Amparo Rivelles
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11 February 1925
Amparo Rivelles | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Rivelles in 1940 | |
| Born | María Amparo Rivelles Ladrón de Guevara 11 February 1925 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 7 November 2013 (aged 88) Madrid, Spain |
| Other names | Amparito Rivelles |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Father | Rafael Rivelles |
María Amparo Rivelles Ladrón de Guevara[1] (11 February 1925 – 7 November 2013) was a Spanish actress.[2]
Born in Madrid on 11 February 1925,[3] she was the daughter of actor Rafael Rivelles and actress María Fernanda Ladrón de Guevara,[1] and the half-sister of actor Carlos Larrañaga.
She made her film debut in Armando Vidal's Mari Juana.[3] She went on to have a long career in Spanish cinema with lead roles in films both iconic for the Francoist regime and complicit with its values.[4] She was reputed for her "elegant, sophisticated, haughty" style.[5]
She spent 20 years in Mexico, where she worked in Mexican films and telenovelas.
During her long career, she earned a LatinACE award, a Goya Award, as well as a National Theater Prize.[6]
Selected filmography
- El olor de las manzanas (1999)
- Sombras y luces. Cien años de cine español (1996)
- El día que nací yo (1991)
- Esquilache (1989)
- Hay que deshacer la casa (1983)
- La coquito (1977)
- ¿Quién mató al abuelo? (1971)
- El juicio de los hijos (1970)
- Una vez un hombre... (1970)
- La cruz de Marisa Cruces (1969)
- Anita de Montemar (1969)
- La casa de las muchachas (1969)
- Los problemas de mamá (1968)
- El dia de las madres (1968)
- Cuando los hijos se van (1968)
- Los novios de mis hijas (1964)
- La mujer dorada
- Un ángel tuvo la culpa (1960)
- El Esqueleto de la señora Morales (1960)
- El amor que yo te di (1959)
- The Battalion in the Shadows (1957)
- Mr. Arkadin (1955)
- El indiano (1954)
- The Lioness of Castille (1951)
- Dawn of America (1951)
- Woman to Woman (1950)
- The Duchess of Benameji (1949)
- The Sunless Street (1948)
- Si te hubieses casado conmigo (1948)
- Fuenteovejuna (1947)
- Anguish (1947)
- The Faith (1947)
- The Nail (1944)
- Eugenia de Montijo (1944)
- Eloisa Is Under an Almond Tree (1943)
- Deliciosamente tontos (1943)
- A Famous Gentleman (1943)
- Malvaloca (1942)
- We Thieves Are Honourable (1942)
- Heart of Gold (1941)
