María Valverde

María Valverde Rodríguez born 24 March 1987 is a Spanish actress. Contents   1Career 2Personal life 3Filmography 3.1Film 3.2Television 4References 5External links Career At age 16, Valverde had a major role in La Flaqueza del Bolchevique, for which she won Best New Actress at the 18th Goya Awards. Her other films include Melissa P., based on the book One

Fernando Sancho

Fernando Sancho Les 7 January 1916 – 31 July 1990 was a Spanish actor. Contents   1Biography 2Career 3Awards 4Selected filmography 5References 6External links Biography He was born in Zaragoza, in Aragon, Spain on 7 January 1916 and died at Hospital Militar Gómez Ulla in Madrid on 31 July 1990 from a liver failure during or following surgery to remove a malignant tumor in the pancreas. He

Fernando Rey

Fernando Casado Arambillet 20 September 1917 – 9 March 1994, best known as Fernando Rey, was a Spanish film, theatre, and television actor, who worked in both Europe and the United States. A suave, international actor best known for his roles in the films of surrealist director Luis Buñuel (Tristana, 1970; Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, 1972; That Obscure Object of Desire,

Paul Naschy

Paul Naschy born Jacinto Molina Álvarez, September 6, 1934 – November 30, 2009 was a Spanish movie actor, screenwriter, and director working primarily in horror films. His portrayals of numerous classic horror figures—The Wolfman, Frankenstein’s monster, Count Dracula, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Fu Manchu and a mummy—earned him recognition as the Spanish Lon Chaney. He had one of the most recognizable faces in Spanish

Sara Montiel

María Antonia Abad Fernández MML 10 March 1928 – 8 April 2013, known professionally as Sara Montiel, and as Sarita Montiel, was a Spanish singer and actress. She has been called a “sexual, feminist, and gay icon for Francoist Spain.” Montiel was born in Campo de Criptana in the region of Castile–La Mancha in 1928. She worked in Europe, Latin America and United States.

Jordi Mollà

Jordi Mollà i Perales Catalan pronunciation: ; born 1 July 1968 is a Spanish actor, artist, writer, and filmmaker. He has been nominated three times for the Goya Award for Best Actor for The Lucky Star (1997), Second Skin (1999), and El cónsul de Sodoma (1999). Contents   1Early life and education 2Career 2.1Acting 2.2Directing 3Artistic career 4Filmography 4.1Actor 4.2Filmmaking 5References 6External links Early life

Sergi López (actor)

Sergi López i Ayats born 22 December 1965 is a Spanish actor mostly known for his work on Dirty Pretty Things, Solo mía, and Pan’s Labyrinth. Contents   1Early life 2Career 3Selected filmography 4Theatre 5References 6External links Early life Sergi López was initiated in theater in representations of typical nativity plays called Els Pastorets, in his native city. He started to

Alfredo Landa

Alfredo Landa Areta MML 3 March 1933 – 9 May 2013 was a Spanish actor. Contents   1Biography 2Filmography 3Awards and nominations 4Honours 5References 6External links Biography He was born in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain. He finished his pre-university studies in San Sebastián. He then began university studies on Law, where he began to work with university school groups.

Sancho Gracia

Félix Ángel Sancho Gracia 27 September 1936 – 8 August 2012 was a Spanish motion picture and television actor. Biography[edit] Gracia was born and died in Madrid. He started his acting career in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he lived from 1947 until 1961. In Montevideo he was a student of Margarita Xirgu. He made his movie acting debut in France in the 1963 film L’Autre

Juan Luis Galiardo

Juan Luis Galiardo Comes 2 March 1940 – 22 June 2012 was a Spanish television, theater and film actor. Contents   1Life 2Selected filmography 3Notes 4References 5External links Life The eldest of six children, Juan Luis Galiardo Comes was born in San Roque, Cádiz, but spent most of his childhood and youth in Badajoz, where his father