Also known as Chuchi Vidal, actress, singer Ingrid Garbo was born in Munich on January 14, 1939 under the name Ingrid Garijo Garbo. The family left their native Germany for Spain in 1943. Later, with the defeat of Germany in World War II, they moved to Venezuela. She grew up in the Latin American country and trained in dramatic art, combining her studies for a career in commercial expertise at the Central University of Venezuela. Before turning fifteen, she appeared in advertising and made his debut in Venezuelan cinema with the film Yo y las mujeres (1959). At the beginning of the 1960s, she settled in Mexico, shooting three more films.

Later she settled in Spain and began to work in the cinema, but especially in the theater. There she met José María Flor-Baztarica Grasset, CEO of the Basque company CAF whom she married in 1964. As a result of this union, their son José Alejandro Flor-Baztarrica Garijo was born, and he became president of CAF for 20 years. Due to the birth of their son, Suevia Films canceled their contract with her in 1964. From that moment on, she began to develop her professional TV career at TVE, combining it with the theater and the odd movie. His next children would be Onofre, Cayetana and Federica Eugenia Flor-Baztarrica Garijo. On the big screen, her appearances in light comedies of the late Franco era can be seen as highlights where she has the opportunity to show off her charm, such as No somos de piedra (1968) by Manuel Summers, Mi marido y sus complejos (1969) by Luis María Delgado, Enseñar a un sinvergüenza (1970) by Agustín Navarro, Las ibéricas F.C. (1971) by Pedro Masó or Dos chicas de revista (1972) by Mariano Ozores, whereas others prefer her later horror movies, Francisco Lara Polop's The Murder Mansion (1972) and Javier Aguirre's Count Dracula's Great Love (1973) with the iconic Paul Naschy. She made two more movies in 1974, before she quit her movie career and concentrated on her growing family. She retired totally from showbiz in 2005, and spent her last years in her summer house in Marbella, Andalusia, Spain.

Ingrid Garbo

Actress