Raquel Montero (born 1944 in Buenos Aires, Argentina)[1] is an Argentine-Puerto Rican television and theater actress, show host and comedian.
In 1978, she played "Condesa Italiana", an Italian Countess, in a telenovela adaptation of a book written by Puerto Rican writer Enrique Laguerre, named "Los Dedos De La Mano" ("Fingers of the Hands"), a role that she says is her favorite.
[6] Late in the 1970s, producer Paquito Cordero was preparing a television comedy show which was called "Los Kakukomicos" ("The Kakufunnies", a name inspired by the sounds made when pronouncing, in Spanish, the identification letters assigned to Canal 2's station, WKAQ-TV).
[9] Montero during the era also did commercials for a large Puerto Rican furniture stores chain named Mueblerias Mendoza;[10] one of them alongside Yoyo Boing.
[12] Montero also participated in a number of other shows during that time, including "Soltero y Sin Compromiso" ("Single and Unattached"), "Mi Hippie Me Encanta ("I Love my Hippie"), "Estudio Alegre" ("Happy Studio") "El Show de Las 12" ("The 12 P.M. Show") and the two Puerto Rican television classics, "La Pensión de Doña Tere" ("Ms. Tere's Hostel", where she shared credits with Puerto Rican actress Norma Candal and with former Menudo member Xavier Serbiá) and "En Casa de Juanma y Wiwi",("At Juanma and Wiwi's House") a Saturday nights comedy show where she participated along fellow "Kakukomicos" cast member Juan Manuel Lebron (who also shared sketch scenes with Montero at "Los Kakukomicos", as Montero's character "Tesoro"'s lover) and Awilda Carbia.
[15] In 2018, Montero was reunited with Adrian Garcia and acted alongside Alexandra Fuentes and Dominican Republic-Puerto Rican singer and actress Charytin in a play named "Hijas de su Madre!"
[18] Montero has also hosted several Puerto Rican television shows, including "Adelante, Juventud" ("Go Ahead, Youth"), "Fantastico" and Super Sabados.