Nationality Spanish Siblings Carmen Santonja | Occupation TV presenter, actress | |
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Full Name María Elena Santonja Esquivias Born 29 May 1932 ( 1932-05-29 ) Madrid, Spain Died 17 October 2016, Madrid, Spain Spouse Jaime de Armiñán (m. 1956) Children Álvaro de Armiñán, Eduardo de Armiñán, Carmen de Armiñán Parents Eduardo Santonja Rosales, Elena Esquivias Urquiola Similar Carmen Santonja, Jaime de Armiñán, Gloria van Aerssen, Emma Cohen | ||
Elena santonja
María Elena Santonja Esquivias (29 May 1932 – 17 October 2016) was a Spanish TV presenter and occasional actress.
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1985 pedro almod var cocina pisto manchego y caldereta de cordero junto a elena santonja
Biography
She was the host of some shows in the early days of TVE such as Entre nosotras (1958), but she reached fame as a host of the cooking show Con las manos en la masa, that lasted from 1984 to 1991. In this program she cooked food alongside many celebrities (a different one per episode) such as Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Rosa Chacel, Carlos Berlanga, Joaquín Sabina, Alaska...
She also made sporadic roles as actress in films such as El verdugo (1963) by Luis García Berlanga or Crimen de doble filo (1965) by José Luis Borau.
She married in 1956 with film director and scripwriter Jaime de Armiñán whom she had 3 children: Álvaro, Eduardo and Carmen.
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