María Luisa Paredes Bartolomé (born 3 April 1946), known professionally as Marisa Paredes, is a Spanish actress.

Biography

Paredes began acting in 1960 film, '' 091 Policia al Habla'' (''091, Police Speaking!'') She became a teen idol across

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after that film. In 1961, she made her début in theatre and since then she has performed different plays such as ''

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'' with

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. In 1975, she and

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collaborated in a cartoon film about him, ''Rafael en Raphael''. She has participated in 73 films and television series. She portrayed the leading role of ''La Peregrina'' in a television production of Alejandro Casona's ''

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''.

Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (; (often known simply as Almodóvar) born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish filmmaker. His films are marked by melodrama, irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotations from popular culture, and complex narra ...

helped her to achieve her international fame, as she starred many of his films. In fact, in Spain, she is called "una chica Almodóvar" ("an Almodóvar girl"). She appeared in ''

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'' (1991), '' The Flower of My Secret'' (1995), '' All About My Mother'' (1999) and ''

The Skin I Live In ''The Skin I Live In'' ( es, link=no, La piel que habito) is a 2011 Spanish science fiction psychological thriller film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet and Roberto Á ...

'' (2011). For her role in ''The Flower of My Secret'', she was nominated for the Best Actress

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. She has appeared in several other acclaimed films, including '' In a Glass Cage'' (1986) by

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(Majorca), ''

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'' (1998) by

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(Italy), ''

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'' (1996) by

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and ''

The Devil's Backbone ''The Devil's Backbone'' ( es, El espinazo del diablo) is a 2001 gothic horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro, and written by del Toro, David Muñoz, and Antonio Trashorras. The film is set in Spain, 1939, during the final year of the ...

'' (2001) by

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(both from

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). In 1996, she was given the National Film Award by the

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. From 2000 to 2003 she was the president of the

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. This period has been one of the most controversial ones as in the beginnings of the

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, the workers of the cinema industry complained about this and other polemical issues. In 2007, she was given at

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, a National Film Award named after

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. Her last cinematic success was the film ''

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'' (Spanish: Mi familia Italiana) (2015). In the 1970s, she had a domestic partnership of about 7 years with filmmaker

Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi Lasa (22 March 1927 – 28 September 2017) was a Spanish film director and producer. Isasi-Isasmendi began working in the production firm Emisora Films as an assistant manager, film editor, scriptwriter, lead producer, a ...

, whom with she had one daughter,

María Isasi María Carlota Isasi-Isasmendi Paredes (born 29 September 1975) is a Spanish actress. Isasi is the daughter of Spanish parents, film director Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi and actress Marisa Paredes. She graduated in Fine Arts and studied acting at ...

. Since 1983, she has been in a relationship with Chema Prado.

Filmography

Awards

Goya Awards Screen Actors Guild Awards Fotogramas de Plata Union of Actors Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Paredes, Marisa 1946 births Living people Actresses from Madrid Spanish film actresses 20th-century Spanish actresses 21st-century Spanish actresses Chicas Almodóvar