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Birth name | Isabel Rincón Bautista |
Born | Seville, Andalusia, Spain |
Genres | Latin ballad, flamenco, mariachi |
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Years active | 1962–1979 |
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Spouse(s) | Hugo Kiese |
Isabel Rincón Bautista, [1] known professionally as Estrellita, is a Spanish singer and actress.
Born in Seville, Spain, Rincón was discovered by film producers in the Seville Fair. [1] She was renamed "Estrellita" ("Little Star" in Spanish) and cast in the leading roles of two films, Su alteza la niña (1962) and Han robado una estrella (1963).
A decade later, Estrellita relocated to Mexico, where she had a top 10 hit in 1974 with the song "Perdóname". [2] She recorded several more hit singles and albums for the Mexican record label Cisne-Raff. She played a starring role opposite Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel in the film En esta primavera (1979).
Bautista married Paraguayan footballer Hugo Kiese. [3]