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{{Short description|Argentine actress and politician (1935–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Lidia Satragno
|image = Lidia Satragno.jpg
|office = [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|National Deputy]]
|term_start = 10 December 2007
|term_end = 10 December 2011
|constituency = [[Buenos Aires Province|Buenos Aires]]
|birth_date = {{birth date|1935|11|11|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [[San Justo, Buenos Aires]], Argentina
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2022|12|8|1935|11|11}}
|death_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina
|party = [[Radical Civic Union]]
|otherparty = [[Alliance for Work, Justice and Education|Alliance]] (1999–2001)<br />[[Republican Proposal|PRO Union]] (2007–2011)
|spouse =
|children =
|alma_mater =
|profession =
}}
[[File:Annemarie Heinrich - Pinky -1964.jpg|thumb|Pinky in 1964, photographed by [[Annemarie Heinrich]].]]
[[File:Raúl Lavié & Pinky by Annemarie Heinrich, 1964.png|thumb|Pinky and her husband [[Raúl Lavié]], 1964]]
'''Lidia Elsa Satragno''' (11 November 1935 – 8 December 2022) was an Argentine actress and politician, where she was popularly known as '''Pinky.'''

==Early life and career==
Lidia Elsa Satragno was born in the western [[Buenos Aires]] suburb of [[San Justo, Buenos Aires|San Justo]] in 1935. She debuted on Argentine television in a 1956 [[vinegar]] [[advertisement]] and, by 1957, appeared on as many as 22 television ads on any given day. This success led to her own [[talk show]] on [[Canal 7 Argentina|Argentine Public Television]], ''Buenos Días Pinky'', during which she was invited as a guest of honor by German Chancellor [[Konrad Adenauer]]. The show also earned renown for its [[screenwriter]], [[María Elena Walsh]], and helped pave the way for women in Argentine television, generally. Cast by noted [[period piece]] Director [[Leopoldo Torre Nilsson]] in ''[[La caída]]'' (''The Fall'') in 1959, in 1961 she was offered a co-anchorship in news anchorman [[Bernardo Neustadt]]'s ''Nosotros'' (''Us''), becoming the first Argentine woman on television so honored. Co-hosting ''Incomunicados'' with Neustadt in 1963, the show became memorable for an interview held with [[Arturo Frondizi]], the first granted by a former president on Argentine television. Her work with Neustadt and introduction to the world of politics led to a friendship with a young [[Radical Civic Union|UCR]] strategist, [[Rodolfo Terragno]], that she maintained.<ref name=hcdn>{{cite web|url=http://www1.hcdn.gov.ar/curriculums/lsatragno.html|title=Argentine Chamber of Deputies: Lidia Elsa Satragno |publisher=|accessdate=19 January 2018}}</ref>

Pinky hosted or co-hosted a number of other talk and [[variety show]]s during the 1960s and 1970s, the most successful of which were ''Feminísima'', ''El pueblo quiere saber'' (''People Want to Know''), ''Pinky y la noticia'' (''Pinky and the News'') and ''La década del '60''. She set time aside for other projects, as well, cast by [[Argentine cinema|Argentine]] and [[Mexican cinema|Mexican]] directors in a number of film roles in the 1960s. One of her interview guests in 1962, a rising figure in [[Argentine tango]] named [[Raúl Lavié]], had recently been separated and quickly developed a relationship with the avuncular hostess; the two were married in 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gente.com.ar/nota.php?ID=5447|title=Revista Gente|website=Infobae|accessdate=19 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721195555/http://www.gente.com.ar/nota.php?ID=5447|archive-date=21 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Later career==
Enjoying a stellar career, she soon became known as "Ms. Television" in Argentina, though her private life entered a difficult phase. She and Lavié had two sons, but soon grew apart and were separated and reunited a number of times before parting ways in 1974, something Pinky has attributed to infidelity on his part.<ref>[http://www.clarin.com/diario/2001/08/02/c-00501.htm ''Clarín'' {{in lang|es}}]</ref> She was diagnosed with [[breast cancer]] in 1970, but recovered a few years later. Pinky was among the stars on hand to inaugurate Argentine color television broadcasting in 1978, but soon fell out of favor with [[National Reorganization Process|the prevailing dictatorship]] after agreeing to interview [[Norma Aleandro]], a renowned actress and dissident.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clarin.com/suplementos/zona/2005/04/03/z-950135.htm|title=El recuerdo de Pinky: "No lo hice por un general borracho"|website=www.clarin.com|accessdate=19 January 2018}}</ref> This led her to turn to Argentina's vibrant theatre scene, where she accepted leading roles in local productions of ''[[Two Women]]'', ''[[The Vagina Monologues]]'' and ''[[The Prisoner of Second Avenue]]'', among others. Pinky produced a successful Buenos Aires presentation of [[Annie (musical)|''Annie'']], as well.<ref name=hcdn/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/1999/09/17/c-00310g.htm|title=Los más grandes|first=|last=Clarin.com|publisher=|accessdate=19 January 2018}}</ref>

==Political career==
Her decision to co-host in 1982 ''[[Las 24 horas de las Malvinas]]'', a television fundraiser devoted to the ongoing [[Falklands War]], cost the hostess professional clout following the [[1983 Argentine general election|advent of democracy]] in 1983, whose victorious UCR she supported, ironically. Continuing to host a number of radio and television shows, she relocated to [[Azul, Buenos Aires|Azul]], where she hosted the nationally broadcast ''La década del '80''. Pinky became officially affiliated to the struggling, centrist [[Radical Civic Union]] following that party's 1995 election of [[Rodolfo Terragno]] as its president and, in 1999, she ran on the UCR-led [[Alliance for Work, Justice and Education|Alliance]] for Mayor of [[La Matanza Partido|La Matanza]], the most populous district in the [[Province of Buenos Aires]]. Claiming victory after early returns on election night put her narrowly ahead, she was forced to concede defeat later in the evening after a complete tally gave the [[Justicialist]] ([[Peronist]]) Party candidate, [[Alberto Balestrini]], a narrow edge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/1999/10/25/t-03501h.htm|title=El PJ derrotó a Pinky y logró seguir invicto en La Matanza|first=|last=Clarin.com|publisher=|accessdate=19 January 2018}}</ref>

Buenos Aires Mayor [[Enrique Olivera]] named her Secretary of Social Policy Promotion for the city in 2000, where she earned plaudits for her efforts against [[domestic violence]]. She returned to television to host ''Pinky y la conversación'' in 2001 and was awarded the prestigious [[Martín Fierro]] Award for Broadcasting Excellence in 2006. Having appeared for over 30,000 hours on Argentine television, she announced her intention to run for a seat in the [[Chamber of Deputies of Argentina|Chamber of Deputies]] to represent the province where she was raised in and continued to live in. Running on the center-right [[Republican Proposal]] ticket founded by businessman (and later Buenos Aires Mayor) [[Mauricio Macri]], Pinky was elected to Congress in October 2007.<ref name=hcdn/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2001/05/10/c-00401.htm|title=La Señora Televisión está de regreso|first=|last=Clarin.com|publisher=|accessdate=19 January 2018}}</ref> Her two sons, Leonardo and Gastón Satragno, formed ''Ultratango'' in 2003, a musical group performing in the [[Nuevo tango]] genre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/06/03/espectaculos/c-01401.htm|title=Otra cara del tango electrónico|first=|last=Clarin.com|publisher=|accessdate=19 January 2018}}</ref>

Following the [[2009 Argentine legislative election|2009 mid-term elections]], and at 74 years of age, Pinky became the dean of the Lower House of Congress, presiding over the 4 December session that elected the body's new leadership.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1207573|title=Pinky, la estrella que volvió a brillar|publisher=|accessdate=19 January 2018}}</ref>

Satragno died on 8 December 2022, at the age of 87 in Buenos Aires.<ref>{{cite news |title=Murió a los 87 años Pinky |url=https://www.infobae.com/teleshow/2022/12/08/murio-a-los-87-anos-pinky/ |access-date=8 December 2022 |publisher=Infobae |date=8 December 2022}}</ref>

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