Florinda Chico Martín-Mora MML (24 April 1926 – 19 February 2011) was a Spanish actress of film, theater and television.

Biography

Florinda Chico Martín-Mora was born in 1926 in

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) in

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. She studied singing and then started her artistic career on the stage acting in musical

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s. Her first successes were ''El huevo'' and the revue ''La blanca doble'' (1947) with the comedian trio Zori, Santos y Codeso. Although she made her debut on cinema in 1953 with the movie ''Pasaporte para un ángel'' it wasn't until the late 1960s that she became famous in Spain. She often played the roles of feisty, fleshy housewife or grumpy maid. She worked with director

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in almost two dozen films. She also appeared in such dramas as ''

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'' (1976) and ''

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'' (1987). She was also a regular on such television series as '' La tía de Ambrosio'' (1971), '' Los maniáticos'' (1974), '' Este señor de negro'' (1975–76), de

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, ''

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'' (1991), '' El sexólogo'' (1994), '' Makinavaja'' (1995–96) and ''

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'' (1996–2000). In the 1980s she appeared in the theater play ''Mi tía y sus cosas''. Florinda died on 19 February 2011 in

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at age 84 of a strong

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Selected filmography

Movies

* 1953 – ''

Plot on the Stage ''Plot on the Stage'' (Spanish:''Intriga en el escenario'') is a 1953 Spanish crime film directed by Feliciano Catalán.Bentley p.130 Cast * Gabriel Alcover as Policía 2º * Florinda Chico * Helena Cortesina as Olga * Elva de Bethancourt a ...

'' * 1973 – ''

La descarriada ''La descarriada'' (translation: ''The Wayward Ones'') is a 1973 Spanish comedy film directed by Mariano Ozores and starring Antonio Ozores, Florinda Chico, Lina Morgan and Rafaela Aparicio Rafaela Díaz Valiente MML (9 April 1906 – 9 Jun ...

'' as Angustias * 1975 – '' Unmarried Mothers'' * 1976 – ''

'' * 1980 – ''

Y al tercer año, resucitó ''And in the Third Year, He Rose Again'' ( es, ...y al tercer año, resucitó) is a 1980 Spanish comedy film directed by Rafael Gil.de España, Rafael. ''Directory of Spanish and Portuguese Film-Makers and Films''. Greenwood Press, 1994. p. 120. . ...

'' * 1980 – '' Spoiled Children'' * 1987 – ''

'' as Poncia * 1988 – ''

Jarrapellejos ''Jarrapellejos'' is a 1988 Spanish drama film directed by Antonio Giménez-Rico based on the 1914 novel of the same name by Felipe Trigo. Set in La Joya, Extremadura, the plot straddles between the social denunciation and the ''costumbrista'' ...

Honours

* Gold Medal of Merit in Labour (Kingdom of Spain, 19 December 1997).Boletín Oficial del Estado
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References

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