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Mari Carmen Díaz De Mendoza
María Carmen Díaz de Mendoza Larrabeiti (December 1, 1927 – March 11, 2018) was a Spanish theatre actress. Life Mari Carmen Díaz de Mendoza was born in Madrid towards the end of 1927. Her parents, and Carmen Larrabeiti, who were both actors, had married the previous year. He paternal grand parents were also highly successful in the world of theatre. Although Mari Carmen made one or two film appearances, the focus of her own acting career was the theatre. She embarked on her stage career in the 1940s at the Theatre of María Guerrero, originally purchased by her grandfather, the theatrical impresario Fernando Díaz de Mendoza y Aguado, back in 1908. In 1944 she appeared in a play based on Dostoyevsky's "Demons", playing opposite . Another early role was in the Spanish translation of "Time and the Conways" by J. B. Priestley, in which she appeared with Guillermo Marín and . A few months later she transferred to the Teatro Español, in June 1945 appearing in " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its monocentric metropolitan area is the third-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula. Capital city of both Spain (almost without interruption since 1561) and the surrounding autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also the political, economic and cultural centre of the country. The city is situated on an elevated plain about from the closest seaside location. The climate of Madrid features hot summers and cool winters. The Madrid urban agglomeration has the second-large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Llopis
Carlos Llopis (20 January 1913 – 6 April 1970) was the shortened name used by the Spanish dramatist Carlos Fernández Montero Llopis. He wrote around 50 comedies almost all of which were staged in Madrid and theatres across Spain and Latin America. Biography Llopis was born in Madrid. His parents were actors. He came from the same generation as Miguel Mihura and Enrique Jardiel Poncela. Known for original insights and agile dialogues, the tone he cultivated was one of sophisticated bourgeois comedy. The dramatist-critic described his style as halfway between Arniches and Jardiel. Although he was less celebrated by critics than some of his contemporaries, in his own day many of his dramas were received with much acclaim by theatre audiences. His more memorable pieces included: * Nosotros, ellas y el Duende (1946) * Con la vida del otro (1947) * ¡Oh, doctor! (1950) * La cigüeña dijo sí (1951) * La vida en un bloc (1952) * ¿De acuerdo, Susana? (1955) * El amor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Muñoz (actor)
Carlos Muñoz Arosa (3 April 1919 - 15 April 2005) was a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1939 to 1991. Selected filmography References External links * * 1919 births 2005 deaths Spanish male film actors {{Spain-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ismael Merlo
Ismael Merlo (1 September 1918 – 10 September 1984) was a Spanish actor. He appeared in 82 films and television shows between 1941 and 1984. He starred in the 1966 film ''La caza'', which won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 16th Berlin International Film Festival. Partial filmography * '' Stowaway on Board'' (1941) - Antonciño * ''Rojo y negro'' (1942) - Miguel * ''The Wheel of Life'' (1942) - Alberto del Vall * ''No te niegues a vivir'' (1942) * ''La niña está loca'' (1943) - Enrique * '' Cristina Guzmán'' (1943) - Marqués de Atalanta * '' Idols'' (1943) - Juan Luis Gallardo * ''Cuento de hadas'' (1951) - Jaime * ''La moza de cántaro'' (1954) - Felipe IV * ''Pescando millones'' (1959) * ''Llegaron los franceses '' (1959) * ''La fiel infantería'' (1960) - Andrés * ''Litri and His Shadow'' (1960) - Pepe Aguayo * ''Three Ladies'' (1960) - Dr. San Román * ''Ventolera'' (1962) - Máximo * ''Aprendiendo a morir'' (1962) - Rafael Sánchez * ''La viudita navier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Vanguardia
' (; , Spanish for "The Vanguard") is a Spanish daily newspaper, founded in 1881. It is printed in Spanish and, since 3 May 2011, also in Catalan (Spanish copy is automatically translated into Catalan). It has its headquarters in Barcelona and is Catalonia's leading newspaper. Despite being mostly distributed in Catalonia, ' has Spain's fourth-highest circulation among general-interest newspapers, trailing only the three main Madrid dailies – ', ' and ''ABC'', all of which are national newspapers with offices and local editions throughout the country. Its editorial line leans to the centre of politics and is moderate in its opinions, although in Francoist Spain it followed Francoist ideology and to this day has Catholic sensibilities and strong ties to the Spanish nobility through the Godó family. History and profile ''La Vanguardia'''s newspaper history began in Barcelona on 1 February 1881 when two businessmen from Igualada, Carlos and Bartolomé Godó, first published th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Mihura
Miguel Mihura Santos (21 July 1905, in Madrid – 27 October 1977) was a Spanish playwright. He is best known for his comedy '' Tres sombreros de copa'' (1952), a work of absurd humor that predates similar works by Beckett or Ionesco and that broke with many of the previous conventions of Spanish comic theatre. He was also active as a comics artist. Biography Miguel Mihura was born in Madrid in 1905. His father was an actor and theatrical producer. When he was in his twenties, he wrote his best-known comedy, ''Tres sombreros de copa'', but its humour was not appreciated by the conservative pre-war Spanish society. ''Tres sombreros de copa'' was not staged until 1952, achieving a great success. In the 1920s he was a contributor of the satirical magazine ''Gutiérrez''. During the civil war he edited a satirical magazine entitled '' La Ametralladora'' which was produced by the nationalists. In 1941 he founded another satirical magazine, '' La Codorniz'', which he owned and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Closas
Alberto Closas Lluró (30 October 1921, in Barcelona – 19 September 1994, in Madrid) was a prolific Spanish film actor who appeared in the Cinema of Argentina in the 1940s and 1950s and in Spanish cinema after 1955. His family emigrated to Argentina in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War where in 1942 he acted in his first film '' Nada más que amor''. He made over 90 film and television appearances and he continued to appear on Spanish television until his death in September 1994 from lung cancer. He was married to Argentine actress Amelia Bence between 1950 and 1955. Filmography *"Compuesta y sin novio" (1 episode, 1994) *"Farmacia de guardia" (1 episode, 1994) *Maestro de esgrima, El (1992) .... Álvaro Salanova *"Sóc com sóc" (1990) TV Series .... Carles Ribalta *Esquilache (1989) .... Duque de Villasanta *"Gatos en el tejado" (5 episodes, 1988) *De halcones y palomas (1986) *"Goya" (1985) (mini) TV Series *Últimas tardes con Teresa (1984) *"Cuatro hombres para Eva" ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John L
John Lasarus Williams (29 October 1924 – 15 June 2004), known as John L, was a Welsh nationalist activist. Williams was born in Llangoed on Anglesey, but lived most of his life in nearby Llanfairpwllgwyngyll. In his youth, he was a keen footballer, and he also worked as a teacher. His activism started when he campaigned against the refusal of Brewer Spinks, an employer in Blaenau Ffestiniog, to permit his staff to speak Welsh. This inspired him to become a founder of Undeb y Gymraeg Fyw, and through this organisation was the main organiser of ''Sioe Gymraeg y Borth'' (the Welsh show for Menai Bridge using the colloquial form of its Welsh name).Colli John L Williams , '''', 15 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
