Perla Cristal (born September 29, 1937) is an

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actress and vedette and singer who began her career in her native country, with incursions into Hollywood and Spanish and Italian cinema. She settled in Spain in the early 1960s and continued her career in film. Cristal's first starring role was in the 1950 film '' Arroz con leche'' under director

Carlos Schlieper Carlos Schlieper (23 September 1902 – 11 April 1957 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentina, Argentine film director and screenwriter of the classic era. His father, Hermann Heinrich Schlieper Feldmann (1842-1925), was an industrialist of Germans, ...

. Other notable films include ''

The Black Tulip ''The Black Tulip'' is a historical novel and a work of Romantic poetry written by Alexandre Dumas, père, and first published in 1850. Story It begins with a historic event of 1672, the lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt an ...

'' (1964), starring

Alain Delon Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (; born 8 November 1935) is a French actor and filmmaker. He was one of Europe's most prominent actors and screen sex symbols in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. In 1985, he won the César Award for Best Actor for h ...

and

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, and '' The Corruption of Chris Miller'' (1972), with

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and Marisol. She also appeared in

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's ''

The Awful Dr. Orloff ''The Awful Dr. Orloff'' ( es, Gritos en la noche, translation=Screams in the Night; french: L'Horrible Docteur Orloff) is a 1962 horror film written and directed by Jesús Franco. It stars Howard Vernon as the mad Dr. Orloff (sometimes spelled O ...

'' (1962) and starred opposite

Paul Naschy Paul Naschy (born Jacinto Molina Álvarez, September 6, 1934 – November 30, 2009) was a Spanish film actor, screenwriter, and director working primarily in horror films. His portrayals of numerous classic horror figures— The Wolfman, ...

in '' The Fury of the Wolfman'' (1972).

Filmography

*1950: Rice and Milk *1954: La cueva de Ali-Babá *1962:

The Awful Dr. Orlof ''The Awful Dr. Orloff'' ( es, Gritos en la noche, translation=Screams in the Night; french: L'Horrible Docteur Orloff) is a 1962 horror film written and directed by Jesús Franco. It stars Howard Vernon as the mad Dr. Orloff (sometimes spelled O ...

*1962: I motorizzati (uncredited) *1963: Las enfermeras (TV Series) *1963: Escala en Hi-Fi *1963: Four Nights of the Full Moon *1964: The Mistresses of Dr. Jekyll *1964: Pão, Amor e... Totobola *1964: Primera fila (TV Series, 2 episodes) *1964: The Black Tulip *1964:

The Avenger of Venice ''The Avenger of Venice'' ( it, Il ponte dei sospiri, es, El puente de los suspiros, link=no) is a 1964 adventure film written and directed by Pierro Pierotti and Carlo Campogalliani and starring Brett Halsey and Gianna Maria Canale. It is b ...

*1964: La muerte silba un blues *1964: Historias de mi barrio (TV Series, 2 episodes) *1964: La cesta *1964: Búsqueme a esa chica *1964: Un tiro por la espalda *1965: Espionage in Tangiers *1965: La vuelta *1966:

Seven Guns for the MacGregors ''Seven Guns for the MacGregors'' ( it, Sette pistole per i MacGregor) is a Technicolor 1966 Spaghetti Western. It is the directorial debut film of Franco Giraldi (here credited as Frank Garfield), who was Sergio Leone's assistant in ''A Fistfu ...

*1966: Novela (TV Series, 1 episode) *1966: Culpable para un delito *1966: Hoy como ayer *1966: The Tall Women *1966: Two Thousand Dollars for Coyote *1967: A Witch Without a Broom *1967: La familia Colón (TV Series, 1 episode) *1967:

The Christmas Kid ''The Christmas Kid'' (also known as ''Joe Navidad'') is a 1967 western film directed by Sidney W. Pink and distributed in America by Troma Entertainment. Plot In a small western town in Arizona called Jaspen, a boy is born on Christmas Day. Jo ...

*1967: Crónica de nueve meses *1967: El rostro del asesino *1967:

Forty Degrees in the Shade ''Forty Degrees in the Shade'' (Spanish:''40 grados a la sombra'') is a 1967 Argentine-Spanish comedy film directed by Mariano Ozores starring Gracita Morales, Antonio Ozores and Manuel Velasco.Cowie & Elley p.488 Cast * Gracita Morales as Filom ...

*1967:

Seven Vengeful Women ''Seven Vengeful Women'' (Spanish: ''Las siete magníficas'', Italian: ''7 donne per una strage'') is a 1966 western film directed by Rudolf Zehetgruber and Sidney W. Pink.Weisser p.207 It stars Anne Baxter, Maria Perschy and Gustavo Rojo. It was ...

*1968: Oscuros sueños de agosto *1968:

White Comanche ''White Comanche'' or ''Comanche blanco'' or ''Rio Hondo'' is a 1968 Spaghetti Western starring William Shatner in a dual role. The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book ''The Official Razzie Movie Guide'' as one o ...

*1968: 1001 Nights *1969: De Picos Pardos a la ciudad *1969: Juicio de faldas *1969: Susana *1970: Versatile Lovers *1970: ¿Por qué pecamos a los cuarenta? *1970: Sin un adiós *1970:

Reverend's Colt ''Reverend's Colt'' (originally titled ''Reverendo Colt'') is a 1970 Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western directed by León Klimovsky. Cast * Guy Madison: Reverend Miller * Richard Harrison (actor), Richard Harrison: Sheriff Donovan * Ennio Gir ...

*1971: El Cristo del Océano *1971: Los jóvenes amantes *1972: The Fury of the Wolfman *1972: Dust in the Sun *1966-1973: Estudio 1 (TV Series, 5 episodes) *1973: Tarde para todos (TV Series, 1 episode) *1973: The Corruption of Chris Miller *1973:

Counselor at Crime ''Counselor at Crime'' ( it, Il consigliori, also known as ''The Counsellor'') is a 1973 Italian-Spanish crime film directed by Alberto De Martino and starring Tomas Milian, Martin Balsam and Francisco Rabal. Cast * Tomas Milian: Thomas Accard ...

*1973: Celos, amor y Mercado Común *1974: Hay que matar a B. *1974: El chulo *1974: Emma, puertas oscuras *1974: Señora doctor *1974: Cinco almohadas para una noche *1974: Las correrías del Vizconde Arnau *1974: Los inmorales *1974: Aquí y ahora (TV Series, 1 episode) *1975: El comisario G. en el caso del cabaret *1976: Fox Hunt *1976: Daphnis and Chloe *1977: Las marginadas *1977: The Black Pearl *1980: Pato a la naranja (TV Series, 3 episodes) *1984: Condemned to Hell *1988: Jailbird Rock *1989: La blanca paloma *1996: La revista (TV Series, 1 episode) *1996-1997: Éste es mi barrio (TV Series, 2 episodes) *2001: La novia del príncipe (Video) *2005: Roast Rabbit, Peruvian Girl and Desolation (Short) *2005: Entre voces (Short) *2006-2007: Amar es para siempre (TV Series, 53 episodes) *2007: Hospital Central (TV Series, 1 episode) *2008: Guante blanco (TV Series, 1 episode) *2010: Armando (o la buena vecindad)

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