María Francés
Acting
Biography
María Francés was a Spanish stage, film and television actress.
Born: February 2, 1887
Place of Birth: Tudela, Spain
Known For
Placido
In a small Spanish town, during the Christmas holidays, a group of rich old ladies organize a peculiar event that consists of inviting a homeless person to sit down to dinner at their wealthy table. Plácido, a humble worker, is hired by the organizers to participate in a parade with his three-wheeled vehicle, a seemingly simple mission that will not be easy for him to accomplish.
El señor de La Salle
Biography of San Juan Bautista de la Salle , where the effort and hardships that this canon of the nobility had to overcome in order to offer universal and free education to children, his main devotion, in the time of Louis XIV, are appreciated.
Surcos
A farm family moves into a city maybe at the end of the Spanish Civil War. They move in with the sister of the farmers wife. In the city everything is illegal or immoral or both.
This is Madrid
In Madrid during the fifties' the calm life from some neighbors will be changed since the arrival of Antonio, a man without scruples who lives running the risk.
Curro Jiménez
Curro Jiménez was a successful Spanish TV series that aired on TVE1 from 22 December 1976 to 1979. Its main theme was Andalusian "bandolerismo" in the 19th century, located in the Ronda mountains. The main characters were four bandits, Curro Jiménez
School Trip
After completing his high school studies at the age of twenty-four, Óscar is an immature student, unable to afford alone his return to home during the summer season. Then he manages to convince Carlos, his young math teacher, to accompany him. Already in the family home, Óscar begins to behave in an increasingly unbalanced and irrational way. Meanwhile, his family will endeavor to see him as the reflection of the absent father figure.
Viento del norte
Álvaro, a serious and stern man, owner of a stately Galician manor house, leads a monotonous life devoted to studying and managing his property. But one day he falls in love with his maid Marcela, who was abandoned at the manor by her mother, an unmarried woman with a bad reputation. Only the old woman who took care of her treated her with affection; everyone else believes she is cursed and blames her for all sorts of misfortunes. Despite everything, Álvaro marries her. However, the gossipmongers continue to slander her, making the marriage so unhappy that Álvaro also begins to suspect her.
Vuelo 971
Pride
A tale of two families, the Mendozas and Alzagas, faced for generations by the water of a river separating their adjoining properties. Old grudges reappear when the two heirs fall in love.
La familia Vila
Mr. Vila is a family father who has worked a lot during his life to achieve a good life for his family. His oldest daughter, Elvira, causes him many problems because she acts as a rebel.
Filmography
as Madre superiora
as María
as Doña Celia
as Dueña
as Bertha
as Macaria
as Mrs. Quimeta
as Madre Superiora
as Nun
as Elisa von Klaus (uncredited)
as Dueña del hotel
as Madre Superiora
as Criada
as Madre de Carmen
as Doña Pilar
as Sabina
as Herminia
as Madre
as Mujer enferma
as Vecina
as Mujer del pueblo
as Madre de Diego
as Madre Teresa
as La madre
as María
as Adela
as Sra. Jarque
as Dueña pensión
as Baronesa de Altas Torres