Queta Claver (June 24, 1929 – May 3, 2003) was a Spanish actress, singer, and dancer, known for her "
vedette" roles in stage revues.
Early life
Enriqueta Claver Delás was born in
València
Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area also ...
, Spain in 1929 (some sources give 1932). Her mother was actress
Enriqueta Delás. Claver attended the Conservatorio de València.
Career
Films featuring Queta Claver included ''La bella Mimí'' (1960), ''El vikingo'' (1972), ''Tamaño natural'' (1974),
''Los buenos días perdidos'' (1975),
''Los placeres ocultos'' (1977), ''
El sacerdote
''El Sacerdote'' ( en, The Priest) is a 1978 Spanish film directed by Eloy de la Iglesia and starring Simón Andreu, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba and Esperanza Roy. The plot centres around a Catholic priest who suffers a personal crisis when his sexual ...
'' (1978), ''
El diputado
''El diputado'' is a 1978 Spanish drama film co-written and directed by Eloy de la Iglesia.
Nowadays, the film is a portrait of the society during the Spanish transition to democracy times.
Plot
Madrid, Roberto Orbea (''José Sacristán'') is a ...
'' (1978),
''La colmena'' (1982), ''El pico'' (1983), ''Tiempo de silencio'' (1986), ''
Voyage to Nowhere
''Voyage to Nowhere'' ( es, El viaje a ninguna parte) is a 1986 Spanish comedy drama film written, starred and directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez. It is based on his own novel with the same title.
Awards
The film won the First Goya Award ever gi ...
'' (1986), ''Colegas'' (1987)
''Montoyos y Tarantos'' (1989), and
''Beltenebros'' (1991).
Claver also appeared in plays and especially in revues, beginning with ''Un crimen vulgar'' (1950). She was also seen in ''Moreno tiene que ser'', ''Doña Mariquita de mi corazón'', ''¡Cinco minutos nada menos!'', ''A vivir del cuento'', ''Ana María'', ''La chacha, Rodríguez y su padre'', ''Una jovencita de 800 años'', ''Metidos en Harina'', ''Tres eran tres... ¡los novios de Elena!'', ''Un millón de dolares'', ''¡Ay, qué ladronas!''. She specialized in "vedette" roles in the revue.
Her television roles came in such series as ''Suspiros de España'' (1974), ''Juanita, la Larga'' (1982), ''Goya'' (1982), ''Clase media'' (1987), ''Compuesta y sin novio'' (1994), ''Ada Madrina'' (1999) and ''Nada es para siempre'' (2000).
She won the Valladolid gold medal for her work in ''El sueño de la razón''.
["Fallece Queta Claver, una de las 'vedettes' más populares de los años 50"](_blank)
''El País'' (5 May 2003). She also won two acting prizes from the National Syndicate of Spectacle, in 1972 (best supporting actress) and 1975 (best actress).
Personal life
Queta Claver married dancer Paco Alba, but they were separated at the time of her death. She died in 2003, in
Madrid
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age 73 years, from coronary disease.
''Diario de León'' (6 May 2003).
References
External links
*
Queta Claver on BFI
Queta Claver memorial
on Find a Grave.
* Juan José Montijano Ruiz
''Queta Claver “…y no te olvides nunca, de Ana María…”''
(Circulo Rojo Editorial 2015). (A recent biography.)
A 1978 photograph of Queta Claver
at Getty Images
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1929 births
2003 deaths
Spanish actresses