Bárbara Rey (
Totana,
Murcia
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,
Spain
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, 2 February 1950) is a Spanish film and television
actress
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
. She is the daughter of Andrés García Valenzuela and Salvadora García Molina.
Rey represented Spain at the 21st annual
Miss World
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pageant under her original name María García.
Her real fame came in 1975 with the TV program ''
Palmarés'' which made her a sex-symbol. After that she appeared in many
revue
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s in theatres. In the 1970s she became an icon of the ''
destape'' films (films where Spaniards could see naked women in film for the first time after
Francoist censorship ended).
In the 1980s she appeared in many revues and TV shows such as ''Primera función'' (1989) or ''
Pero ¿esto qué es?'' (1989) Since the 2000s she became a regular guest of gossip TV shows and she also appeared as contestant in some
reality show
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s such as ''
Esta cocina es un infierno'', in
Telecinco
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, or ''
Acorralados''.
Personal life
In 1980 she married
lion tamer Ángel Cristo with whom she had two children, Ángel Cristo Jr. (1981) and Sofía Cristo (1983). They worked together in his
circus
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in different shows. He was a drunk and abusive towards Bárbara. They divorced in 1988.
Between 1976 and 1994, she had an extramarital romantic relationship with
King Juan Carlos I
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.
Work
Filmography
* ''
Los cien caballeros'' (1969)
* ''
La vida sigue igual'' (1969)
* ''
Crimen imperfecto'' (1970)
* ''
A mí las mujeres ni fu ni fa'' (1971), by
Mariano Ozores.
* ''
París bien vale una moza'' (1972)
* ''
La llamaban la Madrina'' (1973), by
Mariano Ozores.
* ''
Separación matrimonial'' (1973), by
Angelino Fons.
* ''
El consejero'' (1973)
* '' La llamaban "La Madrina"'' (1973)
* ''
La noche de los brujos'' (1973)
* ''
The Girl from the Red Cabaret
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'' (1973)
* ''
The Ghost Galleon'' (1974), by
Amando de Ossorio
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Biography
De Ossorio directed a shor ...
.
* ''
El amor empieza a medianoche'' (1974), de
Pedro Lazaga
Pedro Lazaga Sabater (3 October 1918 – 30 November 1979) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 90 films between 1948 and 1979.
Selected filmography
* '' The Black Siren'' (1947)
* ''María Morena
''Mar ...
.
* ''
El chulo'' (1974)
* ''
Onofre
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'' (1974), by
Luis María Delgado
Luis María Delgado (1926–2007) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter.Labanyi & Pavlović p.216 He was the son of the director Fernando Delgado.
Selected filmography
* ''Love and Desire'' (1952)
* ''That Man from Tangier'' (1953)
* ''Man ...
.
* ''
Zorrita Martínez'' (1975), by
Vicente Escrivá.
* ''
Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe'' (1975), de
Antonio Drove.
* ''
Cuando Conchita se escapa, no hay tocata '' (1976), by
Luis María Delgado
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Selected filmography
* ''Love and Desire'' (1952)
* ''That Man from Tangier'' (1953)
* ''Man ...
.
* ''
La viuda andaluza'' (1976)
* ''
Deseo'' (1976)
* ''
Call Girl: La vida privada de una señorita bien'' (1976)
* ''
La muerte ronda a Mónica'' (1976), junto a su gran amiga
Jenny Llada
* ''
Las delicias de los verdes años'' (1976), de
Antonio Mercero
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.
* ''
Virilidad a la española'' (1976), de
Francisco Lara Polop.
* ''
Carne apaleada'' (1977), de
Javier Aguirre
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.
* ''
Me siento extraña'' (1977), de
Enrique Martí Maqueda.
* ''
Desnuda ante el espejo'' (1977)
* ''
Cuentos de las sábanas blancas'' (1977)
* ''
Virilidad a la española'' (1977)
* ''
La escopeta nacional
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'' (1978), by
Luis García Berlanga
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.
* ''
Rostros'' (1978)
* ''
Puerco mundo'' (1978)
* ''
Historia de Eva'' (1978)
* ''
...And Give Us Our Daily Sex'' (1979), by
José Ramón Larraz
José Ramón Larraz Gil (1929 – 3 September 2013) was a Spanish director of exploitation and horror films such as the erotic and bloody '' Vampyres'' (1974), ''The House that Vanished'' (1973), ''Symptoms'' (1974), ''Black Candles'' (1982) a ...
.
* ''
Mi adúltero esposo'' (1978)
* ''
Piccole Labbra'' (1978)
* ''
Unos granujas decentes'' (1980)
Television
;as host
* ''Especial nochevieja'' (1975)
* ''
Palmarés'' (1976)
* ''
Esto es espectáculo'' (1994-1996)
* ''
En casa de Bárbara'' (2000-2005)
* ''
Murcia, qué hermosa eres'' (2005)
References
Bibliography
* Mira, Alberto. ''The A to Z of Spanish Cinema''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010.
External links
*
1950 births
Living people
Spanish film actresses
Spanish television actresses
Spanish circus performers
20th-century Spanish actresses
Actors from the Region of Murcia
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