Carmen Sáinz de la Maza y de la Serna (23 August 1940 – 14 January 2022) was a Spanish actress. She was known for her performances in ''Juncal'' and ''

Estudio 1 ''Estudio 1'' was a long-running Spanish TV drama series by Televisión Española since 1965 presenting many classic plays for the home audience. It was equivalent to '' :fr:Au théâtre ce soir'' (1966-1985) on TF1 and ''Play of the Month'' (1 ...

'' plays.

Biography

Carmen Sáinz de la Maza y de la Serna was born in

San Sebastián San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Basque Country (autonomous community), B ...

Gipuzkoa Gipuzkoa (, , ; es, Guipúzcoa ; french: Guipuscoa) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders with the French depa ...

, on 23 August 1940. She was however based in

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 ...

since her earliest childhood. She was the daughter of

Regino Sainz de la Maza Regino Sainz de la Maza y Ruiz (7 September 1896 – 26 November 1981) was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer. Biography Sainz de la Maza was born in Burgos. At ten, he got his first guitar and started his musical studies with Santiago L ...

, granddaughter of

Concha Espina María de la Concepción Jesusa Basilisa Rodríguez-Espina y García-Tagle, short form Concha Espina (15 April 1869 or 1877 or 1 April 1879 or 15 April 1879 in Santander – 19 May 1955 in Madrid), was a Spanish writer. She was nominated for ...

and niece of . She studied drama in Madrid. She took her first steps as an actress in theatre works (making her professional debut in a play of ''Five Finger Exercise''), whereas she made her film debut in ''

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'' (1962). She rose to prominence for her appearances in ''

'' televised plays. Her most known television role was her performance as Julia Muñoz in

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's '. She also featured in drama series '. She was married to

Agustín Navarro Agustín Navarro (1926 – July 14, 2001) was a Spanish film director. He studied Philosophy. He directed films such as '' 15 bajo la lona'' (1959), '' El cerro de los locos'' (1960), '' Cuidado con las personas formales'' (1961), ''Una Jaul ...

(died 2001), with whom she had 3 children. She later had a relationship with

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. She made her last film performance in 2010 drama '' Anything You Want''. Late television credits include performances in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''El pasado es mañana'', '' El don de Alba'', and ''

Águila Roja ''Águila Roja'' ( en, Red Eagle) is a Spanish adventure television series set in Spain during the 17th century. It was produced by Globomedia for Televisión Española and was broadcast on La 1 of Televisión Española from 2009 to 2016. It is ...

'', her last television appearance. She died on 14 January 2022 in Madrid.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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