Carmen Maura

1945-

Biography: life and films

Carmen Maura is a Spanish actress. She was born in Madrid, Spain on 15th September 1945.

Her best films as an actor include Pedro Almodóvar's comedy-thriller Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988), André Téchiné's Alice et Martin (1998), Martin Provost's Le Ventre de Juliette (2003), Volver (2006) and Mikael Buch's comedy Let My People Go! (2011).

Carmen Maura has so far appeared in 71 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Pedro Almodóvar (8 films), Fernando Colomo (3), Pilar Miró (2), Martin Provost (2), Javier Aguirre (2), Jaime de Armiñán (2) and Carlos Saura (2).

Her most frequent genres include: drama (33 films), comedy-drama (16), comedy (15), Thriller (9), romance (4), comedy-romance (4), Horror (3) and crime-thriller (2).

Our average rating for Carmen Maura over all films is: 2.6

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Las gatas tienen frío (1970) [a]

El hombre oculto (1971) [a]

El asesino está entre los trece (1973) [a]

Un casto varón español (1973) [a]

El love feroz o Cuando los hijos juegan al amor (1975) [a]

La Encadenada (1975) [a]

Leonor (1975) [a]

Vida íntima de un seductor cínico (1975) [a]

El libro de buen amor II (1976) [a]

La Mujer es cosa de hombres (1976) [a]

La Petición (1976) [a]

Tigres de papel (1977) [a]

¿Qué hace una chica como tú en un sitio como éste? (1978) [a]

De fresa, limón y menta (1978) [a]

Folle... folle... fólleme Tim! (1978) [a]

Los Ojos vendados (1978) [a]

Aquella casa en las afueras (1980) [a]

El hombre de moda (1980) [a]

Gary Cooper, que estás en los cielos (1980) [a]

La Mano negra (1980) [a]

Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón (1980) [a]

El Cid cabreador (1983) [a]

Entre tinieblas (1983) [a]

¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto!! (1984) [a]

Extramuros (1985) [a]

Sé infiel y no mires con quién (1985) [a]

Delirios de amor (1986) [a]

Matador (1986) [a]

Tata mía (1986) [a]

La Ley del deseo (1987) [a]

Bâton rouge (1988) [a]

Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988) [a]

¡Ay, Carmela! (1990) [a]

Chatarra (1991) [a]

Cómo ser mujer y no morir en el intento (1991) [a]

La Reina anónima (1992) [a]

Sur la terre comme au ciel (1992) [a]

Louis, enfant roi (1993) [a]

Sombras en una batalla (1993) [a]

Cómo ser infeliz y disfrutarlo (1994) [a]

El palomo cojo (1995) [a]

El rey del río (1995) [a]

Le Bonheur est dans le pré (1995) [a]

Parella de tres (1995) [a]

Amores que matan (1996) [a]

Sombras y luces: Cien años de cine español (1996) [a]

Alliance cherche doigt (1997) [a]

Elles (1997) [a]

Tortilla y cinema (1997) [a]

Alice et Martin (1998) [a]

El cometa (1999) [a]

Lisboa (1999) [a]

Superlove (1999) [a]

Le Pacte du silence (2003) [a]

Le Ventre de Juliette (2003) [a]

25 degrés en hiver (2004) [a]

Entre vivir y soñar (2004) [a]

Free Zone (2005) [a]

Volver (2006) [a]

La Virgen negra (2008) [a]

The Garden of Eden (2008) [a]

Tetro (2009) [a]

Chicas (2010) [a]

Le Mac (2010) [a]

Escalade (2011) [a]

Les Femmes du 6ème étage (2011) [a]

Let My People Go! (2011) [a]

Las brujas de Zugarramurdi (2013) [a]

Paulette (2013) [a]

La Vanité (2015) [a]

Les Chaises musicales (2015) [a]

Un village presque parfait (2015) [a]



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