María Teresa Rabal Balaguer (born 1952) is a Spanish

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

singer Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

and

television presenter A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces, hosts television show, television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. Nowadays, it is common for ...

.Powrie, Davies & Babington p.65 The daughter of actors

Francisco Rabal Francisco Rabal Valera (8 March 1926 – 29 August 2001), better known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter born in Águilas, a town in the south-western part of the province of Murcia, Spain. Throughout his career, Raba ...

and

Asunción Balaguer María Asunción Balaguer Golobart (8 November 1925 – 23 November 2019) was a Spanish actress. She appeared in more than 100 films and television shows from 1952 to 2016. In 1983, she played ''El barón'', by Leandro Fernández de Moratí ...

, she first appeared as

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before going on to star in several 1970s films as an adult.

Selected filmography

* ''

Viridiana ''Viridiana'' () is a 1961 Spanish-Mexican film directed by Luis Buñuel and produced by Gustavo Alatriste. It is loosely based on the 1895 novel ''Halma'' by Benito Pérez Galdós. The film was the co-winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Canne ...

'' (1961) * ''

Goya, a Story of Solitude ''Goya, a Story of Solitude'' (Spanish: ''Goya, historia de una soledad'') is a 1971 Spanish historical drama film directed by Nino Quevedo. It was entered into the 1971 Cannes Film Festival. The film was heavily cut by censors before its relea ...

'' (1971) * ''

Spaniards in Paris ''Spaniards in Paris'' ( es, Españolas en París) is a 1971 Spanish drama film directed by Roberto Bodegas. It was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Laura Valenzuela as Emilia * Ana Belén as Isabel * Máximo Val ...

'' (1971) * '' Bianco, rosso e...'' (1972) * '' Matrimonio al desnudo'' (1974) * ''

The Good Days Lost ''The Good Days Lost'' (Spanish: ''Los buenos días perdidos'') is a 1975 Spanish comedy film directed by Rafael Gil starring Juan Luis Galiardo, Teresa Rabal, and Queta Claver.de España, Rafael. ''Directory of Spanish and Portuguese Film-Makers a ...

'' (1975) * ''

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'' (1975) * '' Ambitious'' (1976) * ''

Despite Everything ''Despite Everything'' ( es, A pesar de todo) is a popular 2019 Spanish comedy film directed by Gabriela Tagliavini and starring Blanca Suárez, Macarena García, Amaia Salamanca, and Belén Cuesta . The film premiered at the Málaga Film Festi ...

'' (2019)

References

Bibliography

* Phil Powrie, Ann Davies & Bruce Babington. ''The Trouble with Men: Masculinities in European and Hollywood Cinema''. Wallflower Press, 2004.

External links

* 1952 births Living people Spanish film actresses Spanish television presenters Spanish women television presenters People from Barcelona Spanish circus performers 20th-century Spanish actresses 21st-century Spanish actresses {{Spain-film-actor-stub