Guadalupe Ontiveros, an American actress, is best known for her roles as Rosalita in The Goonies and Yolanda Saldívar in Selena. She appeared in many films and television shows.
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Ontiveros once estimated that she had played a maid at least 150 times on stage and in cinema; she wished to see more diverse roles available to Latina performers, stating, “I’m proud to represent those hands that labor in this country.”
“I’ve portrayed every maid with soul and heart.”Because of her previous experience in this job, she was chosen as the narrator for the documentary Maid in America.
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Ontiveros, 69, died on July 26, 2012, at Presbyterian Hospital in Whittier, California, from liver cancer.
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