Juana Reina Castrillo (August 25, 1925 in Seville – March 19, 1999 in Seville) better known as Juanita Reina, was a Spanish actress and copla singer.

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Juanita Reina
Background information
Birth name	Juana Reina Castrillo
Also known as	La Reina de la Copla
Born	(1925-08-25)August 25, 1925 Seville, Spain
Died	March 19, 1999(1999-03-19) (aged 73) Seville, Spain
Genres	Copla

She was born in the Sevillian district, la Macarena, Seville and studied in Enrique el Cojo's academy.

She became popular thanks to songs by famous copla songwriters like León or Quiroga and she debuted in movies with La blanca Paloma (White Pigeon) (1941).

On June 15, 1964, she married the flamenco dancer Federico Casado Algrenti, and she later inaugurated a restaurant in Madrid and a dancing academy in Seville.

She died from a respiratory insufficience and she is buried in the cemetery San Fernando in Seville.

Filmography

• The White Dove (1942)
• Cinnamon Flower (1943)
• Serenata española (1947)
• Lola Leaves for the Ports (1947)
• Lola the Coalgirl (1952)
• Gloria Mairena (1952)
• Airport (1953)
• It Happened in Seville (1955)
• La novia de Juan Lucero (1958)
• Canciones de nuestra vida (1975)

External links

• International Jose Guillermo Carrillo Foundation
• Juanita Reina at Find a Grave

На других языках

[es] Juanita Reina