry, his only property at the time of his death was the apartment of almost 300 square meters where he lived, located next to Retiro, since the theater La Latina was sold four years before his death for 6, 5 million dollars Got it. Most of the euros ended up in the pockets of his driver, Daniel Pontes.