Coco Marusix
{{Short description|Peruvian drag queen and showgirl}}
{{Infobox person
|name=Coco Marusix
|native_name=Coco Marusix Campos
|native_name_lang=es
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1964|12|03}}
|citizenship=Peruvian
|alma_mater=Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
|occupation=Drag queen, vedette, and dancer
}}
Coco Marusix Campos (b. December 3, 1964) is a drag queen and vedette from Peru. She became an LGBT icon in her country thanks to the fame she achieved during the 1990s.
Biography
Marusix was born in the La Perla District of Callao on December 3, 1964. She began her career in the world of transformism and dance at a very young age, during the 1980s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.atv.pe/noticia/coco-marusix-se-confiesa-y-lo-cuenta-todo|title=Coco Marusix opens up and tells everything|accessdate=2021-01-23|date=2018-06-28|website=ATV|language=es-PE|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20231224160233/https://www.atv.pe/noticia/coco-marusix-se-confiesa-y-lo-cuenta-todo|archivedate=2023-12-24}} She was discovered during a beauty pageant by television producer Efraín Aguilar, who invited her to perform in a musical revue (Music Travesti Hall) where she impersonated Marilyn Monroe and Tongolele.
In the late 90s, when she was famous in the artistic world,{{Cite web|url=https://www.atv.pe/noticia/coco-marusix-revela-como-confeso-su-homosexualidad-a-su-familia|title=Coco Marusix reveals how she came out to her family|accessdate=2021-01-23|author=Andrea al Mediodía|date=2019-04-30|website=ATV|language=es-PE|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20250116121443/https://www.atv.pe/noticia/coco-marusix-revela-como-confeso-su-homosexualidad-a-su-familia|archivedate=2025-01-16}} she ventured into television. Alongside Marisol Malpartida, she hosted the show Loca Visión in 1998 on Channel 9 ATV;{{Cite web|url=http://www3.larepublica.com.pe:80/1998/AGOSTO/pdf2/click.htm|title="I want Jaime as godfather of Loca Visión"|accessdate=2023-12-24|date=1998-08-02|website=La República (Peru)|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010115194400/http://www3.larepublica.com.pe:80/1998/AGOSTO/pdf2/click.htm|archivedate=2001-01-15}} the show only aired one episode before being censored.{{Cite web|url=https://redaccion.lamula.pe/2014/04/20/el-proyecto-marica-esta-redefiniendo-los-modos-de-organizarnos/alonsoalmenara/|title="The marica project is redefining the ways we organize"|accessdate=2021-01-23|last=Almenara|first=Alonso|date=2014-04-20|website=lamula.pe|language=es|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405235350/https://redaccion.lamula.pe/2014/04/20/el-proyecto-marica-esta-redefiniendo-los-modos-de-organizarnos/alonsoalmenara/|archivedate=2015-04-05}} She was also part of the vedette cast of the comedy show Risas y salsa.{{Cite book|title=En vivo y en directo: A history of Peruvian television. 2nd edition|url=https://books.google.es/books?id=AdiEDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT194|publisher=Universidad de Lima|date=2018-07-08|accessdate=2021-01-23|isbn=978-9972-45-424-0|language=en|first=Fernando|last=Vivas Sabroso}}
She also appeared in the film Nunca más, lo juro in 1991.{{Cite web|url=http://www.expreso.com.pe:80/ediciones/1998/oct/21/espectaculos/esp_03.htm|title=Brief Notes|accessdate=2024-04-13|date=1998-10-21|website=Expreso|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010307071614/http://www.expreso.com.pe:80/ediciones/1998/oct/21/espectaculos/esp_03.htm|archivedate=2001-03-07}}
In 2002 she acted in the film Baño de damas by director Michael Kats, playing the role of a trans woman.{{Cite web|url=http://cinelatinoamericano.org/versionfp.aspx?cod=4778|title=Baño de damas|accessdate=2021-01-23|website=cinelatinoamericano.org|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20120120142743/http://cinelatinoamericano.org/versionfp.aspx?cod=4778|archivedate=2012-01-20}}
The following year, in March 2003, she suffered a stroke that affected the mobility of her lower limbs, which kept her away from the stage and led to a deep depression.
In 2015 she participated in the massive Pride and Equality March in Lima, alongside artists such as Ricardo Morán, Tatiana Astengo, Mónica Sánchez, and politician Verónika Mendoza.{{Cite web|url=http://utero.pe/2015/06/28/fotos-las-mejores-imagenes-de-la-marcha-por-la-igualdad-y-el-orgullo-gay-en-lima/|title=PHOTOS: Best images from the Pride and Equality March in Lima|accessdate=2021-01-23|date=2015-06-28|website=Útero.Pe|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20150629165322/http://utero.pe/2015/06/28/fotos-las-mejores-imagenes-de-la-marcha-por-la-igualdad-y-el-orgullo-gay-en-lima/|archivedate=2015-06-29}}
In 2018 she appeared as a guest judge on the talent show El artista del año, hosted by Gisela Valcárcel.
Legacy
American performer Miss Coco Peru took her stage name from Coco Marusix, whom she met personally in the late 1990s.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rpp.com.pe/2008-12-03-el-drag-queen-mas-famoso-del-mundo-inspiro-su-personaje-en-coco-marusix-noticia_149217.html|title=The world's most famous drag queen based her character on Coco Marusix|accessdate=2022-09-12|website=RPP Noticias|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206035615/http://www.rpp.com.pe/2008-12-03-el-drag-queen-mas-famoso-del-mundo-inspiro-su-personaje-en-coco-marusix-noticia_149217.html|archivedate=2008-12-06}}
In 2023, the Peruvian drag queen Georgia Hart portrayed her in the biographical film Chabuca, which tells the story of Ernesto Pimentel.
Filmography
= Television =
- Loca Visión
- Risas y salsa
- El artista del año
= Films =
- Nunca más, lo juro (1991)
- Baño de damas (2003)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|6576817}}
- {{YouTube|title=Agenda CM& "loca visión"|id=KQ4h3FNdll0}}
- {{YouTube|title=COCO MARUSIX en #carlinenlared 035|id=9StlFn6mZGM}}
Category:Peruvian LGBTQ people