Amparo Valle Vicente (15 July 1937 – 29 September 2016) was a Spanish actress. She appeared in more than eighty films from 1964 to 2016.

Biography

She was born on 15 July 1937 in

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. She began her career on stage in a 1959 production of ''The Crime on Goats Island''. Between 1998 and 2002, she appeared in the TV series ''Periodistas'', directed by

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, in the role of 'Marta Cuesta', which is closely modelled on

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statements. In 1999, she appeared in ''

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'', in the role of 'Gregoria', the mother of the farmer Damián (

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). She was married to

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Gerardo Malla and they have two children:

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and Miguel Malla. Her last work was ''La carta'', a song composed alongside her son Coque Malla. She died on 29 September 2016, aged 79, of

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Filmography

She appeared frequently in films from the 1960s including: She also appeared on television in productions of:

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* 1939 births 2016 deaths Spanish film actresses 20th-century Spanish actresses 21st-century Spanish actresses Deaths from lung cancer {{Spain-actor-stub