Juanita Reina

Juanita Reina was born on Aug 25, 1925 in Spain. Juanita Reina's big-screen debut came with Canelita en rama directed by Eduardo García Maroto in 1943. Juanita Reina is known for Y otro año, perdices directed by Marta Díaz de Lope Díaz, Cristina Rodríguez stars as Rosa and Joaquín Climent as Luis. The upcoming new movie Juanita Reina plays is Y otro año, perdices which will be released on Oct 23, 2013.

Juanita Reina was one of the greatest singers of Spanish Andalusian songs ("coplas") and her popularity as a vocalist was highlighted in several films made in the 1940s and 1950s. Born in the iconic Macarena neighborhood of Seville in Andalusia to a working class family, Juanita showed interest in music at an early age and her grandfather enrolled her at the Flamenco Academy of Enrique el Cojo where she learned how to dance. Soon she was singing and dancing in school functions, and other community events becoming quite popular as a child performer. At age 13 she made her professional debut at the local Cervantes Theater but her blossoming career was put on hold by her father Miguel Reina. He worried about the dangers for a teenage girl in show business and the possibility that his young daughter would neglect her formal education.