The actress, “chica Almodóvar” and performer of films such as The flower of my secret, All about my mother e The skin I live indied at the age of 78. On social media, tributes from Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz
“AND dead a 78 years old the actress Marisa Paredes. She was president of the Film Academy and received the Goya of Honor in 2018″. In a message on Madrid Jimenez Diaz Foundation, where she came to the emergency room with her partner of over 40 years, the former director of the Spanish Film Library, Chema Prado, for a coronary problem Ninety had lived the golden age of Spanish cinema as “chica Almodóvar” and muse of the director of La Mancha, for whom she had acted in films The indiscreet charm of sin (1983), Stiletto heels (1991) in the role of the diva Becky, The flower of my secret (1995) as writer Amanda Gris, All about my mother (1999) in the role of Huma Rojo (the film also won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film), Talk to her (2002) e The skin I live in (2011) as Marilla.
TRIBUTES, FROM PEDRO ALMODÓVAR TO PENÉLOPE CRUZ
“It was totally unexpected news. It was like waking up in a bad dream, in an endless nightmare.” Visibly moved and shocked, Pedro Almodóvar commented on Tve from Paris – where he is promoting his latest film The next room – the loss of one of the icons of its cinema. “Marisa Paredes was one of the great stars of both Spanish cinema and the Spanish scene. An icon,” the actor and director Antonio Banderas wrote in X in tribute to the actress. “Today a friend with whom I shared many very beautiful moments passes away.” The two artists had starred together in The skin I live in. The filmmaker also expressed deep sorrow Juan Antonio Bayonawho had directed Paredes in films The snow society e The Impossible. “A legend dies, an immortal presence of Spanish cinema and beyond its borders,” he wrote on He will be greatly missed. A big hug to all your family and friends, especially Chema”, he concluded. “My beloved Marisa…You leave us too soon. I love you. Have a good trip”, wrote Penélope Cruz on Instagram. “Eternal Marisa Paredes. For this sublime and unforgettable moment of cinema and everything else. For the emotion, thank you”, reiterated the official account of the Cannes Film Festival on X.
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LIFE AND CAREER
Born on April 3, 1946 in Madrid, Marisa Paredes, born María Luisa Paredes Bartolomé, made her debut at the age of 14 in the film Not tonight eitherby José Osuna. The following year he made his theater debut. In the seventies he had worked in several telenovelas, but had only achieved success in 1980, thanks to First Work by Fernando Trueba. She then became, together with Carmen Maura and Penélope Cruz, Pedro Almódovar’s muse. For the director’s film The flower of my secret had won a Goya Award, while between 1997 and 1999 he had participated in two Oscar-winning films, respectively Life is beautifulby Roberto Benigni e All about my mother by the same Spanish filmmaker. In 2000 she also became President of the Spanish Film Academy.
