Margarita Sierra

Margarita Sierra

Sierra in 1961.
Background information
Birth name Maria Margarita Suarez Sierra
Born January 5, 1936
Madrid, Spain
Died September 6, 1963 (aged 27)
Hollywood, California
Occupation(s) Live performer
Dancer
Vocalist
Years active 1940 – 1963

Margarita Sierra (January 5, 1936 - September 6, 1963), born as Maria Margarita Suarez Sierra in Madrid, Spain, was a singer, dancer, and actress perhaps best known for her supporting role as the nightclub-singing Cha Cha O'Brien on the early 1960s ABC/Warner Brothers television series, Surfside 6, with Troy Donahue, Van Williams, Lee Patterson, and Diane McBain.

Sierra with Troy Donahue in Surfside 6

Episodes of Surfside 6 often featured Sierra singing, usually in English but occasionally in Spanish. The Cha Cha Twist, a song featured during the show's second and final season, was released as a single on Warner Brothers Records but did not enter the Billboard Top 100 chart.

Sierra died in Hollywood, California, in 1963 at the age of twenty-seven from complications following heart surgery performed a day earlier.[1][2] She is interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.

Television

References

  1. ↑ http://www.celebrities-galore.com/celebrities/margarita-sierra/birth-data/ Margarita Sierra's birth and death.
  2. ↑ Final Rites Conducted for Margarita Sierra: Actress Widely Known for Role in TV's 'Surfside 6' Series; Stars Among Pallbearers Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 11 Sep 1963: A8.

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