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Amparo Valle

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Amparo Valle
Born
Amparo Valle Vicente

(1937-07-15)15 July 1937
Died29 September 2016(2016-09-29) (aged 79)
Valencia, Spain
OccupationActress
Years active1964–2016
SpouseGerardo Malla
Children

Amparo Valle Vicente (15 July 1937 – 29 September 2016) was a Spanish actress. She appeared in more than eighty films from 1964 to 2016.

Biography

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She was born on 15 July 1937 in Valencia, Spain.[1]

She began her career on stage in a 1959 production of The Crime on Goats Island.[1] Between 1998 and 2002, she appeared in the TV series Periodistas, directed by Alejandro Amenábar, in the role of 'Marta Cuesta',[2] which is closely modelled on Ramón Sampedro statements.[3] In 1999, she appeared in Flores de otro mundo, in the role of 'Gregoria', the mother of the farmer Damián (Luis Tosar).[4]

She was married to theatrical director Gerardo Malla and they have two children: Coque Malla and Miguel Malla.[1] Her last work was La carta, a song composed alongside her son Coque Malla.[5] She died on 29 September 2016, aged 79, of lung cancer in Valencia, Spain.[1][6]

Filmography

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She appeared frequently in films from the 1960s including:[1]

  • Maria Rosa (1965)
  • Aquel humo gris (1967)
  • El certificado (1970)
  • Laia (1972)
  • Apunte sobre Ana (1973)
  • Pim, pam, pum... ¡fuego! (1975)
  • The Second Power (1976)
  • A Dog Called... Vengeance (1977)
  • Trout (1978)
  • El canto de la cigarra (1980)
  • El pretendiente (1982)
  • Extramuros (1985)
  • Cain (1987)
  • Espérame en el cielo (1988) as Rosa
  • El vuelo de la paloma (1989)
  • Going Down in Morocco (1989)
  • Todo es mentira (1994)
  • Perro, ¿qué miras? (1995)
  • Flores de otro mundo (1999) as Gregoria
  • El figurante (2000)
  • Agüela (2001)
  • Derecho de admisión (2001)
  • Sagitario (2001)
  • Diminutos del calario (2001)
  • The Lost Steps (2001) as Matilde
  • Chicken Skin (2002)
  • First and Last Love (2002)
  • November (2003) as Alicia
  • Imagining Argentina (2003)
  • Teresa, Teresa (2003)
  • Teresa y Luisa Esmeralda (2003)
  • Lo mejor que le puede pasar a un cruasán (2003)
  • El horrible crimen ritual de la calle Tribulete (2004)
  • Semen, a History of Love (2005)
  • Ole! (2005)
  • No pasa nada (2006)
  • Días de cine (2007)
  • Theresa: The Body of Christ (2007)
  • Under the Stars (2007) as Tía Encarna
  • Nobody's Rose (2011)
  • Ramona (2011)
  • Viral (2013)
  • La buena fe (2014)
  • Follow the Instructions (2014)
  • El camerino (2016)

She also appeared on television in productions of:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Lentz III, Harris M. (August 5, 2017). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2016. McFarland & Company. p. 416. ISBN 9781476670317.
  2. ^ a b Smith 2009, p. 114.
  3. ^ a b Smith 2009, p. 116.
  4. ^ Jimenez Murguía, Salvador; Pinar, Alex (May 15, 2018). The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 167. ISBN 9781442271333.
  5. ^ "'La carta', la canción que Amparo Valle cantó junto a su hijo Coque Malla". El País (in Spanish). Verne. September 30, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  6. ^ Redacción (29 September 2016). "Fallece Amparo Valle a los 79 años de edad". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 20 November 2017.

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