Cristina Marsillach (born 30 September 1963) is a Spanish

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

Biography

She was born 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 ...

in a family of actors, the daughter of the actor

Adolfo Marsillach Adolfo Marsillach Soriano (January 25, 1928 – January 21, 2002) was a Spanish actor, playwright and theatre director. He was born in Barcelona. He was known for his collaborations with playwright Alberto Miralles. He is the father of a ...

and the actress and model María Teresa del Río Martínez del Cerro, who was also Miss Spain, 1960. Her sister Blanca is also an actress. Cristina Marsillach debuted at age thirteen in the television series, "Mrs. Garcia Confesses", thanks to her father who was the director. Cristina went on to a film career with appearances in "El Poderoso Influjo de la Luna", "Crime in the Family", "The Sea and Time", and "Last Days with Teresa". She also appeared in such television shows as "High School" and the second season of "Chronicle of the Sunrise". She is the artistic director of the Marsillach Acting Academy in Madrid, Spain. Her best known film is 1986's '' Every Time We Say Goodbye'', in which she starred opposite

Tom Hanks Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon. Ha ...

Filmography

* El poderoso influjo de la luna - (1981) *''Estoy en crisis'' - (1982) * ''Últimas tardes con Teresa'' - (1983) * '' The Trap'' - (1985) * '' Every Time We Say Goodbye'' – (1986) * ''

Opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

'' - (1987) * ''

Days of Inspector Ambrosio ''Days of Inspector Ambrosio'' (Italian: ''I giorni del commissario Ambrosio'') is a 1988 Italian crime film directed by Sergio Corbucci. It is loosely based on several novels written by Renato Olivieri. Plot A few days before Inspector Ambrosi ...

'' - (1988) * ''

I ragazzi di via Panisperna ' (''Via Panisperna Boys'') is an Italian movie by director Gianni Amelio, telling the enthusiasms, fears, joys and disappointments of the (private and professional) life of a well-known group of young men fond of physics and mathematics, who j ...

'' - (1989) * ''

Marrakech Express ''Marrakech Express'' is a 1989 Italian film directed by Gabriele Salvatores and starring Diego Abatantuono, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Cristina Marsillach, Giuseppe Cederna, and Gigio Alberti. A classical road movie, it was the first installment of ...

'' - (1989) * ''

'O Re ''O Re'' (also known as ''The King of Naples'') is a 1989 Italian historical film written and directed by Luigi Magni.Franco Montini, Piero Spila, ''Il mondo di Luigi Magni : avventure, sogni e disincanto''. Rai Eri, 2000. . For his performance ...

'' - (1989) * '' Women in Arms'' - (1991)

Bibliography

* Marsillach Acting Academy webpage

(Accessed 28 April 2007) * New York Times Filmography webpage for "Christina Marsillach"

(Accessed 28 April 2007)

References

External links

Marsillach Acting Academy Madrid
* 1963 births Living people Actresses from Madrid 20th-century Spanish actresses {{Spain-actor-stub