Norma Z��?iga

Cuban character actress and comedienne who started her career at age eight as a dancer in tent shows owned by her uncle. By the time she was fourteen, Norma was good enough to join the famed Enrique Arredondo theatrical troupe touring the island's stages with great success. As a young adult she performed as a featured dancer at the popular Palette Club in Havana and was soon seen in theaters and television where she developed a great talent for parody and comedy.She performed in countless plays and television sitcoms turning into one of Cuba's most popular young stars. However in 1959, with the arrival of the Cuban revolution, things turned sour for Norma and in 1960 she followed hundreds of thousands of her compatriots into exile in Miami, Florida. She knew it would not be easy to relaunch her career in a land where nobody knew her, but also knew she could not stay in her homeland under a communist dictatorship. She persevered in exile and after a while she was able to de... [Details Intro]