"La Bruja Maldita" was a Mexican horror television show that ran in the 1960's starring Russian actor Tamara Garina as the Damned Witch, who presented weekly horror stories whist stirring a potion in a cauldron, and while laughing hysterically and screaming "iMentira!" ("it's a lie") in Spanish. She would come back after the story for a preview of the following week's show, and end the show laughing and screaming iMentira, once again.
 
Tamara Garina was born on 15 October 1901 in Tiflis, Russian Empire (now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia) as Tamara Friede Dariziova Hussey. She was an actress, known for Darker Than Night (1975), Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) and Fando and Lis (1968). She was married to Oran Favello Schee. She died on 19 October 1979 in Mexico D.F., Mexico. |
