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Name: Carmen Maura
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Date of Birth:
September 15, 1945
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Place of Birth:
Madrid, Spain
Mini-bio:
Descendant of the conservative Spanish politician Antonio Maura, Carmen ran an art gallery and appeared in various roles in night-clubs. With Tigres de papel (1977) she had her first successful appear...( read more)ance on the movie screen and thereafter she worked at the theatre, the movies and in TV productions.
Although she played dramatic roles as well, her most important genre has always been comedy, e.g. Sal gorda (1984), Sé infiel y no mires con quién (1985) and Tata mía (1986). She has worked regularly with the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. Films included Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón (1980), Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988) (for which she was awarded the European Film Award "Felix" as best actress) and Volver (2006/I).