Spanish actress Marisa Paredes, Pedro Almodóvar's muse for many years, has died at the age of 78, the Spanish Cinema Academy announced in a press release spotted by Libération, Tuesday December 17.
She will leave an indelible mark on Spanish cinema. The actress Marisa Paredes, whose career was marked by the six films she shot under the direction of Pedro Almodóvar, died at the age of 78, the Spanish Cinema Academy announced on Tuesday, December 17, in a press release spotted by Liberation. “Spanish cinema loses one of its most emblematic actresses, Marisa Paredes, who leaves behind a long career during which the public was able to see her more than 75 times on the big screen“, declared the Academy of Spanish Cinema on X.
On his Instagram account, Pedro Almodóvar published three photographs of Marisa Paredes to pay tribute to his muse whom he had notably directed in Stiletto heels, Ride on my mother et Talk to her. The Spanish director and the actress will have collaborated in six films in total. Their last collaboration dates back to 2011 in The skin I live in. Born in 1946 in Madrid, Marisa Paredes began acting at the age of 14. Her film career entered a new dimension in 1983, thanks to her role as Sister Estiércol in the film Into the darkness by Pedro Almodóvar. Throughout her films and collaborations, the actress collects the roles of strong and stubborn women and those of characters who are both elegant and tortured.
A career rewarded with an honorary Goya in 2018
Marisa Paredes has also enjoyed an international career and toured with directors from different countries. Among them, we find the Israeli Amos Gitaï with the film Golem, the spirit of exile (1992), the Frenchman Philippe Lioret with Fallen from the sky (1994), the Chilean Raoul Ruiz with Three lives and one death (1996) or the Italian Roberto Benigni with Life is beautiful (1998). In 2018, Marisa Paredes was awarded an honorary Goya in 2018, during the Spanish equivalent of the Caesars ceremony.
published on December 17 at 9:40 a.m., Quentin Marchal, 6Medias
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