- Born
- Died
- Birth nameAntonia del Carmen Peregrino Álvarez
- Nicknames
- La Sensación Jarocha
- Mexico's Ella Fitzgerald
- La Primera Dama del Bolero
- La Alondra Veracruzana
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Toña la Negra was born on November 2, 1912 in Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Mujeres en mi vida (1950), Música de siempre (1958) and Tricks of Life (1934). She was married to Víctor Ruiz Pazos, Pedro Servín Palencia and Guillermo Cházaro Ahumada. She died on November 19, 1982 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- SpousesVíctor Ruiz Pazos(1955 - 1963) (divorced)Pedro Servín Palencia(August 16, 1950 - ?) (divorced)Guillermo Cházaro Ahumada(March 1929 - 1950) (divorced, 3 children)
- Agustín Lara's favorite singer. She introduced many of his songs and frequently performed alongside him on stage and screen.
- Mother of Ramón Cházaro Peregrino, Guillermo Chazaro Peregrino, and Ernesto Cházaro Peregrino.
- Yes, my voice is natural. I've never had a singing lesson or anything like that. Not even Fanny Anitúa, a good friend I admired so much, wanted me to take them: "You're crazy, woman, that's just going to ruin your voice".
- [referring to Agustín Lara] He is my great friend. I have proved it in good times and bad times. I am proud to be his good friend. And as such, I have no qualms in saying that in Mexico there is no songwriter who comes close to him. . . not even to the height of his socks! All the others are the army. He is the general.
- [when asked, "Why do you sing with so much feeling?"] Hey! You're wrong. I sing simply because I feel the desire to sing. But my voice. . . how shall I put it. . . it is because of its special timbre. It seems like I'm going to burst into tears during any dumb phrase of a song. Other times you get the idea that I'm singing with my nose. That is what has made me different from the rest. I sing as I can and as I know. When I sing, I am not Antonia Peregrino, I am Toña la Negra and perhaps that is what gives my voice something new and pleasant.
- I am 100% from Veracruz. . . I am from the very Port of Veracruz and I learned to live among the song of the waves, the chants of the fishermen, the wind that ruffles the palm trees . . .
- [remembering her childhood] I sang like those little birds who don't even know the do-re-mi-fa but give lessons to the most conceited artists.
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