- Lolita was the first person to appear in Brazilian television, in 1950, when the first regular transmission begun.
- Mother with Airton of a girl named Sílvia, a doctor.
- Daughter of Izolina and Issac.
- She's Spanish descendant.
- After retiring, Lolita made few public appearances. One of them was attending the release of "Flor do Caribe" (2013), while she still lived in the Southeast.
- In her biography, signed by Eliana Castro and released in 2008 by Coleção Aplauso, Lolita stated: "I'm not an interesting person. I have nothing to tell. I'm just like everyone else. I don't have a maid. I take care of my things myself. One cleaning lady is enough for me. I am very simple. Home food is frozen. I love watching TV. In particular, the Spanish-language channels, because I am the daughter of immigrants.".
- She moved to Paraíba in July 2015 and decided to spend her retirement as a recluse, in the company of her only daughter, Silvia Rodrigues, who works and lives in the capital of Paraíba.
- Daughter of Spanish immigrants from A Gudiña, Galicia, Rodrigues had a certain contact with music since her childhood when her parents sung Spanish and Galician folk songs.
- She is part of the generation that pioneered TV in Brazil. She sang, for example, the Brazilian TV anthem ("Hino da Televisão Brasileira") on TV Tupi's debut program (the first Brazilian TV broadcast), held on September 18, 1950.
- Her work as an actress began in 1957, when she played a gypsy in "Hunchback of Notre Dame", on TV Tupi. In the role, she sang, danced and played castanets.
- In 1977 she was selected by Rede Globo, the Brazilian national broadcaster to represent Brazil in the sixth edition of the OTI Festival, which was held in Madrid. Her entry was a bilingual song in Spanish and Portuguese languages entitled "Pedindo Amor" (Asking for Love). Although she ended in last place, she tied with other four competing performers, and both her music and acting career went on successfully.
- Lolita Rodrigues was married for 31 years to Aírton Rodrigues and together they presented the program Almoço com as Estrelas on TV Tupi for more than two decades, which was responsible for introducing the public to several artists who would later become famous.
- Lolita Rodrigues is known for her musical career, during which she has released many studio albums.
- Lolita began her artistic career by participating in radio soap operas and also as a singer in the Golden Age of radio in Brazil.
- She began her artistic career at just 10 years old, in radio soap operas. In the following decades, she became a singer and won the coveted "Best Singer" award at the Roquette Pinto Trophies twice.
- Lolita was at the opening ceremony of the station led by Assis Chateaubriand (1892-1968), singing the anthem A Canção da TV. She was cast in a hurry, replacing her friend Hebe Camargo, who withdrew from participating to have a meeting with her then boyfriend Luís Ramos.
- With Hebe Camargo and Nair Bello , she formed the funniest trio of friends on Brazilian TV. When interviewed together, the laughter of the three was contagious to everyone. The last of the three friends who was still alive.
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