Elena Santonja

María Elena Santonja Esquivias 29 May 1932 17 October 2016 was a Spanish TV presenter and occasional actress She was the host of some shows in the early days of TVE such as Entre nosotras 1958 but she reached fame as a host of the cooking show Con las manos en la masa that lasted from 1984 to 1991 In this program she cooked food alongside many celebrities a different one per episode such as Gonzalo Torrente Ballester Rosa Chacel Carlos Berlanga Joaquín Sabina Alaska She also made sporadic roles as actress in films such as El verdugo 1963 by Luis García Berlanga or Crimen de doble filo 1965 by José Luis Borau She married in 1956 with film director and scriptwriter Jaime de Armiñán whom she had 3 children Álvaro Eduardo and Carmen She died on 17 October 2016 in Madrid at aged 84 Description above from the Wikipedia article Elena Santonja licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia