Marisa Paredes

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Paredes and the second or maternal family name is Bartolomé.
Marisa Paredes
Paredes in February 2024
Born
María Luisa Paredes Bartolomé

(1946-04-03)3 April 1946
Madrid, Spain
Died17 December 2024(2024-12-17) (aged 78)
Madrid, Spain
OccupationActress
Years active1960–2024
ChildrenMaría Isasi
Signature

María Luisa Paredes Bartolomé (3 April 1946 – 17 December 2024), known professionally as Marisa Paredes, was a Spanish actress with a long illustrious career. She acted in more than 75 films, 80 tv shows and 15 plays – with some of Europe's most important directors – and was the recipient of numerous awards.

Life and career

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Paredes made her film debut in José María Forqué's 1960 film Police Calling 091.[1] She became a teen idol across Spain after that film. In 1961, she made her début in theatre and since then she has performed different plays such as Hamlet with Eduard Fernández. In 1975, she and Raphael collaborated in a cartoon film about him, Rafael en Raphael. She has participated in 73 films and television series. She portrayed the leading role of La Peregrina in a television production of Alejandro Casona's La dama del alba.

Pedro Almodóvar helped her to achieve her international fame, as she starred many of his films. In fact, in Spain, she is called "una chica Almodóvar" ("an Almodóvar girl"). She appeared in ‘’ Dark Habits (1983)’’, High Heels (1991), The Flower of My Secret (1995), All About My Mother (1999) and The Skin I Live In (2011). For her role in The Flower of My Secret, she was nominated for the Best Actress Goya Award.

She appeared in several other acclaimed films, including In a Glass Cage (1986) by Agustí Villaronga (Majorca), Life Is Beautiful (1998) by Roberto Benigni (Italy), Deep Crimson (1996) by Arturo Ripstein and The Devil's Backbone (2001) by Guillermo del Toro (both from Mexico).[2]

In 1996, she was given the National Film Award by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. From 2000 to 2003 she was the president of the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España.

In 2007, she was given at Gijón International Film Festival, a National Film Award named after Nacho Martinez.[3] Her last cinematic success was the film Latin Lover (Spanish: Mi familia Italiana) (2015).

In the 1970s, she had a domestic partnership of about 7 years with filmmaker Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, whom with she had one daughter, María Isasi.[4] Between 1983 and her death, she had been in a relationship with Chema Prado.[4]

Paredes died in Madrid on 17 December 2024, at the age of 78.[5][6]

Her lying in repose was held on the next day at the Teatro Español.[7]

She will appear in a posthumous performance in Emergency Exit, expected to be released in 2025.[8]

Selected filmography

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Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes Awards Ref.
1965 El mundo sigue (Life Goes On) Floren [9]
1977 El perro (A Dog Called... Vengeance) Guerrillera
1983 Entre tinieblas (Dark Habits) Sor Estiércol
[10]
1986 Tata mía (Dear Nanny) Paloma [11]
1986 Tras el cristal (In a Glass Cage) Griselda [11]
1987 Cara de acelga (Turnip Top) Olga [11]
1989 Continental Xulia
1991 High Heels Becky del Páramo Sant Jordi Award for Best Spanish Actress, Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Movie Actress, Festival de Gramado Award for Best Actress, Spanish Actors and Actresses Union Award for Lead Performance [10]
1992 La reina anónima (The Anonymous Queen) Desconocida [12]
1992 Hors saison (Off Season) Sarah Bernhardt
1992 Tierno verano de lujurias y azoteas Olga
1993 Tombés du ciel Suzana
1995 La flor de mi secreto (The Flower of My Secret) Leocadia Macías / Amanda Gris / Paz Sufrategui Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Movie Actress, Karlovy Vary IFF Award for Best Actress, Sant Jordi Award for Best Spanish Actress, Premios ACE Award for Best Actress, Nominated—Goya Award for Best Actress
[13]
1995 La nave de los locos (The Ship of Fools) Julia Márquez
1996 Trois vies & une seule mort Maria
1996 Deep Crimson (Profundo Carmesi) Irene Gallardo
1997 La vita è bella (Life Is Beautiful) Madre di Dora
1998 Talk of Angels Doña Consuelo
1999 All About My Mother Huma Rojo Premios ACE Award for Best Supporting Actress, Santa Fe Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress, Nominated—Russian Guild of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Actress
1999 El coronel no tiene quien le escriba (No One Writes to the Colonel) Lola
2001 The Devil's Backbone Carmen
2001 Salvajes (Savages) Berta [14]
2004 Frío sol de invierno (Cold Winter Sun) Raquel [15]
2005 Espelho Mágico (Magic Mirror) Monja
2005 Reinas (Queens) Reyes
[16]
2009 Amores locos (Mad Love) Ana
[17]
2010 El dios de madera (The God of Good) María Luisa Silver Biznaga for Best Actress
2010 Gigola Odette / Gigola's lover
2011 La piel que habito (The Skin I Live In) Marilia
[10]
2011 Les Yeux de sa mère Judit Canalès
2015 Latin Lover Ramona
2018 Petra Marisa
2019 De sable et de feu Lady Williams
2025 Emergency Exit †

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
1988
 2nd Goya Awards Best Supporting Actress Turnip Top Nominated
[18]
1996
 10th Goya Awards Best Actress The Flower of My Secret Nominated
[18]
2012
 21st Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Film Actress in a Minor Role The Skin I Live In Nominated
[19][20]
2018
 32nd Goya Awards Honorary Award — Won
[21]
2019
 6th Feroz Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Film Petra Nominated
[22]
11th Gaudí Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated
[23][24]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year Category Film Result
1998 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Life Is Beautiful Nominated

Fotogramas de Plata

Year Category Labour Result
2015 All her career Won
2006 Best Theatre Actress Hamlet Won
1995 Best Cinema Actress The Flower Of My Secret Won
1991 High Heels Won
1988 Best Theatre Labour Orquídeas a la luz de la luna Nominated
1968 Best Television Performer Won

Union of Actors Awards

Year Category Film Result
1995 Best Cinema Leading Performer The Flower Of My Secret Nominated
1991 High Heels Won

References

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  1. ^ "Las mejores películas de Marisa Paredes: sus personajes inolvidables, de 'Tacones lejanos' a 'La flor de mi secreto'". Cinemanía. 17 December 2024 – via 20minutos.es.
  2. ^ Scott, A. O. (2013). "The Devil's Backbone (review overview)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
  3. ^ Jimenez Murguía, Salvador; Pinar, Alex (18 May 2018). The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 434. ISBN 9781442271333.
  4. ^ a b Madrid, Jose (3 April 2021). "Marisa Paredes, la rebelde dama almodovariana que no quiso pasar por el altar". Vanitatis – via El Confidencial.
  5. ^ "Muere a los 78 años la actriz Marisa Paredes". Cadena SER. 17 December 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Marisa Paredes, Almodóvar star and legend of Spanish cinema, dies aged 78". The Guardian.
  7. ^ Rodríguez, A (18 December 2024). "Un aluvión de rostros famosos acompaña los restos de Marisa Paredes en el Teatro Español". Vanitatis – via El Confidencial.
  8. ^ Campos, Sofía (17 December 2024). ""Emergency exit", la película protagonizada por Marisa Paredes que se estrenará en 2025". La Razón.
  9. ^ "Maestros del cine moderno español (III): Fernando Fernán-Gómez (1ª parte)" (PDF). La Madraza. Centro de Cultura Contemporánea. Universidad de Granada. February 2022. p. 101.
  10. ^ a b c Ramón, Esteban (17 December 2024). "» Cultura Marisa Paredes, un icono almodovariano en cinco películas". rtve.es.
  11. ^ a b c Third Festival of Films from Spain in New York. 1987. p. 18; 32; 36. ISBN 978-92-0-007716-6 – via Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte.
  12. ^ Benavent, Francisco María (2000). Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático. Bilbao: Ediciones Mensajero. p. 495. ISBN 84-271-2326-4.
  13. ^ Pereira Zazo, Oscar (2007). "Reseña de La flor de mi secreto. Relevancia de la feminidad en la identidad masculina". Spanish Language and Literature.
  14. ^ Rooney, David (12 October 2001). "Savages". Variety.
  15. ^ "Frío sol de invierno". elmundo.es. January 2005. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  16. ^ Vidal, Nuria (29 May 2008). "Reinas". Fotogramas.
  17. ^ Holland, Jonathan (28 April 2009). "Mad Love". Variety.
  18. ^ a b Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya (PDF), Lunwerg, 2011, pp. 271, 278, ISBN 978-84-9785-791-8
  19. ^ "XXI Premios de la Unión de Actores". Fotogramas. 7 June 2012.
  20. ^ "XXI Premios de la Unión de Actores". Fotogramas. 19 June 2012.
  21. ^ "Marisa Paredes, Goya de Honor 2018: "Volvería a repetir el discurso del 'no a la guerra'"". rtve.es. 3 February 2018.
  22. ^ Prats, Marina (19 January 2019). "La lista completa de ganadores de los Premios Feroz 2019". HuffPost.
  23. ^ Silvestre, Juan (11 December 2018). "Premios Gaudí 2019: 'Entre dos aguas', 'Viaje al cuarto de una madre' y 'El fotógrafo de Mauthausen', entre las más nominadas". Fotogramas.
  24. ^ "'Entre dos aguas', de Isaki Lacuesta, arrasa en los Premios Gaudí 2019". La Razón. 27 January 2019.
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