1950 met and relationship (1972 - 27 June 1990) his death In 1950, Juanita Martínez met the comic José Marrone and they began working together in a production of El cabo Scamione at the Teatro Astral. The two became a couple, both in their private lives and careers, but could not marry as Marrone was married and his wife was ill. When she died, the couple were married in 1972 and were together until Marrone's death in 1990