She was born in Santander, northern Spain on 16 January 1928, and moved to Oviedo at the age of 16, where she soon collaborated in Radio Asturias.
[2] Among her most outstanding programs are Coser y cantar and Rumbo a la gloria and in the 1970s recorded with the Asturian Choir of Madrid an album of Christmas carols.
[6] Álvarez del Valle rose to national fame when Jesús José's daughter Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano, also a journalist, announced her engagement to then-Prince of Asturias Felipe, the King of Spain since 2014.
[8] In September 2015, Álvarez del Valle, together with her two children Jesús and Henar, were acquitted by a court of Oviedo after being accused for several crimes of punishable insolvency.
[9][10] Álvarez del Valle's last years were spent between Ribadesella and Marbella, and it was common to see her at the Princess of Asturias Awards ceremony at the Campoamor Theater in Oviedo.