When she wasn't working at shows, she liked to cook for her family and
friends at home or dance at discotheques (especially Salsa and
Meringue) or play with her grandson.
Her son Antonio Morales became the father of two children, twins,
on August 30th, 2003.
Her stage last name, Dúrcal was chosen by Marieta herself when,
blindfolded, she pointed to it on a map of Spain.
In 2020, she posthumously won the Spotify Award for Most-Streamed Female Artist by Users +45 Years Old.
She was discovered in a TV quiz, "Primer Aplauso", and debuted in the
cinema in 1961. She is a singer-actress.
From 1999 till almost her passing, her younger daughter Shaila Dúrcal worked with her as chorister.
Her daughter, Carmen Morales, has a son named Christian(b. 1996).