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Johanna Rosaly | |
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| Born | Raquel Johanna Rosaly Guillermety (1948-01-13)January 13, 1948 (age 77) |
| Education | Academia del Perpetuo Socorro (1965) |
| Alma mater | BAUniversity of Puerto Rico MACenter for Advanced Studies on Puerto Rico and the Caribbean |
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| Notable work | Lo que le Pasó a Santiago |
| Children | 3 |
Raquel Johanna Rosaly Guillermety[a] (born January 13, 1948) is a Puerto Rican actress, singer, and television host.
Johanna Rosaly was born inSanturce, a district ofSan Juan. In 1956 at the age of eight, she started taking acting lessons with Argentinians Luis A. Negro and Elba Mania, and dancing lessons with Beatriz Trujillo. In 1957, she made her acting debut as a child, on stage, atTeatro Tapia, inOld San Juan, inMientras los Niños Juegan (While the Children Play). That same year, she made her debut on television, withChannel 2's children's production ofLos Amigos de Pinocho (Pinocho's Friends) as well as in the filmCon Los Pies Descalzos (an Osvaldo Agüero production, starring the Catalan actor Ricardo Palmerola).
Rosaly started taking singing lessons when she became a teenager. Then, she participated on stage in Spanish zarzuelas such as “El Caserío”, and “Black el Payaso”; operettas, such as “La duquesa del Bal Tabarin”, and musicals performed in English, such as “My Fair Lady”, “The Sound of Music” and “I Do, I Do”.
In 1966, already in her early years in college, she made her TV debut in thetelenovelaEl Retrato de Angela, broadcast byTelemundo. In this soap opera, she played a mute girl.
During the late 1970s and early 80s, Johanna Rosaly had a short but notable career as a singer. In 1978 she signed with the VenezuelanVelvet Records label, and began touring all over Latin America, to promote her two albums under that label and following the popularity of the soap operas she had starred in.In 1980 she would sign with CBS International label, nowSony Discos, and recorded two more albums for them, doing shows in many US cities with high Hispanic populations.
Rosaly performed in 15soap operas altogether from 1966 - 1980. However, the leading roles she is mostly remembered for were, 1973'sEl Hijo de Angela María, alongsideRolando Barral,Mona Marti,Ángela Meyer, andLucy Boscana, among others. This performance led her to carry out the same leading role,Marisela Perdomo, in the film based on the telenovela, in Mexico, opposite Iranian-Mexican actressIrán Eory.Her crossover as a singer/actress was in 1978'sCristina Bazán,[1] oppositeJosé Luis Rodríguez "El Puma", and alongsideAlba Nydia Díaz,Esther Sandoval, andAdamari López, at the early age of 6, among others.
In 1979 Johanna Rosaly left Telemundo (WKAQ-TV)forWAPA-TV, where she performed as the main star in the 1980 soap operas: “Vida”,Amame, opposite Dominican-MexicanAndrés García, and “El Amor Nuestro de Cada Día”, opposite Venezuelan Jean Carlo Simancas. For each one she sang the musical theme, namely “Yo Soy Un Barco” (composed byLou Briel), “Amándote” and “El Amor Nuestro de Cada Día”, respectively.
As the 1980s came about, Rosaly made a short parenthesis in her acting career, working as anexecutive inWAPA-TV, and shortly moved to Telemundo again, becoming first a Cultural and Arts News reporter for Telenoticias, and eventually in 1982 an anchor woman and host in the talk-show,En Vivo a las Cinco.[2] She also starred in the five-hours-long game showSuper Sábados, which for several years was aired via satellite to many Hispanic enclaves in the US.In 1993, Johanna Rosaly joinedWIPR-TV channel 6, Puerto Rico's Government TV channel, hosting several shows, such asMucho Gusto, “Cultura Viva” and “¿Y Cómo Fue”.
In 1989, she performed alongsideTommy Muñiz in the motion picture filmLo que le Pasó a Santiago, produced and directed byJacobo Morales, which was nominated for anOscar as the best foreign film.In 1993 she performed in,Shortcut to Paradise, and in 1994'sLinda Sara, alongsideChayanne andDayanara Torres. Other film credits include “Dios Los Cría II”, “El Bailao de Julia y Berto”, “Con los Pies Descalzos”, “Jugando en Serio” and “Force of Nature”.
Since the 1990s, she has devoted herself mostly to the stage, to critical acclaim for works such asMaster Class, “Punto y Coma” (W;t), “Buenas Noches, Mamá (“‘Good Night, Mother”), “Relaciones Peligrosas” (Dangerous Liaisons), among many others. Altogether, she has performed in over 100 plays during her very long acting career .
In 2010, she made her debut on the New York stage, inSabina y Lucrecia. Rosaly and New York-based actressEva Cristina Vásquez starred in this play byAlberto Adellach, " a tale of two very different mentally ill women who escape an asylum."[1]
Rosaly played "Mrs. Warren" in the San Juan revival ofLa profesión de la Sra. Warren, as part of the International Festival of the Puerto Rican Culture Institute.[3]
On January 11, 2008, Rosaly married José Manuel Saldaña, the former president of theUniversity of Puerto Rico. The couple announced their separation in June 2011.[4]
During the2018 California wildfires, Rosaly was at the residence of her son, film director José Gilberto Molinari, and her daughter in law as well as her two-month old grandchild inAgoura Hills. She escaped theWoolsey Fire with her family by taking refuge in a hotel. Molinari's house only suffered minor damages. A day later, close to the hotel the Rocky Fire started, however, it was soon controlled and the family did not have to flee for a second time.[5]
She has received multiple honors, among them, thePuerto Rican Culture Institute (ICP), dedicated their 1997 International Theater Festival to her, honoring her more than 40 years as an actress.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1974 | El hijo de Angela Maria | Marisela Perdommo | |
| 1989 | Lo que le pasó a Santiago | Nereida | 1990Best Foreign Language Film nominee |
| 1994 | Linda Sara | Sofía | |
| 1995 | Qué será | Short film | |
| 1998 | Enredando sombras | Maria Candelaria | Documentary |
| 2004 | Dios los cría 2 | Alma | "Lo mismo de otra manera" segment |
| 2012 | Under Rain | Elvira Aragón | Short film |
| 2012 | Medio Minuto | Rafaela | Short film |
| 2016 | Angélica | Angeles | |
| 2020 | El quinceañero de mi abuela | Post-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1961 | La divina infiel | ||
| 1972 | Tomiko | Lady Diana Cavendish | |
| 1978 | Cristina Bazán | Cristina Bazán | Three part-miniseries |
| 1979 | Vida | Vera and Vida | Three part mini-series |
| 1980 | La otra mujer | Adriana | |
| 1980 | El amor nuestro de cada día | Also singer oftheme song | |
| 1986-1990 | Súper Sábados | Self | |
| 1998 | Asesinato en primer grado | Selva | TV-movie |
| 2001-2011 | Cultura Viva | Self | Co-host |
| 2004 | Barrios | Julia | Ep. 2 "El Bailao de Julia y Berto" |
| 2012-2014 | Los cascos urbanos hablan | Self | Host |
