Marta Flores (1913–2005) was a Spanish actress who appeared in more than ninety productions during her lengthy career. During the 1930s and 1940s Flores was a

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in films like ''

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''Davies and Wells p.43 She later switched to playing smaller

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Selected filmography

* ''Los héroes del barrio'' (1937) * ''Usted tiene ojos de mujer fatal'' (1939) * ''

'' (1940) * ''El 13.000'' (1941) * ''El sobre lacrado'' (1941) - Romualda * ''

Goyescas ''Goyescas'', Op. 11, subtitled ''Los majos enamorados'' (''The Gallants in Love''), is a piano suite written in 1911 by Spanish composer Enrique Granados. It was inspired by the work of the Spanish artist Francisco Goya. The piano pieces have no ...

'' (1942) - Pepa, La Gitana * ''Melodías prohibidas'' (1942) * ''Cuando pasa el amor'' (1943) * ''Piruetas juveniles'' (1944) - Angela, la madre di Stella * ''Cero en conducta'' (1945) * ''Se le fue el novio'' (1945) - Isabel * ''La hija del circo'' (1945) * ''Ramsa'' (1946) * ''El castillo de Rochal'' (1946) * ''Alma baturra'' (1948) * ''La casa de las sonrisas'' (1948) - Susana * ''Don Juan de Serrallonga'' (1949) - Amiga de Juana en baile * '' Life in Shadows'' (1949) - Esposa * ''¿Milagro en la ciudad?'' (1957) * ''La muralla'' (1958) - amiga de Matilde * ''La tirana'' (1958) - Marquesa * ''Un vaso de whisky'' (1959) - Extranjera * ''Miss Cuplé'' (1959) - Amalia Escuder * ''Sangue na Arena'' (1959) - Monja * ''El emigrante'' (1960) - Marquesa * ''El amor empieza en sábado'' (1961) - Florette * ''No dispares contra mí'' (1961) - Madame de la fiesta * ''La mentira tiene cabellos rojos'' (1962) - Invitada de la fiesta * ''

That Man in Istanbul ''That Man in Istanbul'' ( es, Estambul 65, it, Colpo grosso a Galata Bridge, french: L'Homme d'Istamboul) is a 1965 English-language European international co-production adventure film directed by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi and starring Horst Buc ...

'' (1965) - Lady in Casino * ''El hijo de Gabino Barrera'' (1965) * ''Tumba para un forajido'' (1965) - Madre de Frank * ''El terrible de Chicago'' (1967) - Mrs. Brown * ''La 'mini' tía'' (1968) - Madre del niño * ''Elisabet'' (1968) * ''Turistas y bribones'' (1969) - Marquesa * ''El señorito y las seductoras'' (1969) - Madre en gasolinera * '' Veinte pasos para la muerte'' (1970) - Sra. Fox * ''¿Quién soy yo?'' (1970) - Mujer del prefecto * ''Investigación criminal'' (1970) * ''

Rain for a Dusty Summer ''Rain for a Dusty Summer'', originally known as ''Miguel Pro'' and released on DVD as ''Guns of the Revolution'', is a 1971 Mexican revolution film. Shot on location in Spain, it depicts the life and death of Mexican priest Miguel Pro during th ...

'' (1971) - Margarita * ''Una cuerda al amanecer'' (1972) * ''Horror Story'' (1972) - Comisaria * ''La otra imagen'' (1973) * ''Aborto criminal'' (1973) * ''Los Kalatrava contra el imperio del karate'' (1974) - Secretaria de rodaje * ''Emma, puertas oscuras'' (1974) - Srta. Evans * ''Chicas de alquiler'' (1974) - Jefa de la agencia * ''Larga noche de julio'' (1974) - Empleada de la taquilla * ''La dynamite est bonne à boire'' (1974) * ''El último proceso en París'' (1974) - Portera * ''El asesino de muñecas'' (1975) - Invitada de la fiesta * ''Yo fui el rey'' (1975) - Dueña de la casa * ''Guapa, rica y... especial'' (1976) - Señora 1ª * ''

Long Vacations of 36 ''Long Vacations of 36'' ( es, Las largas vacaciones del 36) is a 1976 Spanish drama film directed by Jaime Camino dealing with the effects of Spanish Civil War on a bourgeois family trapped by the conflict in a tourist village near Barcelona. ...

'' (1976) - Mujer * ''La nueva Marilyn'' (1976) - Mujer que ayuda a Teresa * ''La ciutat cremada'' (1976) * ''La perversa caricia de Satán'' (1976) - 1st Lady Guest * ''Vivir a mil'' (1976) - Dueña casa de citas * ''Una prima en la bañera'' (1976) * ''Sexy... amor y fantasía'' (1977) - María * ''Las alegres chicas de 'El Molino (1977) - Tía de Christa * ''Fraude matrimonial'' (1977) - Luisa (uncredited) * ''El despertar de los sentidos'' (1977) * '' Perros callejeros'' (1977) - Familiar de Isabel * ''La viuda andaluza'' (1977) * ''Borrasca'' (1978) - Esposa del alcalde * ''Óscar, Kina y el láser'' (1978) - Pueblerina * ''Cuarenta años sin sexo'' (1979) - Mujer de Agapito (uncredited) * ''

Companys, procés a Catalunya ''Companys, procés a Catalunya'' ( es, Companys, proceso a Cataluña) is a 1979 Spanish Catalan drama film directed by Josep Maria Forn, based on the last months of the life of the President of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, in which he shows his ...

'' (1979) - Senyora Cua * ''Sensitività'' (1979) - Marta - Lillian's aunt * ''Los bingueros'' (1979) - Mujer velatorio 2 (uncredited) * ''La verdad sobre el caso Savolta'' (1980) - Vecina (uncredited) * ''Viaje al más allá'' (1980) - Sor Clara * ''Neumonía erótica y pasota'' (1981) - Pitonisa * ''Barcelona sur'' (1981) * ''Una rosa al viento'' (1984) - Cocinera * ''Yo, 'El Vaquilla (1985) - Monja * ''El lío de papá'' (1985) - Ramona * ''La joven y la tentación'' (1986) * ''Crónica sentimental en rojo'' (1986) - Dueña del bar * ''Mordiendo la vida'' (1986) - La Trueno * ''Andalucía chica'' (1988) * ''El aire de un crimen'' (1988) - Dueña de la pensión * ''Cásate conmigo, Maribel'' (2002) - Dña. Mercedes (final film role)

References

Bibliography

* Davies, Anthony & Wells, Stanley. ''Shakespeare and the Moving Image: The Plays on Film and Television''. Cambridge University Press, 1994.

External links

* 1913 births 2005 deaths Spanish film actresses Actresses from Madrid {{Spain-film-actor-stub