Carmen de la Maza

Spanish actress (1940–2022)

Born

Carmen Sáinz de la Maza y de la Serna

(1940-08-23)23 August 1940

San Sebastián, Spain

Died14 January 2022(2022-01-14) (aged 81)

Madrid, Spain

SpouseAgustín Navarro

Children3

Carmen de la Maza
Born	Carmen Sáinz de la Maza y de la Serna (1940-08-23)23 August 1940 San Sebastián, Spain
Died	14 January 2022(2022-01-14) (aged 81) Madrid, Spain
Spouse	Agustín Navarro
Children	3
Father	Regino Sainz de la Maza
Relatives	Concha Espina (grandmother)

Carmen Sáinz de la Maza y de la Serna (23 August 1940 – 14 January 2022) was a Spanish actress. She was known for her performances in Juncal and Estudio 1 plays.^[1]

Carmen Sáinz de la Maza y de la Serna was born in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, on 23 August 1940.^[2]^[3] She was however based in Madrid since her earliest childhood.^[4] She was the daughter of Regino Sainz de la Maza, granddaughter of Concha Espina and niece of Víctor de la Serna [es].^[3] She studied drama in Madrid.^[5] She took her first steps as an actress in theatre works (making her professional debut in a play of Five Finger Exercise),^[3] whereas she made her film debut in Canción de juventud (1962).^[3] She rose to prominence for her appearances in Estudio 1 televised plays.^[5]

Her most known television role was her performance as Julia Muñoz in Jaime de Armiñán's Juncal [es].^[6] She also featured in drama series Una gloria nacional [es].^[3]

She was married to Agustín Navarro (died 2001), with whom she had 3 children.^[2]^[5] She later had a relationship with José Luis López Vázquez.^[2]

She made her last film performance in 2010 drama Anything You Want.^[5]^[7] Late television credits include performances in Hospital Central, El Comisario, El pasado es mañana, El don de Alba, and Águila Roja,^[8] her last television appearance.^[5] She died on 14 January 2022 in Madrid.^[9]^[10]

Filmography

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Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1962	Canción de juventud		Film debut	^[3]
1964	Proceso de conciencia			^[11]
1975	Los pájaros de Baden-Baden [es]			^[3]
1977	Casa Manchada [es]			^[3]
1996	Más allá del jardín (Beyond the Garden)	Soledad		^[12]
1997	Airbag			^[10]
2004	El asombroso mundo de Borjamari y Pocholo (The Amazing World of Borjamari and Pocholo)	Concha de Robles		^[5]
2010	Todo lo que tú quieras (Anything You Want)		Last film performance	^[5]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
1966	Habitación 508 [es]		^[5]
1977	Mujeres insólitas [es]	Inés de Castro	^[13]
1989	Juncal [es]	Julia Muñoz	^[6]
1993	Una gloria nacional [es]		^[3]

References

↑ "Muere a los 81 años la actriz donostiarra Carmen de la Maza". Noticias de Navarra. 15 January 2022.
1 2 3 Román, Manuel. "El adiós de Carmen de la Maza, el último amor de José Luis López Vázquez con el que nunca convivió". Chic – via Libertad Digital.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Bravo, Julio (15 January 2022). "Fallece la actriz Carmen de la Maza". ABC.
↑ Elola, Joseba (15 January 2022). "Carmen de la Maza, gran dama del teatro". El País.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Fallece a los 81 años la reconocida actriz Carmen de la Maza, el amor tardío de José Luis López Vázquez". ¡Hola!. 15 January 2022.
1 2 Cabanillas Tapia, Andrea (15 January 2022). "Muere Carmen de la Maza, actriz de 'Estudio 1' y 'Águila Roja', a los 83 años". FormulaTV.
↑ "Muere la actriz Carmen de la Maza ('Juncal', 'Borjamari y Pocholo') a los 81 años". Cinemanía. 15 January 2022 – via 20minutos.es.
↑ "Muere a los 81 años Carmen de la Maza, actriz de 'Estudio 1' y 'Águila Roja'". vertele!. 15 January 2022 – via eldiario.es.
↑ Bermúdez, Alejandro (16 January 2022). "Carmen de la Maza, actriz de 'Estudio 1' y 'Hospital Central', fallece a los 81 años". El Periódico de Catalunya.
1 2 Castro, Antonio (15 January 2022). "Muere la actriz Carmen de la Maza". Madridiario.
↑ "Proceso de conciencia". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
↑ Caparrós Lera, José María (2005). La Pantalla Popular. El cine español durante el Gobierno de la derecha (1996-2003). Tres Cantos: Ediciones Akal. p. 73. ISBN 978-84-460-2414-9.
↑ "Por los pasillos de Televisión Española" (PDF). La Voz de Talavera: 5. 26 January 1977.

Authority control databases
International	VIAF WorldCat
National	Spain

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