Charytin
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Charytín Goyco better known in the show business plainly as Charytín, is a singer, television presenter and actress from the Dominican Republic
. Born in Santo Domingo
to a Dominican father and a Spanish
mother (her mother was an attorney from Asturias
, Spain
who found herself exiled during the regime of Francisco Franco
), at an early age, her mother took her and her sister to Spain after breaking up with her father. She returned to the Dominican Republic after nearly ten years of living abroad, when her parents reconciled.
in the 1970s, where she met her husband, television
actor and producer Elin Ortiz
. During the 1970s, she began a weekly TV show on WAPA-TV
, which aired every Sunday night until 1985.
Charytín became an international superstar with her song Mosquita Muerta, named after a character she played on a comedy section of her show, becoming a chart topper in places like Mexico
, Venezuela
, and Argentina
. In 1979, she and Elin had their first son, Shalim
, who is now a budding singer and actor
that has appeared on Lizzie McGuire
and Heroes.
In 1983, Charytín made a movie in Spanish
named Verano En Nueva York with Mexican actor Julio Alemán
. (Summer In New York). Two of the songs on that movie's soundtrack, Tu Vida Es Un Suspenso Hasta El Final & Para Llegar, became another chart toppers for Charytín. In 1986, she and Chacon acted together, alongside Dominican-Mexican actor Andrés García
and Puerto Rican best selling singer, Yolandita Monge
, on a soap opera named Escandalo. This telenovela
did not enjoy much success and was cut by half by the producers. In 1988, she moved to Miami
with Elin and Shalim, and in late 1989, she became pregnant again, giving birth in 1990 to twins, a boy (Alexander) and a girl (Sharina).
During the early 1990s, she dedicated herself to raise her twins, taking them along on the few tours she did and her several trips to Puerto Rico. Late in the 1990s, she returned to television, hosting a show for a television shopping network.
In 2002 she began hosting a celebrity gossip show, Escandalo TV
along Marisa del Portillo, Felipe Viel and Lilia Luciano
for TeleFutura
.
On April 19, 2003, Charytín won the Asociación de Cronistas de Espectáculos de Nueva York
's Premio Extraordinario ACE por Distinción y Mérito (ACE Extraordinary Award for Distinction and Merit) at its 35th Annual ACE Awards presentation.
She used to host a daily entertainment news show for Univisión
Sister Station TeleFutura
. This was a 2 hour gossip/entertainment show Escándalo TV
(formerly "Escándalo en el Medio Dia", but later changed due to a similarly named program airing in Mexico by Televisa S.A.) In 2007, the Art Critics Association of the Dominican Republic recognized her work with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
. Born in Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
to a Dominican father and a Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
mother (her mother was an attorney from Asturias
Asturias
The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
who found herself exiled during the regime of Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...
), at an early age, her mother took her and her sister to Spain after breaking up with her father. She returned to the Dominican Republic after nearly ten years of living abroad, when her parents reconciled.
Career
Charytín moved to Puerto RicoPuerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
in the 1970s, where she met her husband, television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
actor and producer Elin Ortiz
Elin Ortiz
Elin Ortiz is a Puerto Rican actor, comedian and producer. -Life in the entertainment business:Ortiz began his career as a telenovela actor in Puerto Rico, sharing credits with such actors as Walter Mercado, Alicia Villamil and many others...
. During the 1970s, she began a weekly TV show on WAPA-TV
WAPA-TV
WAPA-TV is an independent television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital channel 27, virtual channel 4. The station is owned by InterMedia Partners and is branded as WAPA Television....
, which aired every Sunday night until 1985.
Charytín became an international superstar with her song Mosquita Muerta, named after a character she played on a comedy section of her show, becoming a chart topper in places like Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
, and Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. In 1979, she and Elin had their first son, Shalim
Shalim Ortiz
Shalim Gerardo Ortiz Goyco is a singer/actor. He is the eldest son of Puerto Rican entertainer Elin Ortiz and his wife, the Dominican singer, television presenter, and actress Charytín Goyco.-Television:...
, who is now a budding singer and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
that has appeared on Lizzie McGuire
Lizzie McGuire
Lizzie McGuire is an American teen sitcom which premiered on the Disney Channel on January 12, 2001 and ended February 14, 2004. A total of 65 episodes were produced and aired. Its target demographic was preteens and adolescents...
and Heroes.
In 1983, Charytín made a movie in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
named Verano En Nueva York with Mexican actor Julio Alemán
Julio Alemán
- Biography :After studying to be an Engineer Agronomist, he turned to show business. His first movie was El Zarco in 1957. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was the MC of the Mexican version of the Italian children's puppet show Topo Gigio....
. (Summer In New York). Two of the songs on that movie's soundtrack, Tu Vida Es Un Suspenso Hasta El Final & Para Llegar, became another chart toppers for Charytín. In 1986, she and Chacon acted together, alongside Dominican-Mexican actor Andrés García
Andrés García
Andrés García is a Dominican-born Mexican actor. He is known throughout Latin America and among Hispanics in the United States....
and Puerto Rican best selling singer, Yolandita Monge
Yolandita Monge
Yolandita Monge is an international singer and actress from Puerto Rico and the first Puerto Rican female singer to be nominated to the Grammy Music Awards. She is also Puerto Rico's highest selling female artist. She has been in the music business since adolescence, and has recorded over thirty...
, on a soap opera named Escandalo. This telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
did not enjoy much success and was cut by half by the producers. In 1988, she moved to Miami
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
with Elin and Shalim, and in late 1989, she became pregnant again, giving birth in 1990 to twins, a boy (Alexander) and a girl (Sharina).
During the early 1990s, she dedicated herself to raise her twins, taking them along on the few tours she did and her several trips to Puerto Rico. Late in the 1990s, she returned to television, hosting a show for a television shopping network.
In 2002 she began hosting a celebrity gossip show, Escandalo TV
Escandalo tv
Escándalo TV is a daily live Spanish-language talk show about news and celebrity gossip of interest to a Latino audience, shown on Telefutura. It is hosted by Marissa del Portillo, Felipe Viel, and Charytin Goyco. Occasionally celebrities guest hosts are featured...
along Marisa del Portillo, Felipe Viel and Lilia Luciano
Lilia Luciano
Lilia Luciano is an American television journalist and national correspondent for NBC News's The Today Show, Nightly News with Brian Williams and MSNBC....
for TeleFutura
TeleFutura
TeleFutura is a U.S. Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by Univision with headquarters in Miami, Florida.-Overview:TeleFutura Is America’s #2 Spanish-Language Network in prime time...
.
On April 19, 2003, Charytín won the Asociación de Cronistas de Espectáculos de Nueva York
Association of Latin Entertainment Critics
The Association of Latin Entertainment Critics is a nonprofit cultural organization founded on December 12, 1967. The organization has bestowed the LatinACE awards annually since May 25, 1969...
's Premio Extraordinario ACE por Distinción y Mérito (ACE Extraordinary Award for Distinction and Merit) at its 35th Annual ACE Awards presentation.
She used to host a daily entertainment news show for Univisión
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
Sister Station TeleFutura
TeleFutura
TeleFutura is a U.S. Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by Univision with headquarters in Miami, Florida.-Overview:TeleFutura Is America’s #2 Spanish-Language Network in prime time...
. This was a 2 hour gossip/entertainment show Escándalo TV
Escandalo tv
Escándalo TV is a daily live Spanish-language talk show about news and celebrity gossip of interest to a Latino audience, shown on Telefutura. It is hosted by Marissa del Portillo, Felipe Viel, and Charytin Goyco. Occasionally celebrities guest hosts are featured...
(formerly "Escándalo en el Medio Dia", but later changed due to a similarly named program airing in Mexico by Televisa S.A.) In 2007, the Art Critics Association of the Dominican Republic recognized her work with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Albums
- Charytín (1974)
- Bailemos El Bimbo (1975)
- La Compositora (1976)
- La Dulce Charytín (1977)
- Mosquita Muerta (1978)
- CalorCalorCalor Gas is a brand of bottled butane and propane which is available in Britain and Ireland. It comes in cylinders, which have a special gas regulator.Calor was formed in 1935. Calor is the UK's leading supplier of Liquefied petroleum gas...
(1979) - Charytín (1980)
- Canciones de la pelicula Prohibido Amar en Nueva York (1982)
- Se Acabo... (1983)
- Guitarras y ViolinesGuitarras y ViolinesGuitarras y Violines is an album by pop singer Charytín. It was released in 1984.-Track listing:# "Medley Noche De Amor"a) Perdoname Mi Vidab) Encadenadosc) Sabor A Mi# "Acercate Mas"# "Que Sabes Tu"# "Caminemos"# "Lagrimas Del Alma"...
(1984) - Verdades DesnudasVerdades Desnudas-Track listing:# "JAMAS TE OLVIDARE"# "CORAZON PRISIONERO"# "NADIE MAS QUE YO"# "MENTIRA O VERDAD"# "QUIEN Y PORQUE"# "NI TU NI YO" With Camilo Sesto# "CON ELLA O CONMIGO"# "CAPRICHO DEL ALMA"# "A TI"# "AMOR CALIENTE Y FRIO"...
(1985) - De Regreso Al PasadoDe Regreso Al PasadoDe Regreso Al Pasado is an album by pop singer Charytín. It was released in 1987.-Track listing:# "Prisionero del Mar"# "Sombras"# "Total"# "Contigo a la Distancia"# "Que Sabes Tu"# "La Barca"# "Solamente Una Vez"# "Amor, Amor"# "Acercate Mas"...
(1987) - Por Ese Hombre... (1988)
- Sutil (1992)
- Recuerdos (1995)