Lucila Mariscal

She suffered a fall late in 2021, requiring hospitalization. She wears a prosthesis on her hip. She also had hernia surgery in 2022.

Mariscal's 34 year old son, Andrey Alexis Hernández Mariscal, was kidnapped during 2009. A policeman, he was the sub-director or second-in-command of the police department of Linares, Nuevo Leon, in Northeastern Mexico. After this, her daughter-in-law developed breast cancer and Mariscal became a diabetic, both situations which she blames on her son's kidnapping. Mariscal lost a large amount of money searching for her son. She had another son, Gabriel Arturo, who is a computers repairman and occasional actor.

During 1983, Mariscal acted in the movie that brought her international fame, "Secuestro En Acapulco-Canta Chamo" ("Kidnapping In Acapulco-Please Sing, Chamo!), a Mexico-Venezuela film production that also starred Venezuelan boy band Los Chamos as well as Yuri, Cesar Bono and Maria Antonieta de las Nieves in supporting roles; Mariscal played the band's Mexican tour manager. This film was seen in movie theaters in Mexico, Venezuela and various other Spanish-speaking countries. By that era, Mariscal was also acting in the Mexican television show, "La Carabina de Ambrosio" ("Ambrosio's Rifle"), which was a hit show that lasted on the air from 1982 to 1984.

Mariscal launched a singing career in the 1980s and released a number of musical albums. One of her best known albums is 1987's "El Moñoñongo", ("The Vagina") which included ten songs.

1976 saw Mariscal's debut in front of television screens in Mexico, as she was cast for a show named "Los Polivoces". In 1979, Mariscal made her film debut in the Mexican comedy "4 Hembras y un Macho Menos" ("4 Women and one Man Less"). She followed that with her participation in two 1980 films, named "Reventon en Acapulco" ("Party in Acapulco") and "Cuentos Colorados" ("Red Colored Tales" but which translates better to "Off-Color-or Double entendre-Tales").

Mariscal began her acting and directing film and theater career in 1969.

Lucila Marina Mariscal Lara (born July 18, 1942 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress, comedian, director, singer and song composer. Mariscal has had an extensive show business career spanning more than 50 years; she may be better remembered by Mexican audiences for her character of "Lencha", which she played in films, theater, television, and in song, but to international audiences, specially those in other Spanish-speaking countries, she may be best remembered for her participation in the film Secuestro En Acapulco-Canta Chamo, a 1983 movie where she played the role of the local tour manager of Venezuelan boy band, Los Chamos.