- As Viruta and Capulina, he and Marco Antonio Campos are considered the Mexican version of Laurel and Hardy (Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy), Abbott and Costello (Bud Abbott and Lou Costello) or Martin and Lewis (Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis).
- In the early 1960s, Viruta and Capulina had their own comic book entitled Las aventuras de Viruta y Capulina (The Adventures of Viruta and Capulina). Nevertheless, after they split up the name of the comic book was changed to Las aventuras de Capulina. By 1975, the comic book changed its format to a mini-pocket edition (8 x 9.5 cm, 128 pages), named Las aventuras de Capulinita (The Adventures of Little Capulina). The stories were written by Ángel Morales and drawn by Héctor Macedo. The comic book was even distributed in many South American countries.
- He was also a prolific musician, playing a wide variety of instruments, such as the guitar, piano and the organ. "Las rejas de Chapultepec", written by Herminio Kenny, was one of the most popular songs in his repertoire.
- Son of Antonio Henaine Helú (1891-1960) and María Concepción "Conchita" Pérez León (1896-1983). He had two sisters, Carmen and Dolores.
- He took his artistic name from a little female dog.
- His children are Antonio Henaine and María Elena Henaine. Erika Alemán and Jorge Alemán are his grandchildren.
- Godson of Manuel Dondé.
- He and Marco Antonio Campos "Viruta" were proud of their movie Cascabelito (1962), which was based on a story written by Campos. They said it was "the first one that has real quality." Henaine was a cousin of Emile Kuri, who worked for Walt Disney. Campos and Henaine met with Kuri in Los Angeles to discuss the possibility of making a Viruta and Capulina movie for Disney. They also planned to send Kuri a print of Cascabelito so Disney could see their best work.
- His telenovela debut in El diario de Daniela (1996) was also his last appearance.
- Together with his longtime professional partner, Marco Antonio Campos, he had a television program called Cómicos y canciones, where they alternated with other comedians and singers. Some of their sketches were written by a then unknown Roberto Gomez Bolaños who later gained legendary fame as comedian Chespirito.
- He also has recorded 12 music albums.
- The character of Capulina gained huge popularity and a very successful comic book series -with stories by comic artist Oscar González Guerrero and art by his son Oscar Gonzalez Loyo- was published in the seventies and early eighties.
- He started his musical career as one of the vocalists of the quartet Los Excéntricos del Ritmo.
- In 1946, he formed part of the trio Los Trincas. The trio was hugely successful and toured Mexico and some cities of the United States.
- He studied acting and later won the "best dramatic child actor" award bestowed by the academy he attended.
- Most of the films where he starred shared the same theme, to generate an adventure based on Capulina getting in trouble due to a specific issue, added with his position as an incompetent and foolish person.
- Capulina became famous across Latin America alongside his longtime professional partner, Marco Antonio Campos, as Viruta and Capulina. In 1951, they started filming together. The two comedians made 26 films. At first they imitated the comedy style of Laurel and Hardy, thanks to their physical resemblance to them. With time they developed their own characteristic comedy style. The main difference with Laurel and Hardy is that Viruta, the thin character, was also the intelligent and aggressive one, while Capulina, the portly character, was the fool and cowardly one.
- His last film was Mi compadre Capulina (1989). He also made a television series, Las aventuras de Capulina (1989), where he struggled in different adventures with the help of wrestler Tinieblas and sidekick Alushe.
- He was also a theatrical actor and stand-up comedian. He toured with his act until 1997, when he retired, claiming that he was feeling too old to go on.
- Gaspar Henaine, more commonly known by his pseudonym Capulina, was a Mexican comedian, actor, singer, film producer, and screenwriter.
- In 1971 had a brain tumor, which almost cost him his life.
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