María Isabel Ana Mantecón Vernalte (born 11 May 1953), better known as Kiti Mánver, is a Spanish actress. She has appeared in more than 100 films and television shows since 1970.

Biography

María Isabel Ana Mantecón Vernalte was born in

Antequera Antequera () is a city and municipality in the Comarca de Antequera, province of Málaga, part of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia. It is known as "the heart of Andalusia" (''el corazón de Andalucía'') because of its central loc ...

on 11 May 1953. She spent her early childhood in between Málaga and

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, moving to

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at age 13. She made her feature film debut in ' (1970), playing a girl version of the character Elisa who is raped by her godfather. She then featured in the 1973 film '' Habla, mudita''. In 2015, she came to the London stage to play the lead role in ''Las heridas del viento'', a play by Juan Carlos Rubio, as part of the 3rd

Festival of Spanish Theatre in London (Festelón) The Festival of Spanish Theatre of London (FesTeLõn) has taken place in June every year since 2013, when it opened at the Greenwood Theatre, with a production of ''El Diccionario (The Dictionary)'' by Manuel Calzada, a play about the lexicographer ...

Selected filmography

* '' Habla, mudita'' (1973) * '' Yankee Dudler'' (1973) * '' Luna de lobos'' (1987) * '' Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'' (1988) * '' Anything for Bread'' (1991) * '' The Flower of My Secret'' (1995) * ''

Things I Left in Havana ''Things I Left in Havana'' ( es, Cosas que dejé en La Habana, links=no) is a 1997 Spanish film directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón and co-written by Senel Paz. It stars Violeta Rodríguez, Jorge Perugorría and Kiti Mánver. Plot Three sis ...

'' (1997) * '' Don Quixote, Knight Errant'' (2002) * '' Take My Eyes'' (2003) * '' The End of a Mystery'' (2003) * ''

Sunday Light ''Sunday Light'' ('' es, Luz de domingo'') is a 2007 Spanish film directed by José Luis Garci and starring Álex González, Paula Echevarría and Alfredo Landa. The plot, set in rural Asturias in the early 20th-century, is based on a novel by Ra ...

'' (2007) * '' Gran Hotel'' (2011) * ''

Cable Girls ''Cable Girls'' ( es, Las chicas del cable) is a Spanish period drama streaming television series that ran from April 2017 and concluded in July 2020. Set in the late 1920s, it stars Ana Fernández, Nadia de Santiago, Blanca Suárez and Maggie ...

'' (2017) * ''

Money Heist ''Money Heist'' ( es, La casa de papel, link=no, , ) is a Spanish heist crime drama television series created by Álex Pina. The series traces two long-prepared heists led by the Professor (Álvaro Morte), one on the Royal Mint of Spain, and ...

'' (2017) * ''

One Careful Owner ''One Careful Owner'' ( es, El inconveniente) is a 2020 Spanish comedy film directed by Bernabé Rico, starring Kiti Mánver and Juana Acosta. The film was nominated for three Goya Awards and two Feroz Awards. It was produced by La Claqueta P ...

'' (2020) * ''

Mamacruz ''Mamacruz'' is a 2023 Spanish-Venezuelan comedy-drama film directed by Patricia Ortega and written by Ortega and José Ortuño. It stars Kiti Mánver. Plot The plot concerns about the rediscovery of an old woman's long-forgotten sexuality an ...

'' (2023)

Accolades

References

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* 1953 births Living people Actresses from Andalusia People from Antequera Spanish film actresses Chicas Almodóvar 20th-century Spanish actresses 21st-century Spanish actresses Spanish television actresses Spanish stage actresses {{Spain-actor-stub