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One of the best-known romances that emerged from Mexican television is that of Florinda Meza and the already deceased, Roberto Gomez Bolaños, “Chespirito”.
And it is that the first Mexican actress is turning 73 years old today and not everyone knows this love story.
Meza is recognized for playing the role of “Doña Florinda” in the Mexican series “El Chavo del 8”.
She has also had a leading role playing Cándida in La chicaharra, Chimoltrufia in Los caquitos and Doña Expectación del Macho, La Vecina in Los Chifladitos of the Chespirito program, broadcast in the 1970s and 1980s and early 1990s together with Roberto Gómez Bolaños and a great cast.
But in the 1970s, Meza was an executive at Televisión Independiente de México, where she made demos or openings to see who would stay with the program after the departure of María Antonieta de las Nieves from the locution, especially in the series El Chavo del 8 He participated as a substitute scriptwriter for the broadcast programs “El chavo del ocho”.
He even has some appearances on the big screen with the film Dulce familia, alongside young actors such as Fernanda Castillo, Vadhir Derbez and Regina Blandon.
Romance with “Chespirito”
The couple met in the recordings of “Chavo del 8”. And their romance became official in the midst of an infidelity scandal.
When they started dating, Florinda was about to get married and Gómez Bolaños had a 20-year marriage to Graciela Fernández.
It is said that it was about five years of flirting before they finally took a chance, which lasted until the actor’s death in 2014.
It became official on October 12, 1976, during a tour of Chile, when both made their romance official with a first love kiss.
Then, in an interview, the actress acknowledged that she was in love with “Chespirito” after kissing him, since “she had never felt the same sensation as doing so.”
And after living together for about 29 years, the couple decided to get married on November 19, 2004. They spent 40 years together, the couple had no children.
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