África Ruiz Prats, known as África Pratt (born 18 September 1946) is a former Spanish actress and vedette. She was born in 1946 in

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. After her father's death, who was a soldier, she moved with her mother to

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, where she studied in Alfaro. She then stayed seven years in Madrid studying

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, so she debuted as a vedette at Celia Gámez company. She first appeared in magazines, such as ''

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''. In 1960s she appeared on stage in ''Colomba'' and ''Su Excelencia la Embajadora''. With Alfredo Alaria she appeared in ''Japón, mon amour'', and finally she was hired by Zorí and Santos. From 1973 she starred in ''Tío ¿de verdad que vienen de París?'' along

Alfredo Landa Alfredo Landa Areta MML (3 March 19339 May 2013) was a Spanish actor. Biography He was born in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain. He finished his pre-university studies in San Sebastián. He then began university studies on Law, where he began to wo ...

, ''Cuentos de las sábanas blancas'', ''Los bingueros'', ''Un lujo a su alcance'' along

Concha Velasco Concepción Velasco Varona OAXS MML (born 29 November 1939), known professionally as Concha Velasco, or Conchita Velasco in her beginnings, is a Spanish actress, singer and television presenter. She has received numerous accolades throughou ...

m Arturo Fernández and

Nadiuska Nadiuska is a retired Polish and Russian model and actress who became a well-known celebrity in Spain during the 1970s. Born as Roswicha Bertasha Smid Honczar in 1952 in Bavaria to Polish and Russian parents, she moved to Barcelona in 1971 and he ...

, ''La llamaban La Madrina'', ''¡Qué gozada de divorcio!'' along

Andrés Pajares Andrés Pajares Martín (Madrid 6 April 1940) is a Spanish actor, director, writer and comedian, in theater, film and television. He started as a comedian in 1968, and during his early career he mixed regular shows with theater performances bot ...

, ''Quiero un hijo tuyo'', ''El cura ya tiene hijo'' and ''

Al este del oeste ''Al este del oeste'' is a 1984 Spanish comedy western film directed and written by Mariano Ozores, and starring Fernando Esteso, Conrado San Martín, Adriana Vega, Fernando Sancho and África Pratt. It was composed by Gregorio García Segura a ...

'', along

Fernando Esteso Fernando Julián Esteso Allué (16 February 1945) is a Spanish actor and singer. Biography In 1949 at the age of four he made his debut as a clown with his father, in 1964 he moved to Madrid where he did stage plays and in 1973 he made his deb ...

, most of them directed by

Mariano Ozores Mariano Ozores Puchol (born 5 October 1926) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He was a prolific specialist in the sex comedy and Francoist comedy. He is the brother of Jose Luis Ozores (1923–1968) and Antonio Ozores (1928–2010) ...

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* 1948 births Spanish film actresses Spanish television actresses Spanish stage actresses Spanish vedettes Living people 20th-century Spanish actresses {{Spain-actor-stub