Ilse

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Ilse (born Ilse María Olivo Schweinfurth on November 27, 1965 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Mexican singer and telenovela actress.

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[edit] Biography

Ilse was born in Venezuela but became a Mexican citizen at the age of 18 [1]. She was born to a well-known publicist in Mexico Oscar Olivo and to his wife Mrs. Schewein Furth. She studied Communications at Universidad Anáhuac[1]. and at the age of 20 she became one of the three members of the vocal group Flans. Ilse performed the first single Bazar that made the group an instant success. In 1990 the group broke up and Ilse became the host of the show Galardón a los grandes and launched a solo career in 1992 recording two albums. Ilse also obtained an important yet brief role in the telenovela María Isabel on Televisa in 1997. This soap opera staring ADELA NORIEGA will re air starting first week of January 2007 on TELE FUTURA network.

In 1999 she re-united with the other members of Flans to tour the country.

In 2003 she hosted the talk show 100% Mujer on Televisa. In 2005, Ilse became one of the judges of the TV Azteca singing competition La Academia. She re toured with Flans again in late 2005 for 2 months. With happiness comes sorrows, She lost her sister Erika due to pnemonia on December 3, 2006. She is currently a single mother raising two young boys.

[edit] Solo albums

  • El Río (1996)
  • Africa (1992)

[edit] Telenovelas

[edit] Television shows

  • La Academia (2005) as judge
  • 100% mujer (2003) as host
  • Plaza Sésamo (1996) as cast member
  • Galardón a los grandes (1989) as host

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ a b History of Flans Retrieved May 6, 2006

[edit] External links