Lupita D'Alessio

Guadalupe Contreras Ramos (born 10 March 1954), better known as Lupita D'Alessio (Spanish pronunciation: [luˈpita ðaˈlesjo]), is a Mexican singer and actress. She is nicknamed "La Leona Dormida" (title of one of her signature songs, "The sleeping lioness").

Biography

She started her career in showbusiness with her father Poncho D'Alessio, who had a musical show called La Familia D'Alessio on a Tijuana television station. She then moved to Mexico City and released a single "Mi Corazón es un Gitano", a cover of the Italian song "Il Cuore è Uno Zingaro" which won the Sanremo Music Festival, both in 1971. Then she was selected to perform the theme song of the telenovela of Televisa titled Mundo de juguete. She was invited to take roles on Ana del Aire and other productions in the 1970s and 1980s. Lupita sang the title song of telenovela Pacto de Amor, where she also acted.

In 1978, she won the Mexican national selection for the OTI Festival with the song "Como tú" and went to represent Mexico at the OTI Festival 1978 where she placed third. This fact helped her to consolidate her musical career in Mexico.

In 1980, Lupita was one of the main characters in Ernesto Alonso's Aprendiendo a Amar, where she played the role of her older daughter (the younger daughter was played by Erika Buenfil). The telenovela starred Susana Dosamantes (mother of Paulina Rubio). Lupita also sang the theme song "A Mí". She performed concerts on tour in Central and South America.