María de la Concepción Núñez Garrido (1943 – 26 June 2009) was a Spanish actress.

Biography

Conchita Núñez began her career on the radio in the 1950s, and in the early 1960s she switched to acting. She participated in variety shows, including ''Señorío del cante'' with El Príncipe Gitano and (1964). She demonstrated her talent for singing in plays such as ' by

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(1963), '' Relatively Speaking'' by Alan Ayckbourn (1968), ' by Robert Lamoreux (1972), and several works by

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: ''Educando a un idiota'' (1965), ''Una monja'' (1968), ' (1969), ' (1969), and ' (1970). She made a dozen films, including ''Valiente'' by Luis Marquina (1964), '' Proceso a la conciencia'' by Agustín Navarro (1964), and ''Las cicatrices'' by

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(1967). Despite this body of work, the Spanish public recognizes her less for her face than for her voice. She worked in

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in the 1960s, and began to do so exclusively in 1973, devoting more than 40 years (until a few months before her death) to this facet of film and television performance. She voiced famous cartoon characters like Pedro the goatherd in ''

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'' (1974), Concetta in ' (1976), Pedrito in '' Once Upon a Time... Man'' (1978), Kira in '' Once Upon a Time... Space'' (1982), and Tom Sawyer in ''

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'' (1980). She also dubbed, among hundreds of others, the actresses Carole André (Mariana) on ''

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'' (1976),

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(Krystle Carrington) on ''

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'' (1982),

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'' (1989), and

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(Margaret Chenowith) on '' Six Feet Under'' (2004). She died on 26 June 2009 from a long

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Filmography

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