Say goodbye to Marisa Paredes, Almodóvar’s wonderful interpreter and muse in Sky TG24

by Laura Richards – Editor-in-Chief

The actress, “chica Almodóvar” and film performer like The flower of my secret, All about my mother e The skin I live inwho died at the age of 78 years. On social media, praise from Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz

” AND dead a 78 years old the actor Marisa Paredes. She was the president of the Film Academy and received the Goya of Honor in 2018. ” In a message on Madrid Jimenez Diaz Foundation, where she came to the emergency room with her partner for more than 40 years, the former director of the Film Library of Spain, Chema Prado, for a coronary problem The golden age of Spanish cinema was spent nineties as “chica Almodóvar” and the muse of the director of La Mancha, for whom she acted in films The obscure magic of sin (1983), Stiletto heels (1991) in the role of diva Becky, The flower of my secret (1995) as writer Amanda Gris, All about my mother (1999) in the role of Huma Rojo (the film also won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film), Talk to her (2002) e The skin I live in (2011) as Marilla.

Tribute, FROM PEDRO ALMODÓVAR TO PENÉLOPE CRUZ

“It was completely unexpected news. It was like waking up in a bad dream, in an endless nightmare.” Seen moved and surprised, Pedro Almodóvar said about it Television from Paris – where he is promoting his latest film The room next door – lost one of the icons of his cinema. “Marisa Paredes was one of the great stars of both Spanish cinema and the Spanish scene. An icon,” wrote actor and director Antonio Banderas in X in tribute to the actress. “Today the death of a friend with whom I shared many very beautiful moments.” The two artists starred together in The skin I live in. The filmmaker also expressed deep sorrow Juan Antonio Bayonawhich Paredes directed in films The snow society e The Impossible. “A legend dies, an immortal presence of Spanish cinema and beyond its borders,” he wrote on He will be greatly missed. A big hug to all your family and friends, especially Chema”, he concluded. I love you. Have a good trip”, wrote Penélope Cruz on Instagram. “The eternal Marisa Paredes. For the emotions, thank you”, the official account of the Cannes Film Festival reiterated on X.

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LIFE AND CAREERS

Born on April 3, 1946 in Madrid, Marisa Paredes, born María Luisa Paredes Bartolomé, made her film debut at the age of 14. Not tonight either by José Osuna. The following year he made his theater debut. In the seventies he worked in several telenovelas, but only achieved success in 1980, thanks to The First Work by Fernando Trueba. She then became, along with Carmen Maura and Penélope Cruz, Pedro Almódovar’s muse. For the film director The flower of my secret he won the Goya Award, and between 1997 and 1999 he took part in two Oscar-winning films, respectively Life is beautiful by Roberto Benigni e All about my mother by the same Spanish filmmaker. In 2000 she also became President of the Spanish Film Academy.

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