Marisa Paredes
Acting
Biography
María Luisa Paredes Bartolomé, (3 April 1946-17 December 2024) born in Madrid was better known in showbusiness as Marisa Paredes. She was a Spanish actress known for All About My Mother and Life is Beautiful.
Born: April 3, 1946
Place of Birth: Madrid, Spain
Known For
Life Is Beautiful
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother
Shot in 1999, "All About My Mother" is Pedro Almodóvar's thirteenth feature film. The director was a key figure in the turbulent Movida (the movement for cultural renewal and liberation in post-Franco Spain), explores Barcelona society at the turn of the millennium through the lives of five women.
All About My Mother
Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.
Talk to Her
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
The Skin I Live In
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Goya: A Story of Solitude
A biography of the Spanish painter Francisco José de Goya (1746-1828), who went from being a court painter to creating heartbreaking images denouncing the atrocities and injustices of his time.
The Devil's Backbone
Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.
Life Goes On
Madrid, Spain. Eloísa, a self-sacrificing wife and efficient mother, lives in the neighborhood of Maravillas with her husband, a violent policeman; her sanctimonious son, who spends his life studying and praying to atone for the sins of his family; and her two daughters, obsessed with wealth, who hate each other deeply.
Dressed in Blue
Two years after publishing the memoirs of Cristina La Veneno ('Digo! Ni puta ni santa') Valeria Vegas has not written anything and feels more lost than ever. After watching again the documentary 'Vestida de azul', which portrays six trans people in Madrid in the 80's, the journalist decides to investigate the harsh reality that Loren, Tamara, Renée, Eva, Josette, and Nacha, its protagonists, lived.
High Heels
After being estranged for 15 years, flamboyant actress Becky del Paramo re-enters her daughter Rebeca's life when she comes to perform a concert. Rebeca, she finds, is now married to one of Becky's ex-lovers, Manuel. The mother and daughter begin making up for lost time, when suddenly, a murder occurs...
Filmography
as (self)
as República
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Carmen
as Self - Presenter
as Marisa
as Self
as Ramona
as Madre
as Maria
as D. Filipa Sanches
as Pilar
as Marilia
as Judit Canalès
as Herself
as Sofía de Grecia
as María Luisa
as Odette
as Ana
as Dottoressa Campo
as Executive Director
as Ana
as Veronica
as Monja
as Self (archive footage)
as Reyes
as Clara
as Espectadora (uncredited)
as Carmen
as Woman on metro (uncredited)
as María
as Lola
as Huma
as Doña Consuelo
as Madame Moreau
as Elise von Sekt, Milady
as Susana
as Dora's Mother
as Irene Gallardo
as Maria
as Leo Macías
as Julia Márquez
as Self - Guest
as Madre di Luca
as Suzana
as Mujer desconocida
as Le Maîtresse de Cérémonie
as Sarah Bernhardt
as Becky del Páramo
as Xulia
as María Luisa
as Adela
as Marisa
as Olga
as Invitada de la fiesta (segment "Delirio 3") (uncredited)
as Griselda
as Paloma
as Duquesa de Osuna
as María Luisa
as Sor Estiércol
as Ana Franca
as Carmen
as Zoila Gómez
as Guerrillera
as Carmen - Prima política de Toni
as Luisa Fernanda
as La Maja
as Elizabeth (segment "Victor Frankenstein")
as Elvira Rey García
as Soledad
as Nina
as Jessica
as Sheila
as Klemp
as (uncredited)