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Teresa Gimpera

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Teresa Gimpera
Gimpera in 2012
Born
Teresa Gimpera Flaquer

(1936-09-21)21 September 1936
Died23 July 2024(2024-07-23) (aged 87)
Barcelona, Spain
OccupationActress
Years active1963–2024
Spouse(s)
Octavio Sarsanedas
(divorced)

(m. 1990; died 2014)
Children3

Teresa Gimpera i Flaquer (21 September 1936 – 23 July 2024) was a Spanish film and television actress and model of the 1960s and 1970s.[1]

Biography

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Teresa Gimpera Flaquer was born in Igualada, province of Barcelona, on 21 September 1936.[2][3] Her parents were both teachers, and grew up in the Sant Andreu neighbourhood of Barcelona.[4]

Her first job was with Leopoldo Pomés as an advertisement model. She later made her film debut in Fata Morgana (1965). She went on to star in numerous films throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

She married Octavio Sarsanedas, who worked in advertising at the Seix Barral publishing house. They had three children, Marc, Job, and Joan.[5]

In 1990, she married U.S. actor Craig Hill; he had moved to Barcelona, Spain where he had found work in Spaghetti Westerns. They were married for 24 years until Hill's death in April 2014.

Gimpera died in Barcelona on 23 July 2024, at the age of 87 from a cancer.[6][7]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Mira p. 146
  2. ^ Bassas, Antoni (20 February 2022). "Teresa Gimpera: "A los jóvenes les digo que sean valientes. Es lo que he hecho yo en la vida". Ara.
  3. ^ Coca, César (18 January 2017). "Teresa Gimpera: «Con esta sonrisa he ganado mucho dinero»". La Verdad.
  4. ^ "Teresa Gimpera: Biografía y filmografía". 26 January 2017.
  5. ^ Díaz, Fátima (16 February 2022). "Teresa Gimpera: La musa de la 'gauche divine' que se codeó con Hitchcock". Diario de Sevilla.
  6. ^ "Muere la actriz y modelo Teresa Gimpera a los 87 años". El País. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  7. ^ Ruiz, Sara (26 July 2024). "Recordamos a Teresa Gimpera tras su muerte, que marca el fin de la saga de actrices de la España de los 60". Antena 3 (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2024.

Bibliography

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  • Mira, Alberto. The Cinema of Spain and Portugal. Wallflower Press, 2005.
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