Grateful and emotional: Lina Morgan is still remembered ten years after her death.

Ten years after the death of actress, singer, comedian and showgirl Lina Morgan , there is still a legion of fans grateful and moved by the artist who captivated and made people laugh out loud with her countless shows and films.

Lina Morgan died on August 19, 2015, and a day later, the then-social network Twitter registered more than 11,000 messages mentioning her name (a massive trend at the time). That day, the great Concha Velasco declared: "I, in reality, have always wanted to be Lina Morgan."

She has never been forgotten, as evidenced by the fact that tributes and remembrances have been shared this decade in Madrid, her hometown; on television, with the reruns of her films and the broadcast of a documentary, and even in bookstores, with the publication of several works about her life and career.

A huge ceramic mural entitled Lina and La Latina commemorates the actress at the metro station in her neighborhood, La Latina, where she was born and to which she was linked throughout her life.

Also the commemorative plaque at the Teatro La Latina, her theater, which she bought in 1985, becoming the first theater entrepreneur in Europe , and which filled performance after performance with a devoted audience, proof of her tremendous professionalism and talent, and of the enormous affection she was able to arouse.

Or the Movistar+ documentary Lina , released in 2024, in which fifty artists fondly and admiringly remember the artist and the dozens of phrases she made famous that are still heard, especially among those over 50.

Perhaps the most famous, and the one that is automatically uttered upon hearing her name, is the well-known "grateful and excited, I can only say: thank you for coming," which was part of the welcome song for her shows, although "Viva el amor" is a close second.

"Whoever wants to catch fish should get their tralará wet," or "She's not fat, it's a bone problem " and, of course, her particular way of sitting with that "Ahiii goes the leg," which always earned a laugh from the audience.

The truth is that nothing in her early days suggested that she would become one of the most popular and beloved actresses in Spain.

Born in March 1937 as Ángeles López Segovia, in the midst of the Civil War and into a humble family , Lina Morgan, "with an average physique," went from the back row of the stage to a successful artist with her own theater that sold out box office audiences by making people laugh, explained its director, Israel Santo, at the presentation of the documentary.

A theater and musical revue actress, she wore a sequined bodysuit or a maid's uniform, and in all her versions she captivated audiences, whether on stage, in film, or on television.

After starting out as a dancer and showgirl in musical revues in the 1950s, Lina Morgan made her film debut in the 1960s, a medium in which she achieved huge successes such as Las que tienen que servir (1967); Soltera y madre en la vida (1968), and La tonta del bote (1970).

In 1979, she formed her own company and debuted at the Barceló Theater. It was a complete flop, and they lost everything they'd invested, according to the actress herself.

From the Barceló Theater, she moved on to the La Latina Theater, where she performed for three years with a huge hit titled "La Marina Te Llama." The actress became attached to the theater, which she eventually bought with her brother and manager, José Luis, in 1985, and didn't part with until June 2010.

There she presented Vaya par de gemelas (1981), a musical revue that broke all box office records, as well as El último callejero (1987), which ran until 1991, when she premiered another of her greatest hits, Celeste no es un color (Celeste is not a color ). This was followed by her collaboration with Raúl Sender on Sí...pero...no (1999).

On television, it was also a resounding success, so much so that when RTVE broadcast the play Vaya par de gemelas from the Teatro La Latina, it had 20 million viewers. On the small screen, successes followed, such as Compuesta y sin novio (Composed and without a boyfriend ) on Antena 3 and the series Hostal Royal Manzanares on RTVE, which raised its revenue to 32 million pesetas per episode .

In 1995, following the death of her brother José Luis, Lina Morgan retired from public life and was rarely seen again. She wanted to go away in complete privacy, but she couldn't because her Teatro de la Latina hosted a massive funeral.