Biography: life and films
María Casares was a Spanish actress whose birth name was María Victoria Casares Pérez. She was born in La Coruña, Galicia, Spain on 21st November 1922 and died in La Vergne, Charente-Maritime, France on 22nd November 1996, aged 74.Her best films as an actor include Robert Bresson's Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945), Christian-Jaque's La Chartreuse de Parme (1948), Jean Cocteau's Orphée (1949) and Michel Deville's La Lectrice (1988).
María Casares appeared in 22 films.
She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Jean Cocteau (2 films), Henri Calef (2) and André Cayatte (2).
Her most frequent genres include: drama (14 films), romance (6), comedy-drama (3) and Fantasy (2).
Our average rating for María Casares over all films is: 3.0
Filmography
Key: a = actor
Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945) [a]
Les Enfants du paradis (1945) [a]
La Revanche de Roger la Honte (1946) [a]
L'Amour autour de la maison (1947) [a]
Bagarres (1948) [a]
La Chartreuse de Parme (1948) [a]
L'Homme qui revient de loin (1949) [a]
Orphée (1949) [a]
Guernica (1950) [a]
Le Testament d'Orphée (1960) [a]
Thamar en Amnon (1962) [a]
Flavia, la monaca musulmana (1974) [a]
L'Adieu nu (1977) [a]
De sable et de sang (1987) [a]
Monte bajo (1989) [a]
Someone Else's America (1995) [a]
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