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The actress is remembered for her role as Doña Alicita, who was on the air for more than twenty years in the comedy “Yo y tú”. Del Carpio was one of the most important figures in the emergence of television in Colombia.
Alicia Merklin del Carpio passed away this Thursday in Madrid, the city where she was born, at the age of 90. The actress received Colombian nationality in 1969, when she had been in the country for a decade.
Del Carpio came to the country in 1950, when Rafael Maya, who ran the National Radio Broadcasting Station, brought her from the National Radio of Spain to work in Colombia. The actress applied, together with her mother and brother, for a work visa that was granted.
His career on Colombian television even includes the presentation of the national anthem on June 13, 1954, the day that former President Rojas Pinilla began the country’s first television broadcast.
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During his long stay in Colombia, Del Carpio acted, wrote librettos and also dedicated himself to production. In 1956 his remembered serial aired Me and you, in which actors such as Pepe Sánchez, Carlos Muñoz, Consuelo Luzardo, Carlos Benjumea and Franky Linero made themselves known.
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The serial ran for twenty years and nine months, between 1956 and 1976. Del Carpio acted as Doña Alicita, the main character of the comedy.
At the end of the 70s, Del Carpio left the country due to threats against him. In an interview, he stated that he had doubts as to whether the threats were coming from recognized criminals or figures from the television medium.
In 1982 and 1985 he tried to bring his comedy back to life. But so many trips between Spain and Colombia affected his health to the point that he preferred to finish the program permanently.
Besides comedy, he also dabbled in drama, as in The Ibáñez, the telenovela by Bernardo Romero Pereiro.
