Ana María Noé (1914 – 9 July 1970) was a Spanish actress.

Biography

Ana María Noé began her artistic career in Barcelona and began to gain prominence after the

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. By 1940 she had her own company with which she performed ''Lo increíble'' (1940), ' (1941), and ' (1942), all by

Jacinto Benavente Jacinto Benavente y Martínez (12 August 1866 – 14 July 1954) was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century. He was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious t ...

and Enric Guitart. In 1942 she premiered ''

Time and the Conways ''Time and the Conways'' is a British play written by J. B. Priestley in 1937 illustrating J. W. Dunne's Theory of Time through the experience of a moneyed Yorkshire family, the Conways, over a period of nineteen years from 1919 to 1937. It ...

'' by J. B. Priestley in Spain, at Teatro María Guerrero, followed by ' with at the Teatro Español, ''Hay una mujer de diferencia'' (1944), and ' (1945). In the early 1950s she joined the company of the Teatro Español, under the direction of José Tamayo, and premiered great literary plays such as ' by

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(1954), ''

Six Characters in Search of an Author ''Six Characters in Search of an Author'' ( ) is an Italian play by Luigi Pirandello, written and first performed in 1921. An absurdist metatheatric play about the relationship among authors, their characters, and theatre practitioners, it p ...

'' by Pirandello (1955), ' by Diego Fabbri (1956), ''

The Crucible ''The Crucible'' is a 1953 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay from 1692 to 1693. Miller wrote ...

'' by Arthur Miller (1956), '' The Diary of Anne Frank'' (1957), ''

Requiem for a Nun ''Requiem for a Nun'' is a work of fiction written by William Faulkner. It is a sequel to Faulkner's early novel ''Sanctuary'', which introduced the characters of Temple Drake, her friend (later husband) Gowan Stevens, and Gowan's uncle Gavin S ...

'' by William Faulkner (1957), ''

Don Juan Tenorio ''Don Juan Tenorio: Drama religioso-fantástico en dos partes'' (Don Juan Tenorio: Religious-Fantasy Drama in Two Parts) is a Play (theatre), play written by José Zorrilla and produced in 1844. It is the most romantic of the two principal Span ...

'' by José Zorrilla (1958), and ' by

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(1958). In the early 1960s she left the Teatro Español, but maintained her theatrical activity with hits such as ''

Long Day's Journey into Night ''Long Day's Journey into Night'' is a play in four acts written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill in 1939–1941 and first published posthumously in 1956. It is widely regarded as his magnum opus and one of the great American plays of the ...

'' by Eugene O'Neill (1960), '' La dama del alba'' by Alejandro Casona (1962), and ' by (1964). She debuted in the cinema and acted in 20 films, some of them

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s in the 1960s. In that decade she also had a prominent presence on television, with appearances on shows such as ' and ''

Estudio 1 ''Estudio 1'' was a long-running Spanish television anthology series by Televisión Española presenting many classic plays for the home audience since 1965. It was equivalent to ' (1966–1985) on TF1 and ''Play of the Month'' (1965–1983) on ...

''.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Noe, Ana Maria 1914 births 1970 deaths 20th-century Spanish actresses Actors from Palma de Mallorca Spanish film actresses Spanish television actresses Spanish stage actresses