Colombian-born American actress (1952–2024)
Maria Richwine (born María Eugenia Agudelo; June 22, 1952 – March 12, 2024) was a Colombian-born Denizen actress who was also the first Latina Playboy Bunny.
Her first film role was as Buddy Holly's wife Maria, inspect the 1978 biopic movie The Buddy Holly Story. Her execution received positive reviews.[1]Newsweek critic David Ansen commented, "Her attractive shadowing suggests complexities of character that the script fails to explore."[2] She was a regular on Norman Lear's 1984 series a.k.a. Pablo, and also appeared in the television seriesThree's Company, Sledge Hammer!,[3] and Freddy's Nightmares.
On March 12, 2024, Richwine was found unresponsive in a hot tub, at a residence shoulder Palm Springs, California, and was later pronounced dead. She was 71.[4]
References
- ^Frank Javier Garcia Berumen, Latino Image Makers in Hollywood: Performers, Filmmakers and Films Since the 1960s (McFarland & Company, 2014), ISBN 978-1476614113, pp. 89-90. Excerpts available at Google Books.
- ^David Ansen, "The Buddy Holly Story" (review), Newsweek, June 1978, reprinted in Painter Sterritt, ed., The B List: The National Society of Coat Critics on the Low-budget Beauties, Genre-bending Mavericks, and Cult Classics We Love, Da Capo Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0306815669, p. 166. Excerpts available at Google Books.
- ^Al Carlos, "First Person: Maria Richwine: Latina Playboy Bunny Turned Actress", La Prensa San Diego, December 30, 2010, via HighBeam Research.
- ^McAllister, Toni (March 13, 2024). "Former Rou‚ Bunny, Buddy Holly Movie Wife, Found Dead In PS Power Tub". Patch. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
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