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Spanish actress (born 1960)

María Dolores Forner Toro (born 6 June 1960 in Alicante, Spain), popularly known as Lola Forner, is a Spanish actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Spain 1979^[1] and competed in Miss World 1979 and Miss Europe 1980. She is also known for starring alongside Jackie Chan in the movies Wheels on Meals^[2] and Armour of God.^[3]

Her sudden rise to popularity came in 1979 when, after being crowned Miss Madrid, she won the Miss Spain pageant, held that year in the Catalan town of Lloret de Mar (Gerona). She was also a semifinalist in Miss World 1979 and 2nd Runner-Up in Miss Europe 1980.

The fame she achieved allowed her to start her career as a model and, above all, to make her first forays into the world of acting. Just a few months after winning the contest, director Pedro Masó cast her to play the youngest of Alberto Closas children in La familia, bien, gracias, the third of a series of films about the adventures of a large Spanish family.^[4]

During the 1980s, he developed a modest film career, appearing in titles such as La venganza del lobo negro (Duel to the Death) (1981), El lobo negro (The Black Wolf) (1981) (both by Rafael Romero Marchent), El último penalty (The Last Penalty) (1984), by Martín Garrido, and Pareja enloquecida busca madre de alquiler (Crazy Couple Seeks Surrogate Mother) (1990), by Mariano Ozores. He also made forays into international co-productions, working on Comidas a domicilio (1984) and La armadura de Dios (1987), alongside Jackie Chan.^[5]