Amparo Rivelles
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]
Life and career
[edit]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
[edit]- 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)
Honours
[edit]- Gold Medal of Merit in Labour (13 December 2002)[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Spain is culture". España es Cultura (in Spanish). Sociedad Mercantil Estatal para la Gestión de la Innovación y las Tecnologías Turísticas. Retrieved 21 August 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Galán, Diego (7 November 2013). "Fallece Amparo Rivelles". elpais.com (in Spanish). Madrid: Prisa. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Muere la actriz Amparo Rivelles a los 88 años". La Vanguardia. 7 November 2013.
- ^ Triana-Toribio, Nuria (2016). Spanish Film Cultures. The Making and Unmaking of Spanish Cinema. The British Film Institute. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-8445-7824-5.
- ^ Triana-Toribio 2016, p. 47.
- ^ "Amparo Rivelles. Premios". Instituto Cervantes (in Spanish). July 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ R., Juan Carlos (13 December 2002). Zaplana Hernández-Soro, Eduardo (ed.). "REAL DECRETO 1360/2002, de 13 de diciembre, por el que se concede la Medalla al Mérito en el Trabajo, en su categoría de oro, a doña Amparo Rivelles Ladrón de Guevara" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (299). Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Exteriores: 43637. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
