María Luisa Ponte

María Luisa Ponte

Born: June 20, 1918
Died: May 2, 1996
in Medina de Rioseco, Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain
María Luisa Ponte Mancini (21 June 1918 – 2 May 1996) was a Spanish actress. She appeared in over 135 films and television shows between 1952 and 1995. She appeared in the 1977 film Black Litter, which was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival.

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Title: Protagonistas del recuerdo
Character: Maria Luisa Ponte
Released: December 24, 2006
Type: TV
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Title: La Regenta
Character: Petronila Rianzares
Released: January 17, 1995
Type: TV
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La Regenta
Title: La Regenta
Released: January 17, 1995
Type: Movie
The imaginary city of Vetusta, a symbol of anachronistic and oppressive traditions, is the realm of hypocrisy and intolerance that makes Ana Ozores's life unbearable and inevitably tragic.
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El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
Title: El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
Character: Doña Socorro
Released: April 15, 1994
Type: Movie
The argument between Enrique and Javier, his best friend and Marta's husband, his lover, ends with the accidental death of Javier. Faced with the difficulty of proving his innocence, Enrique decides to start, along with Marta and the corpse of Javier, a trip without direction.
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Cradle Song
Title: Cradle Song
Character: Madre Tornera
Released: April 15, 1994
Type: Movie
A group of nuns find an abandoned baby girl at the doorstep of their convent.
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Ni contigo ni sin ti
Title: Ni contigo ni sin ti
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Guillermo is a lonely old man who sees his methodical existence interrupted with the appearance of a new neighbor. A relationship full of fights, misunderstandings and aggression breaks out between them
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Title: Las Chicas de Hoy en Día
Character: Rafaela
Released: September 16, 1991
Type: TV
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Spanish Actress for Russian Minister
Title: Spanish Actress for Russian Minister
Released: January 25, 1990
Type: Movie
A love story between a mythical Russian minister and an opportunist TV series actress.
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Title: Lorca: Death of a Poet
Character: Dolores la Colorina
Released: November 28, 1987
Type: TV
Lorca, a great Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27. He was executed by Nationalist forces at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. Nickolas Grace gives a fabulous interpretation in the title role and he even bears a remarkable resemblance to Lorca.
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Moors and Christians
Title: Moors and Christians
Character: Marcela
Released: October 28, 1987
Type: Movie
A peculiar family, which owns a nougat factory, decides to set out on a trip to Madrid in order to advertise its products in a Food Fair. Besides the disapproval from the family head and company founder, events are not as expected.
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Madrid
Title: Madrid
Character: María Luisa
Released: March 18, 1987
Type: Movie
Hans, a German director, is in Madrid to film a television production about the capital and the Civil War, 50 years after it occurred. Accompanied by Lucía, his editor, and Goyo, his cinematographer, he films shots of the modern city, searching for spaces and people related to its past. At the same time, he views materials related to the past. In this search, Hans questions the point of his project, and disagrees with his producers until he discovers a project that he is passionate about.
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Voyage to Nowhere
Title: Voyage to Nowhere
Character: Julia Iniesta
Released: October 15, 1986
Type: Movie
The Iniesta-Galván family is a theatre company that goes from town to town offering its performances. Over the years, its members will have to adapt to changes and make decisions, like that of whether or not to continue performing. One day, unexpectedly, a son that he has fathered on his travels presents himself to Carlos Galván.
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Title: Segunda Enseñanza
Released: January 23, 1986
Type: TV
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The Court of the Pharaoh
Title: The Court of the Pharaoh
Character: Patricia
Released: September 26, 1985
Type: Movie
In the early Spanish Civil Post-war, in Madrid, during the most hard times of the Franco dictatorship, a group of second-rate players try to get out of their wretched lives taking advantage of the artistic caprices of the son of a rich man who supports the regime. They try to stage a Pre-war 'zarzuela' (a sort of Spanish operetta), 'La Corte Del Faraón', which ironically, thirty years later, is too obscene for the regime censorship. They finally manage to perform the 'zarzuela' but end up in the police station where they confirm that justice depends on which side are you on
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The Heifer
Title: The Heifer
Character: Juana
Released: March 6, 1985
Type: Movie
During the Spanish Civil War a platoon of mismatched Republican soldiers cross the front-line to steal the bull that the enemy is going to fight on the local holiday of the nearby village. In addition to ruining the Nationalist faction's celebration they want the animal in order to butcher it and feed their famished troops. They get caught in the process and have to go through a series of funny and pathetic incidents before they can get back to their side.
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De hombre a hombre
Title: De hombre a hombre
Character: Shangai Lili
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
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El pan debajo del brazo
Title: El pan debajo del brazo
Character: Catalina
Released: March 14, 1984
Type: Movie
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Y del seguro… líbranos, Señor!
Title: Y del seguro… líbranos, Señor!
Character: Dra. Davico
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
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Total
Title: Total
Character: Doña Paquita
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
"Total" opens the trilogy that close "Amanece que no es poco" and "Así en el Cielo como en la Tierra" Year 2598. Three days ago, the world has come to the end in London, a lost and a small Castilian village atmosphere. Lorenzo, a shepherd, tells a series of extraordinary events that have been announcing the end of the world: the cows want to go to school, walls crumble, or Doña Paquita appears in the most unexpected places ..
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National III
Title: National III
Character: Paulita
Released: December 6, 1982
Type: Movie
In order to solve economic problems, "Leguineche" family decide to move to France with their limited belongings.
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El gran mogollón
Title: El gran mogollón
Released: October 28, 1982
Type: Movie
In a western and Mediterranean country, very fond of bullfighting and soccer, legislative elections are held, that is, "El Gran Mogollón" is elected from the bosses. Each leader feels that his position is secure, and some are preparing to take the presidency of "El Gran Mogollón", when the surprise arises: the P.E.R. has won by a wide margin.
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The Beehive
Title: The Beehive
Character: Doña Rosa
Released: October 11, 1982
Type: Movie
As in the novel of the same title from Camilo Jose Cela, "La Colmena" is a sad composition with the stories of many people in the Madrid of 1942, just the postwar of the spanish civil war. The main theme of the film is the contrast between the poets, surviving close to misery under the Franco's regime, and the winners of the war, the emerging class of the people that makes easy money with illegal business.
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Life, Love and Death
Title: Life, Love and Death
Character: Piedad
Released: September 27, 1982
Type: Movie
Divided into three grotesque stories of absurd humor that, as the title suggests, are based on life, love and death.
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¡Caray con la viejecita!
Title: ¡Caray con la viejecita!
Released: May 18, 1982
Type: Movie
A mature woman frequently goes to the lower floors of Azca to connect with the spirit of youth. Upon being assaulted by an attractive young man, she proposes to him to share the soft drugs that she carries in her purse.
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La tía de Carlos
Title: La tía de Carlos
Character: Lucía Castelo Encantado da Selva Fermosa
Released: March 8, 1982
Type: Movie
The father of his girlfriend does not want her to spend a few days with Carlos, so he needs a companion. Therefore, he asks a friend to pretend to be his aunt. This will create endless trouble and confusion, especially when the real aunt of Charles arrives.
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Hooray for Divorce!
Title: Hooray for Divorce!
Character: Enfermera
Released: March 8, 1982
Type: Movie
David is married and has no children. However, outside of marriage, he has longstanding relationships with Susi and Laly, with whom he has had a child with each. He has promised both of then, separately of course, that when the divorce is permitted in Spain he will separate from his wife and regularize his situation with them. Divorce law is approved and conflicts begin. He cannot marry the two together.
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127 millones libres de impuestos
Title: 127 millones libres de impuestos
Character: Marta
Released: July 31, 1981
Type: Movie
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Es peligroso casarse a los 60
Title: Es peligroso casarse a los 60
Character: Matilde
Released: April 25, 1981
Type: Movie
A confirmed bachelor, over his sixties, is finally decided to marry, with the primary objective of having a son to inherit his business of coaches for tourists. Held the wedding, descendants don't arrive, but what comes into the house of the protagonist is an 18-year-old daughter of a distant childhood sweetheart willing to impose other points of view about everything.
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The Magic Garter Belt
Title: The Magic Garter Belt
Character: Úrsula
Released: December 19, 1980
Type: Movie
A solicitor's secretary goes to a creepy mansion to hand an inheritance to the deceased's niece. The house's service is trying to terrify the girl out of the house, where they know a treasure is hidden.
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Spoiled Children
Title: Spoiled Children
Character: Eulalia
Released: December 18, 1980
Type: Movie
This satirical comedy follows the strict older generation pitting themselves against the pleasure-seeking youths, both in 1947 and in 1978.
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The Nest
Title: The Nest
Character: Amparo
Released: September 18, 1980
Type: Movie
In a town near Salamanca, an eccentric widower, aged 60, is captivated by an imp, a precocious 13 year old. Alejandro is wealthy and alone, passing time with music, chess, and his shotgun. Gregoria (Goyita) the daughter of a weak-willed policeman and his bullying wife, is a budding naturalist who conspires to meet Alejandro. Even though he knows the village is talking, Alejandro spends time with Goyita, on walks, horseback rides, and dinners. He's enchanted and tells his friend the village priest that he's living for the first time. Goyita makes new demands on Alejandro, and he must decide how to be true to his ethics and to this Platonic yet highly-charged relationship.
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Él y él
Title: Él y él
Character: La madre
Released: June 9, 1980
Type: Movie
A young college student from a good family feel great vocation as an actor. One day, you're invited to a party at the home of a well-known film producer, fifties and homosexual. Since then, his life will never be the same.
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Title: Fortunata and Jacinta
Character: Lupe Rubín
Released: May 7, 1980
Type: TV
The aristocrat Juan de Santa Cruz meets Fortunata, a girl of humble origins, and a passionate love arises between them; but his mother decides to marry him to her niece Jacinta.
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La campanada
Title: La campanada
Character: Compradora
Released: March 31, 1980
Type: Movie
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La paloma azul
Title: La paloma azul
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
A film that focuses on the sexual changes that occur in the minds and bodies of adolescent boys and girls. It explains the process from sexual contact to childbirth, as well as contraception.
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The Imaginary Invalid
Title: The Imaginary Invalid
Character: Belina
Released: October 14, 1979
Type: Movie
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From Maid to Lady
Title: From Maid to Lady
Character: Adele Romiti
Released: September 25, 1979
Type: Movie
Rubina arrives in Rome from the high mountain in search of her boyfriend Carlo, who refuses to keep her word of marriage, in view of which she falsely accuses him of having raped her and the boy is imprisoned. Rubina is placed as a maid in David's house. David who has a bizarre family runs a boutique with his son Leo. She soon becomes a clerk in the store, where she conquers everyone, and marries Leo. She will have various sexual experiences. But she gets pregnant by her boyfriend who has since been released from prison.
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¡Vaya par de gemelos!
Title: ¡Vaya par de gemelos!
Character: Isabel
Released: June 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Pedro and Lucas are two twin brothers, residents of Tarazona, whom fortune smiles very differently. Luke is married to the owner of a modest supermarket and works as dependent, porter and whatever is needed ... Moreover, unlike his brother, he has never left the village. Instead, Pedro is married to the richest chocolate maker in the place, lives like a king and often travels to Madrid. But to justify his travels he has invented an illegitimate son who lives there studying architecture and that his wife wants to protect, giving him all the money he needs. The plan goes perfect until love complicates things.
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El fascista, la beata y su hija desvirgada
Title: El fascista, la beata y su hija desvirgada
Character: Adriana
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Juan, before the economic problems arising as a result of the arrival of democracy in Spain, decides to go to Venezuela, with Jaime, his brother, who has made ​​his fortune in that country. Juan hopes that Jaime will make him a loan, hoping that also Gloria, his daughte,r marries Isidro Gomez de Ansúrez, a boy from a wealthy family.
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Black Litter
Title: Black Litter
Released: September 30, 1977
Type: Movie
Tatin is a young man of fifteen years old who joins a violent group of extreme right-wing ideology, led by Blanca, a mature woman of influential personality.
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The Clear Motives of Desire
Title: The Clear Motives of Desire
Character: Tía Nieves
Released: June 1, 1977
Type: Movie
A morbid curiosity leads Andrea and her friends to spy on a couple of young people during their amorous outings. Javi, the boyfriend, feels bothered because that situation, but ignores that Andrea is attracted to him.
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La mujer es un buen negocio
Title: La mujer es un buen negocio
Character: Madre de Pepa
Released: February 14, 1977
Type: Movie
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Title: Curro Jiménez
Character: Condesa di Alloro
Released: December 22, 1976
Type: TV
Curro Jiménez was a successful Spanish TV series that aired on TVE1 from 22 December 1976 to 1979. Its main theme was Andalusian "bandolerismo" in the 19th century, located in the Ronda mountains. The main characters were four bandits, Curro Jiménez
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La petición
Title: La petición
Character: Francisca
Released: September 21, 1976
Type: Movie
An ambitious young woman from a wealthy family, but unsatisfied with her social position, will not hesitate to use all that is within her reach to achieve her ascent in society.
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The Education in Love of Valentin
Title: The Education in Love of Valentin
Character: Madame Bertrand
Released: May 25, 1976
Type: Movie
This sex comedy concerns the efforts of Julien to get his timid, "backward" 20-year-old son to take an interest in sex and get married. After a series of adventures with women (arranged by papa), Valentin finally gets married to a woman who appears to be as shy as he is. Things get complicated when his father begins an affair with her.
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Los caciques
Title: Los caciques
Character: Eduarda
Released: April 25, 1976
Type: Movie
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The Kidnapping
Title: The Kidnapping
Character: Cristina
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
Inspired by the famous Patty Hearst case, this thriller centers around a young woman who's kidnapped and brainwashed by a crime ring and ends up succumbing to Stockholm Syndrome.
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The Regent's wife
Title: The Regent's wife
Character: Petronila Rianzares
Released: December 19, 1974
Type: Movie
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Clarín, which narrates the difficulties of Ana Ozores to adapt to the sordidness of life in Vetusta, a provincial city of northern Spain inspired in Oviedo. The young Ana, married to a retired regent, lives oppressed by the provincial hypocrisy and the mystical fears of an absorbing religion. Sexually dissatisfied, beset by constant erotic dreams, she reveals in her confessional her intimate torments, and her confessor begins to feel a morbid passion for her. At the same time, Álvaro Mesía, a Don Juan, intends to seduce Ana.
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La Celestina
Title: La Celestina
Character: Celestina
Released: October 27, 1974
Type: Movie
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Title: El pícaro
Character: La posadera
Released: October 16, 1974
Type: TV
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Life Size
Title: Life Size
Released: August 21, 1974
Type: Movie
When Michel gets the life-sized sex doll he ordered, shipped directly from Japan, he is only intrigued by it at first. Then the silent unresponsiveness of the thing begins to haunt him, and he finds himself reacting to it as if it were an equally unresponsive living woman. As time passes, more and more of his life is spent trying to satisfy or placate its relentless silence, and he goes somewhat mad. He dresses the doll and takes it with him wherever he goes. When his usually very tolerant wife discovers what is going on, her jealousy knows no bounds and she attempts to imitate this threatening love-object. The light-hearted quality of this addle-pated fantasy darkens quickly when various neighborhood men attempt to put the doll to its originally intended use.
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La madrastra
Title: La madrastra
Character: Madam Juanita
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
In Segovia at the beginning of the thirties the hoarder widower and Marcos must be prudent but has relations with the sterile prostitute Mercedes every week.
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Las señoritas de mala compañía
Title: Las señoritas de mala compañía
Character: Doña Felisa
Released: December 17, 1973
Type: Movie
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Celos, amor y Mercado Común
Title: Celos, amor y Mercado Común
Character: Juana, la esposa de Luis
Released: November 27, 1973
Type: Movie
The film follows the adventures of several couples in Spain in the early 70s, whose stories intermingle: Luis is an unfaithful husband to his wife Juana, Felipe is a plumber who seeks extra-spousal adventures to hidden from his wife, Rosario, who works as an assistant. Ramón is a pathological jealous whose obsession is that his girlfriend Charity confess the hypothetical adventures he had with other men before meeting him, Irene is a jealous wife of her husband, Carlos, whose professional life gives him numerous opportunities for infidelity, Domin he is a pimp who frequents the brothels of Madrid .
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Title: Los camioneros
Character: Madre
Released: November 12, 1973
Type: TV
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Mi profesora particular
Title: Mi profesora particular
Character: Divina
Released: October 15, 1973
Type: Movie
Loris is a young man who begins a romance with Francisca, his piano teacher, a forty-year-old who lives dominated by her mother, who was a successful soprano in her youth. Loris goes to live at Francisca's house. They will have as neighbor a sexual obsessive, fan of carnivorous plants and spying on people with binoculars. When they are preparing a trip, Francisca's mother shows up at the house. Her initial indignation soon gives way to a great interest for the young man, which will provoke the terrible jealousy of Francisca.
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Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo
Title: Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo
Character: Ama de Don Alonso Quijano
Released: March 9, 1973
Type: Movie
A new vision of the Knight of the sad figure, which lives obsessed by the chivalry and its codes of honor. Accompanied by his unusual squire Sancho Panza, Don Quixote recalls some of the adventures they've shared.
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El padre de la criatura
Title: El padre de la criatura
Character: Esposa de Ramón
Released: March 13, 1972
Type: Movie
Eduardo and Antonia are a mature couple excited about their daughter expecting their first grandchild. But life will change completely when some laboratory tests confirm that it is Antonia who is pregnant and not her daughter. This unexpected situation strongly influences the character of Eduardo, who begins to live what he calls a "second youth".
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La graduada
Title: La graduada
Character: Doña Camuñas
Released: October 18, 1971
Type: Movie
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The Seven Lives of the Cat
Title: The Seven Lives of the Cat
Character: Flérida
Released: March 8, 1971
Type: Movie
Guillermo's family has been living for years a terrible curse. All the women in his family have died because of love and murdered by men of the clan. The funny thing is that before each death a cat appeared. One day, while Guillermo prepares the papers for his marriage with Beatriz, he discovers that both are distant relatives.
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Me debes un muerto
Title: Me debes un muerto
Character: Clienta de Irma
Released: January 8, 1971
Type: Movie
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El dinero tiene miedo
Title: El dinero tiene miedo
Character: Consuelo, mujer de Agustín
Released: November 9, 1970
Type: Movie
John is a rogue that convinces two friends to be trusted with your money, ensuring that you will place in Switzerland in very good condition, but his plan will encounter some difficulties.
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Hamlet
Title: Hamlet
Character: Gertrudis
Released: October 23, 1970
Type: Movie
Hamlet, the young and indolent prince of Denmark, who is sure that his father, the king, has been treacherously murdered by those closest to the throne, decides to take revenge, so he cleverly manipulates the hearts of the members of the court in search of the crack through which he will be capable to see the tainted souls of the coward assassins…
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¿Por qué pecamos a los 40?
Title: ¿Por qué pecamos a los 40?
Character: Eugenia
Released: May 11, 1970
Type: Movie
Alejandro Quesada (Fernando Fernan Gomez), an eminent doctor successful with women, drives his old friends Federico (Juanjo Menéndez) and Enrique (José Luis López Vázquez) to change their attitude towards life. The death of a common friend, Luis (Jesus Puente), reaffirmed in the attempt to enjoy their existence and seek the association of younger women than their wives.
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After Nine Months
Title: After Nine Months
Character: Doña Paz
Released: April 29, 1970
Type: Movie
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Fortunata y Jacinta
Title: Fortunata y Jacinta
Character: Doña Lupe
Released: March 12, 1970
Type: Movie
Shows the unfailing love of two women for the same man, one as his mistress, the other as his wife. The lives of these characters intertwine and are determined by the variegated fabric of delicate tradition and established vices shaky politics and intrigue of the society they live in. Based on the major novel (1877) by Benito Perez Galdos.
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Eugenie
Title: Eugenie
Character: Madame Mistival
Released: February 20, 1970
Type: Movie
Eugenie, an innocent young woman, is taken to an island paradise where she is initiated into a world of pleasure and pain controlled by the sinister Dolmance. But when she surrenders to her own forbidden fantasies, Eugenie becomes trapped in a frenzy of drugs, sadomasochism and murder. Can a frightened girl in the grip of carnal perversion find sanctuary in the orgies of the depraved?
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La revoltosa
Title: La revoltosa
Character: Gorgonia
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
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El turismo es un gran invento
Title: El turismo es un gran invento
Character: Antonia
Released: March 4, 1968
Type: Movie
After a vacation to a seaside resort, a Spanish mayor attempts to modify his small rural town for tourists in an attempt to make money.
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Las secretarias
Title: Las secretarias
Character: Madre de Loli
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Three young and attractive secretaries, Julia, Paula and Doli, work in an insurance company.
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Los chicos con las chicas
Title: Los chicos con las chicas
Character: Srta. Sarmiento
Released: September 25, 1967
Type: Movie
The musical group Los Bravos is enjoying a short holidays. It's in a mountain hut, near a girls' school, eager to see and hear.
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Club de solteros
Title: Club de solteros
Character: Madre de Ramona
Released: September 25, 1967
Type: Movie
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Next Fall
Title: Next Fall
Character: Madre de Juan
Released: August 18, 1967
Type: Movie
Filmed in 1963, but not released in Spain until 1967, the film depicts the failed romance between a bourgeois french tourist girl and a spanish working class boy.
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Crónica de nueve meses
Title: Crónica de nueve meses
Character: Mujer en el autobús
Released: August 16, 1967
Type: Movie
Several stories about marriages that receive the news that they will be parents. Alejandro and Mercedes are newly married and receive the news with enthusiasm; Margarita and Enrique have been married for a while, but it will also be their first offspring; Ines and Luis have been in this situation several times, but this is the first time that the pregnancy is real. The reaction of the parents, the cravings of the pregnant women, the name search for the child, everything is always the same and always different. None of the couples resembles the others, but when the moment of delivery arrives, the nerves will be the same.
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With the East Wind
Title: With the East Wind
Character: Carola
Released: July 17, 1967
Type: Movie
The life of Sebastián (Antonio Gades), a 28-year-old gypsy, changes drastically after he kills a man. From that moment, he must flee, experiencing the torments of loneliness, guilt, and the rejection of his people.
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Lucky, the Inscrutable
Title: Lucky, the Inscrutable
Character: Madame Linda
Released: June 23, 1967
Type: Movie
An American secret agent is sent to Europe to track down a ring of counterfeiters. His investigation takes him from Rome to Albania, where he gets involved with a sexy Albanian police commissioner.
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El último sábado
Title: El último sábado
Released: May 15, 1967
Type: Movie
José Luis is a young man from a modest family of Barcelona and he feels genuine passion for motorcycles. His dream is to buy one of a large cylinder capacity, although his economic situation does not allow him by a long shot. Watching a race in the circuit of Montjuic he meets an elegant Italian woman, manager of a team, who made advances to José Luis. But the boy thinks that accessing her wishes he could get the motorbike of his dreams.
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Prohibido suicidarse en primavera
Title: Prohibido suicidarse en primavera
Released: March 29, 1967
Type: Movie
Doctor Ariel comes from a family that for several generations, once they reach old age, have decided to commit suicide because they lose the will to live. This situation affects the doctor greatly and therefore he decides to study the psychology of the fatalistic subject and invest the monetary fortune he has to create a clinic called "El Hogar del Suicida" with the purpose of providing help and rehabilitation to those who need it and, in case of failure, provide the individual with the necessary means to fulfill its purpose. With the passage of time, the home is home to sorrowful characters with a vocation to end their lives.
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Todos eran mis hijos
Title: Todos eran mis hijos
Character: Kate Keller
Released: February 1, 1967
Type: Movie
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Camino del Rocío
Title: Camino del Rocío
Character: Martina
Released: December 5, 1966
Type: Movie
Esperanza and Maria Jesús are two orphans because their father, Don Fernando, dies. He shared his buissines with Martina Echave, an old lover, who hated him because she has always wanted to marry him. Esperanza and Maria Jesús fall almost into ruin for Matinas' handling. They had to take refuge with their aunt. Esperanza is Martinas' soon's girlfriend against her will, and they have a stormy relationship because José Antonio is also in love with her.
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Las viudas
Title: Las viudas
Character: Amiga de Ana (segment "El Aniversario")
Released: October 27, 1966
Type: Movie
Comedy consists of three stories about the sudden death of three husbands: a newly married man dies as a result of the excessive enthusiasm of his wife ("Honeymoon"), another because of a fling with a girl too fiery ("The Anniversary" ), and finally, a husband dies because of his greed and stinginess ("Portrait of Regino").
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La ciudad no es para mí
Title: La ciudad no es para mí
Character: Carolina
Released: March 14, 1966
Type: Movie
Agustin, a widower who lives in a village in Aragon, where he is much loved by all neighbors, is lonely and decides to go to the big city, where his son, a famous doctor, lives with his wife and daughter. Agustineis received by his children with great coolness, as he does not fit in the environment in which they operate. The life of his son, his daughter-in-law, and even the maid is too sad for this simple town man.
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Les combinards
Title: Les combinards
Released: February 2, 1966
Type: Movie
Léo and Claude, two penniless friends turned con artists, answer matrimonial classified ads to trap women. But one of the friends soon finds his own game turned against him.
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Amador
Title: Amador
Character: Tía Aurora
Released: May 1, 1965
Type: Movie
After killing his girl friend, Ana, Amador (a dark and strange man) joins his family (which he can't stand) in Torremolinos, where he gets involved in the assassination of a foreigner woman. It is also in Torremolinos, where Amador meets Laura, a woman who falls in love with him...
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Vacaciones para Ivette
Title: Vacaciones para Ivette
Character: Enferma en la Farmacia
Released: December 28, 1964
Type: Movie
Andrés' parents, in Madrid, and Pierre's parents, in Paris, have agreed to a school exchange for their children during the summer. However, when they go to the station to pick up Pierre, 10 years old, they meet an attractive young woman who takes his place. The presence of Ivette is a shock to the family, especially for the older son, who is strongly attracted to the French.
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Strange Voyage
Title: Strange Voyage
Character: Doña Teresa
Released: August 9, 1964
Type: Movie
In a small town near Madrid, Paquita and her brother Venancio, both single and with a childish personality, live under the shadow of their bossy older sister, Ignacia, a grumpy old maid.
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Llegar a más
Title: Llegar a más
Released: June 14, 1964
Type: Movie
Despite his youth, Daniel is not happy with his luck. He works in an auto repair shop and his job does not offer him any prospects of progress. Influenced by the large number of workers who are leaving Spain for Germany, he decides to emigrate as well.
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Aquella joven de blanco
Title: Aquella joven de blanco
Character: Sor Damiana
Released: March 15, 1964
Type: Movie
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Júrame
Title: Júrame
Released: February 10, 1964
Type: Movie
Alberto wants to conquer the artist Laura Céspedes and invites her to a student party at the Faculty of Medicine. After being rejected, he decides to go to Africa.
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Samson and His Mighty Challenge
Title: Samson and His Mighty Challenge
Character: Moglie di Ursus
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Four muscular heroes fight the evil ruler of an oppressed people.
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Ensayo general para la muerte
Title: Ensayo general para la muerte
Character: Mujer en la comisera
Released: October 21, 1963
Type: Movie
A playwright boasts he can commit a perfect crime in front of his friends, a police chief, a physician and a theater owner. Later, when the playwright's wife disappears, foul play is suspected. Did he murder her?
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The Executioner
Title: The Executioner
Character: Estefanía, esposa de Antonio
Released: August 31, 1963
Type: Movie
An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retirement.
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Life Goes On
Title: Life Goes On
Character: La Alpujarreña
Released: April 6, 1963
Type: Movie
Madrid, Spain. Eloísa, a self-sacrificing wife and efficient mother, lives in the neighborhood of Maravillas with her husband, a violent policeman; her sanctimonious son, who spends his life studying and praying to atone for the sins of his family; and her two daughters, obsessed with wealth, who hate each other deeply.
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Those Who Did Not Go to War
Title: Those Who Did Not Go to War
Character: Mujer en baile
Released: August 27, 1962
Type: Movie
First World War. In a largely rural area of neutral Spain, two families confront one another and play a part in embarrassing situations because they don't support the same side in the war. This will influence the breakup of an engagement.
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Mentirosa
Title: Mentirosa
Released: August 16, 1962
Type: Movie
Nina, secretary of the lawyer Mr. Mendoza, is an imaginative liar. Because of her work, she has access to the will of an old millionaire who died naming as the sole beneficiary his daughter, the fruit of a love affair of youth. Only the millionaire's sister, the widow of Martiarena, knows who she is and where she lives. Nina decides to impersonate her and, to his astonishment, is recognized as the real daughter by the sister. But the housekeeper and the doctor of Mrs. Martiarena decide to resolve the situation.
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Rogelia
Title: Rogelia
Character: Baldomera
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
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Sueños de mujer
Title: Sueños de mujer
Released: August 28, 1961
Type: Movie
based-on-novel
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La venganza de Don Mendo
Title: La venganza de Don Mendo
Character: Doña Ramírez
Released: February 19, 1961
Type: Movie
Don Mendo, Marquess of Cabra, gallant and dashing knight of medieval Castilian, is also a virtuous mandoline player and a specialist in climbing towers. But he has a bad run, all played and all lost at seven-thirty (card game), and lost his honor playing in his latest escalation of love to the apartment of his beloved and beautiful Magdalena. Don Nuño Manso de Jarama, father of Magdalena, has pledged the hand of his daughter to the Duke of Toro, and surprises Don Mendo in the room of Magdalena. To save the honor of his beloved one, Don Mendo says that no love has led him to the Tower, but he has climbed to steal. Magdalena is clean of all suspicion, and he is condemned to die buried in the castle wall. The Marquess of Moncada and other noble gentlemen, all friends of Don Mendo, facilitate his escape.
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The Wheelchair
Title: The Wheelchair
Character: Matilde
Released: November 3, 1960
Type: Movie
Don Anselmo, a retired old man, decides to buy a motorized disabled stroller since all his pensioner friends own one. His family strongly refuses him to purchase the vehicle, so don Anselmo decides to take extreme measures to achieve his goal…
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Un ángel tuvo la culpa
Title: Un ángel tuvo la culpa
Character: Andrea Linares
Released: April 25, 1960
Type: Movie
Claudio is a kind mand who works as cashier in a company for several years. Whe he finds closed the bank where he has to deposit a millon of pesetas, he decides to go to a friends party. Due to alcohol effects, he share out the money to the people who need it more.
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Streetcar for Sale
Title: Streetcar for Sale
Character: Julia
Released: October 11, 1959
Type: Movie
This excellent short film written by the magnificent filmmaker duo of Luis García Berlanga and screenwriter Rafael Azcona was to be part of a series entitled Los Pícaros (The Rogues) which was never continued. These two artists were responsible for such masterpieces of Spanish cinema as Plácido and El verdugo (The Executioner). Here, Berlanga and Azcona collaborated for the first time, setting the stage for the post-war "Berlanguiana" vision that would develop. José Luis López Vázquez plays Julián, a seedy swindler, who with his cronies tries to sell a streetcar to a rich but naive farmer, a newcomer to the city. High jinx ensue. With this film begins the great stage of Berlanga's filmmaking in which he mixes a little social criticism and notes of anti-clericalism with a great deal of farce.
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La vida alrededor
Title: La vida alrededor
Character: Señora de Piñeiro
Released: October 8, 1959
Type: Movie
Josephine and Antonio have reached a delicate economic balance after marriage. The salary of lawyer from him, and wins her in the hospital, allows them to survive and fantasize about some freak. The situation is complicated by the news that Josephine is pregnant. Ahead of the debacle that may involve having a "child who eats everything, including food," Josephine teaches the baby still in her womb, higher education courses in order to save some money in schools. Meanwhile, Antonio enters the underworld scene, looking for customers who offer their services as a lawyer.
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The Little Apartment
Title: The Little Apartment
Character: Hermana de Petrita
Released: June 15, 1959
Type: Movie
Rodolfo and Petrita each live in separate quarters in dilapidated Madrid, while looking to have a little apartment (or "pisito", in Spanish dialect). Unfortunately their low salaries prevent them from acquiring one. Soon, Rodolfo's co-workers urge him to marry the old and frail Doña Martina, who is the main tenant in the apartment he boards in. According to Spanish rent-control law, he could inherit the lease from his spouse. Thus begin his misgivings and Petrita's. Written by Emilio
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We Are 18 Years Old
Title: We Are 18 Years Old
Character: Madre de María José
Released: May 3, 1959
Type: Movie
Comedy about the surreal holiday of two teenage Spanish girls, where they meet a bizarre assortment of villains and new friends.
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¿Dónde vas, Alfonso XII?
Title: ¿Dónde vas, Alfonso XII?
Character: Madre Teresa
Released: January 29, 1959
Type: Movie
Alfonso de Borbón and his cousin María de las Mercedes de Orleans fall in love and, although both families do not maintain good relationships, young people marry when Alfonso became king of Spain.
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Los chicos
Title: Los chicos
Character: Joaquín's Mother
Released: January 1, 1959
Type: Movie
Four young men are cited in a kiosk during a rainy afternoon. One has to study and the other three go to the cinema, although they are not allowed to entry because their young age. The group consists of Andrés, who works as bellboy in a hotel and dreams of becoming a bullfighter; Chispa, who follows the orders of an old grumpy man; Carlos, a student; and Negro, a shy boy. All they want is to have fun; but reality forces them to confront the problems of the adult world.
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Life Ahead
Title: Life Ahead
Character: Enfermera
Released: September 14, 1958
Type: Movie
Finished their careers of Law and Medicine, respectively, Antonio Redondo and Josefina Castro, a pair of young Spanish newlyweds, are looking for work to buy an apartment and start a life together, but they will face enormous difficulties throughout the process.
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Ha pasado un hombre
Title: Ha pasado un hombre
Character: Matilde
Released: January 30, 1956
Type: Movie
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Estrella de Sierra Morena
Title: Estrella de Sierra Morena
Character: Alicia
Released: September 22, 1952
Type: Movie
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The Great Galeoto
Title: The Great Galeoto
Character: Invitada a la cena (uncredited)
Released: October 15, 1951
Type: Movie
A young musician and dreamy, called "Ernesto", is forced to live in Madrid to die his father, in the house of executor of the testament, "don Julio Villamil", who is married to actress Teresa Labisbal, of which "Ernesto Acedo" was enamored platonic. Although the conduct of the young is flawless, a third person causes slander which oblige "don Julio" to fight in mourning to death.