Carmen Maura
Acting
Biography
Carmen García Maura is a Spanish actress. In a career that has spanned six decades, Maura is best known for her collaborations with noted Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar.
Born: September 15, 1945
Place of Birth: Madrid, Spain
Known For
Arroz y tartana
Manuela de Fora, an elegant woman, widow of Pajares, lives with the sole obsession of marrying well her two daughters from her second marriage, Concha Blanca Jara and Amparo. She also has Juanito, son from her first marriage, but she despises him for wanting to be a merchant, like his father. Who really appreciates the laborious Juanito is his uncle Juan, a man of austere habits that blames his sister Manuela for wasting money to pretend being of high social position.
La corte de Ana
She appeared when Spain was waking up from a long post-war period and crying with melodramas starring children, a child prodigy unlike any other; a girl who, in time, would become a symbol of freedom and a total artist. Actress, singer, friend, lover. This is the story of Ana Belén.
Calle Málaga
Maria Angeles, a 79-year-old Spanish woman, lives alone in Tangier, Morocco, and enjoys her daily routine. However, her life is turned upside down when her daughter arrives from Madrid to sell the apartment in which she has always lived. Determined to stay, she does everything she can to get her home and her belongings back and, unexpectedly, rediscovers love and sensuality.
Como el mar
Paula & Azul. A funeral, a family secret and a road trip that will change their lives forever.
Red Eagle
Red Eagle is a series of adventure and intrigue on the courage, nobility, friendship and love. The protagonist is an unsung hero of justice of the seventeenth century, known by the nickname of Red Eagle, who helps the weak and who is determined to uncover the conspiracy behind the murder of his young wife.
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
When looking at Pedro Almodóvar’s filmography, it becomes evident that women are everywhere; in fact, his work revolves around them. His divas are the best to create a real portrait of Almodóvar and evoke the emotional power of his films. These women are the ideal observers of a cinematic career that, from La Mancha to Hollywood, has changed the image of Spain in the world.
Sombras y luces: Cien años de cine español
Volver
Three generations of women survive the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition and even death by means of goodness, lies and boundless vitality.
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
After being dumped by her lover, Pepa finds her life and the lives of those around her spiraling out of control in a deliciously chaotic series of events.
Valentin
Valentin, an 8-year-old boy living with his grandmother in late-1960s Buenos Aires, is surrounded by problems in his family he finds only himself capable of solving.
Filmography
as María Ángeles Muñoz
as Alicia
as Julia
as Mecha
as Self - Actress
as Merche
as Coco Cabrera
as Gringa
as Maribel
as Pepa Carranza
as Amparo
as Herself - Actress
as Herself - Actress
as Grandma Sara
as Ángela
as Self - Actress
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Carmen
as Thérèse
as Adelina
as Teresa
as Simone
as Self
as Rodrigo's mom
as Carmen
as Esperanza
as Lucie
as Carmen
as la madre
as Graciana Barrenetxea
as (archive footage)
as Paca
as Maria
as Lucía Piqueras
as Sofía
as Rachel
as Alice
as Concepcion
as Herself
as Rosa
as Pilar
as La mère
as Self (archive footage)
as Alone
as Olivia, duquesa de Fournier
as Pilar
as Madame Aurol
as Victoria Villalobos
as Julia
as Self
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Irene
as Self / Gloria (archive footage)
as Mrs. Breitberg
as Esperanza
as Magda
as Ana
as Celia
as Abuelita
as Doña Manuela de Fora
as Mère Emmanuelle
as Laura
as Abuela
as Julia
as Illuminata
as Elena
as Isabel
as (Voice, Spanish version)
as Maite
as Julia
as Madama Osmane
as Berta
as Teresa
as Maria
as Jeanine
as Olga
as Linda
as Geneviève Lechat
as Carmen Maura, the movie star
as Dolores Thivart
as Tía Victoria
as Self - Guest
as Carmen
as Carmen
as Anne d'Autriche
as Ana
as Ana Luz
as Maria Garcia
as Zabú
as Carmela
as Marisa Novoa
as Anna
as Isabel
as Tina Quintero
as Carmen (segment "Delirio 3") (uncredited)
as Julia
as Elvira
as Carmen
as Sor Ana
as Higinia Balaguer
as Higinia Balaguer
as Gloria
as Presentadora T.V.
as Jimena
as Sor Perdida
as Luisa Matas
as Costanza Cervantes
as Begoña
as Carmen
as Pepi
as Social Assistant
as Rosa
as La enfermera
as Eugenia Grandet
as Remedios
as Chica que se insinua a Julián
as Virtuosa
as La abadesa encinta
as Manolita
as María José
as The Nun
as Leonor
as Mujer de Jorge
as Melibea
as Dª Garoza
as Profesora de Música
as Laura
as Belén
as Carmen