Marilina Ross began her career as an actress in the 1960s and by 1975 was at her peak of popularity, thanks to her roles in Lautaro Murúa's acclaimed film "La Raulito" and the Alberto Migré-penned telenovela "Piel naranja". The year before, she had made her debut as a recording artist with the album "Estados de ánimo", fulfilling the "dream of her life". In 1976, a coup d'état installed the last civil-military dictatorship in Argentina, inaugurating a period of state terrorism known as the Dirty War. Due to her Peronist activism, Ross received death threats and was prohibited from continuing to work, so she had to leave the country at the height of her career. She went into exile in Spain, where she had several job offers due to the box office success of "La Raulito". The estrangement from her loved ones and her country was very distressing for Ross, who defined the time in exile as the worst stage of her life.