Elena Santonja


María Elena Santonja Esquivias was a Spanish TV presenter and occasional actress.

Biography

She was the host of some shows in the early days of TVE such as Entre nosotras, but she reached fame as a host of the cooking show Con las manos en la masa, that lasted from 1984 to 1991. In this program she cooked food alongside many celebrities such as Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Rosa Chacel, Carlos Berlanga, Joaquín Sabina, Alaska...
She also made sporadic roles as actress in films such as El verdugo by Luis García Berlanga or Crimen de doble filo by José Luis Borau.
She married in 1956 with film director and scriptwriter Jaime de Armiñán whom she had 3 children: Álvaro, Eduardo and Carmen.
She died on 17 October 2016 in Madrid at aged 84.

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