Rocío Espinosa López-Cepero (born 18 February 1931, in Seville), known professionally as Laura Valenzuela, or Laurita Valenzuela in her beginnings, is a retired Spanish television presenter, actress and model. She was one of the first television presenters in Spain appearing in the early broadcasts of Televisión Española (TVE). In 1969, she hosted the Eurovision Song Contest held in Madrid. Biography Before becoming known in Europe for hosting 1969 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, she was a model and appeared in many publications around the world. She was one of the first faces that Spain saw on television when Televisión Española (TVE) was launched in 1956. She starred in many films since the early 1950s up through the late 1960s. In 1971, when she married film director José Luis Dibildos and had her daughter, presenter Lara Dibildos, she retired from public life, until she returned to television in 1990 on private channel Telecinco. Later on, she returned to TVE in 1996. She retired again in the 2000s when she was treated for breast cancer. She recovered but remains retired, apart from occasional collaborations and appearances, such as on 7 December 2006, when she hosted the special show Gala 50 años de TVE, which celebrated the 50th anniversary of TVE, beside Anne Igartiburu and Paula Vázquez. Selected filmography Film High Fashion (1954) The Fisher of Songs (1954) It Happened in Seville (1955) The Tenant (1957) The Violet Seller (1958) Los tramposos (1959) Three Ladies (1960) Madame (1961) The Daughters of Helena (1963) Cyrano and d'Artagnan (1964) The Black Tulip (1964) Hagan juego, señores (1965) Las noches de Monsieur Max (1965) Z7 Operation Rembrandt (1966) Demasiadas mujeres para Layton (1966) Amor a la española (1967) Las que tienen que servir (1967) Los subdesarrollados (1968) La dinamita está servida (1968) De profesión, sus labores (1970) Growing Leg, Diminishing Skirt (1970) Spaniards in Paris (1971) Television Galas del sábado (1968-1970) – TVE – Host with Joaquín Prat Eurovision Song Contest 1969 – TVE and EBU – Host Festival de la Canción Española (1970) – TVE – Host with Joaquín Prat Tele 5 ¿dígame? (1990–1992) – Telecinco – Host with Javier Basilio, Paloma Lago and Nati Abascal Gala 50 años de TVE'' (2006) – TVE – Host with Anne Igartiburu and Paula Vázquez Accolades See also List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters References External links ESC 1969 Profile, eurovision-spain.com; accessed 23 October 2022 (in Spanish).