Amparo Rivelles
Acting
Biography
María Amparo Rivelles Ladrón de Guevara (11 February 1925 – 7 November 2013) was a Spanish actress, known as Amparo Rivelles. She worked in Mexican films and telenovelas. She was the daughter of actor Rafael Rivelles and actress María Fernanda Ladrón de Guevara, and the half-sister of actor Carlos Larrañaga. During her long career, she earned a LatinACE award, a Goya Award, as well as a National Theater Prize.
Born: February 11, 1925
Place of Birth: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Known For
The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales
A taxidermist decides to murder his wife after having to put up with her after twenty years of hellish marriage.
Sombras y luces: Cien años de cine español
The Faith
Father Luis Lastra is a young priest who does his job in the village of Peñascosa. There he meets Marta, a beautiful parishioner very interested in religious matters, so much that she convinces the priest to accompany her to the convent to become a cloistered nun. Along the way, they have to stop at an inn for the night and that's where Father Luis will test his faith.
Mr. Arkadin
Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, and convict Guy Van Stratten is happy to take the job of exploring his new acquaintance's life story. Guy's research turns up stunning details about his employer's past, and as his work seems linked to untimely deaths, the mystery surrounding Mr. Arkadin deepens.
When Children are Gone
Federico announces that his dream is to become a great singer; his father does not take it well and gradually distances himself from him. Federico is forced to leave his beautiful home after being accused of theft.
Hay que deshacer la casa
Ana is a middle aged woman who many years ago decided to start a new life in Paris. Now she must return to her hometown after the death of her parents, since they have left her an inheritance. There she meets Laura, her only sister, with whom she has to share the money received and, especially, an old house located in the center of Guadalajara. Now, the two women will have to leave the differences and problems behind that have arisen in the past to catch up and recover the fraternal relationship. Written by lament
History of a Scoundrel
A woman betrayed by a man falls into despair and kills him. What fate will the jury decide for her?
La Regenta
The imaginary city of Vetusta, a symbol of anachronistic and oppressive traditions, is the realm of hypocrisy and intolerance that makes Ana Ozores’s life unbearable and inevitably tragic.
El día de las madres
Three interwoven stories about generational conflicts beween single mothers and their adolescent/adult children.
Who Killed Grandpa?
A man dies of a heart attack and his wife hides the body in order to continue collecting pension.
Filmography
as Self
as (archive footage)
as Doña Paula
as María Teresa Murillo
as Isabel de Farnesio
as Laura
as Doña Mercedes
as Bernarda Alba
as Doña Mariana Sarmiento
as Micaela
as Victoria
as Rufina
as Mercedes
as Laura
as Doña Paz García
as Andrea Altamirano
as Alejandra Castelar
as Doña Claudia
as Lina Torres
as Mrs. Morales
as Prostituta
as Norma Duval
as Magdalena
as Lola
as Isabel
as Chelo (segmento "Cádiz")
as Donna Diamante Orsenigo
as Reina Isabel la Católica
as María de Pacheco
as Isabel
as Tonucha
as Reyes de la Vega, Duchess of Benamejí / Rocio, the gypsy
as Elena
as Isabel / Victoria Garrido (as Amparito Rivelles)
as Laurencia
as Eugenia de Montijo
as Blanca
as Mariana
as María Espinosa
as Malvaloca
as Herminia
as Eloísa