María Elena Saldaña

María Elena Saldaña (Spanish pronunciation: [salˈdaɲa]; born 23 July 1963), also known as La Güereja, is a Mexican television actress whose career dates back to the mid-1980s.

Saldaña, who has dwarfism due to an undetermined illness,[1] has achieved fame over the years with her portrayal of a little Mexican girl named Mariquita Castro Pérez, nicknamed "La Güereja".

She then performed her act on a television station in Veracruz, and this led, in 1984, to Mexico City and a contract with Televisa.

With her in the cast were Benito Castro, in the role of her father, Judy Ponte and Erika Bleher as nuns, José Natera, Jorge Arvizu, Cesar Bono, Eduardo España and Maru Dueñas.

The program became Güereja de mi vida, Castro was the only supporting cast member returning from the previous series, and the Mimí Piquín and Sor Zita sketches were dropped.