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Carmen Sevilla is a Actor Espagnol born on 16 october 1930 at Seville (Espagne)

Carmen Sevilla

Carmen Sevilla
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Birth name María del Carmen García Galisteo
Nationality Espagne
Birth 16 october 1930 at Seville (Espagne)
Death 27 june 2023 (at 92 years)

María del Carmen García Galisteo (born 16 October 1930) was a popular Spanish actress, singer and TV presenter. Her film roles include Academy Award nominee La venganza, Buscando a Mónica (1962) and the 1956 French film Don Juan.

Carmen Sevilla was born in Seville. She made her film début in 1948 in Jalisco Canta en Sevilla, She joy great famous in the make La revoltosa with Tony Leblanc. She played Mary Magdalene in Nicholas Ray's King of Kings. In 1972, she played Octavia in the English-language film Antony and Cleopatra, directed by Charlton Heston and in 1975 La muerte de un quinqui With Paul Naschy and Frank Braña.

She received a Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos (Cinema Writers Circle) lifetime award in 2004.

Biography

Elle a connu un immense succès populaire pour le rôle qu'elle a interprété aux côtés de Luis Mariano dans l'opérette filmée : La Belle de Cadix.

Sa beauté très typée, très méditerranéenne, l'a conduite à se produire dans des films exotiques, musicaux et parfois folkloriques. C'était aussi une grande danseuse gitane.

Dès ses débuts, en 1948, elle tourne aux côtés de Jorge Negrete dans une comédie musicale du réalisateur mexicain Fernando de Fuentes : Jalisco canta en Sevilla. En 1951, elle sera encore la vedette d'une opérette aux côtés de Luis Mariano : Andalousie réalisé par Robert Vernay.

Bien que sa filmographie ne soit pas négligeable, la critique lui a toujours reproché « des rôles indigents (…) des costumes clinquants et des robes froufroutantes qui mettent en valeur sa silhouette sans toutefois prouver son talent de comédienne » – sauf dans le drame rural de Bardem, La Venganza (rôle de composition). Sa notoriété a cependant été immense dans son pays, et elle fut une actrice « à la mode » dans toute l'Europe des années 1950 où beaucoup de femmes s'efforçaient de copier son style « froufroutant ».
En 1953, Carmen veut étendre sa notoriété sur le continent africain, pour cela elle fait par l’intermédiaire de son agent la connaissance de la famille Castelli avec qui elle noue une amitié qui prendra fin en 1962 avec l’indépendance de l’Algérie. Grâce à eux elle se constituera une vraie réputation en Algérie.

En 2003, elle reçoit la Médaille d'or du mérite des beaux-arts par le Ministère de l'Éducation, de la Culture et des Sports.

Best films

King of Kings (1961)
(Actress)
Andalusia (1951)
(Actress)
Imperial Violets (1952)
(Actress)
Revenge (1958)
(Actress)
El amor de Don Juan (1956)
(Actress)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Carmen Sevilla (37 films)

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Actress

Beatriz
Beatriz (1976)
, 1h25
Directed by Gonzalo Suárez
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Jorge Rivero, Carmen Sevilla, Nadiuska, José Sacristán, Sandra Mozarowsky, José Lifante
Roles Doña Carlota
Rating53% 2.662982.662982.662982.662982.66298
Un moine se réfugie dans la ferme de Beatriz, une fille que tout le monde considère « remarquable ». Soudain, Beatriz sent un être en elle, et tout le monde accuse alors le moine.
Cabaret Woman, 1h37
Directed by Pedro Lazaga
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Carmen Sevilla, José María Rodero, Armando Calvo, Ágata Lys
Roles Rita Medina
Rating63% 3.157693.157693.157693.157693.15769
No One Heard the Scream, 1h28
Directed by Eloy de la Iglesia
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Carmen Sevilla, Vicente Parra, María Asquerino, Antonio Casas, Antonio del Real
Roles Elisa
Rating61% 3.094963.094963.094963.094963.09496
Elisa, a beautiful woman in her late thirties, changing her plans at the last minute, cancels her flight to London where she was going to meet her older lover. She is a professional mistress who finances a comfortable life style as the kept woman of old rich men. Óscar, her wealthy aging lover, has been supporting her financially (apartment, car, money, plane tickets) in exchange for one weekend a month of her time. When he calls her up to protest, Elisa ends their affair and hangs up the phone.
Antony and Cleopatra, 2h18
Directed by Charlton Heston
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Politique, Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Charlton Heston, Hildegarde Neil, Eric Porter, John Castle, Fernando Rey, Douglas Wilmer
Roles Octavia
Rating58% 2.900712.900712.900712.900712.90071
Antoine et Cléopâtre (1972) est une adaptation cinématographique de Rank Organisation de la pièce du même nom de William Shakespeare. Elle a été réalisée par Charlton Heston et produite par Peter Snell selon un scénario de Federico De Urrutia et de Charlton Heston.
The Glass Ceiling, 1h32
Directed by Eloy de la Iglesia
Genres Horror
Actors Carmen Sevilla, Patty Shepard, Emma Cohen, Encarna Paso, Rafael Hernández
Roles Marta
Rating63% 3.179953.179953.179953.179953.17995
Martha is an attractive housewife living in a small rural apartment house in the outskirt of Madrid. Her husband, Carlos, leaves frequently on business trips so Martha spends most of her time alone with her pet cat, Fedra, as her only companion. While Carlos is away, Martha hears heavy footsteps in the apartment above her. Her sexy upstairs neighbor, Julia, is in a similar situation. Victor, Julia's husband, happens to be away this time as well. After overhearing a few things, Martha, already prone to fantasizing away her boredom and loneliness, begins to suspect that Julia has killed her sick husband. Julia claims that Victor left for business reasons. Martha does not believe her and begins to investigate. She soon discovers that nobody has seen Julia's husband leaving town which seems to confirm Martha's theory. Adding to Martha's suspicions, Julia keeps asking to put stuff in her fridge, even though her own refrigerator is clearly working. On top of this, someone is secretly feeding something to the landlord's dogs. When Rita, Matha's close friend, stops for a visit with her young daughter, Yolanda, Martha tells her that she thinks Julia has a lover and that they both had killed Victor. Unfortunately the imprudent Yolanda tells Julia that Martha said that she had a lover.
The Partisan of Villa, 1h37
Directed by Miguel Morayta
Genres Adventure
Actors Carmen Sevilla, Julio Alemán, Vicente Parra
Roles Reyes Mendoza
Rating53% 2.655652.655652.655652.655652.65565
Buscando a Mónica
Directed by José María Forqué
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Alberto de Mendoza, Carmen Sevilla, Jardel Filho, Adolfo Marsillach, Ana Casares, Guillermo Battaglia
Roles Mónica Durán
Rating63% 3.162013.162013.162013.162013.16201
A man named Antonio Montes (Alberto de Mendoza) has a car accident on a street on his way to Buenos Aires. While he waits for his car repairing, he learns that everybody in the little town where he's stuck seem to know about his wife Mónica. He knows little about her past, but the reactions of the townsfolk towards him range from laughing behind his back to practically not standing the sight of him. He won't leave the town until he could learn more about the secret past of his wife. But the former life of the young beautiful mother of his daughter involves a turbulent story.
King of Kings, 2h48
Directed by Nicholas Ray, Noël Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Films about virginity
Actors Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhán McKenna, Robert Ryan, Hurd Hatfield, Ron Randell, Viveca Lindfors
Roles Mary Magdalene
Rating69% 3.499993.499993.499993.499993.49999
In 63 BC, Pompey conquers Jerusalem and the city is sacked. He enters the Temple to seize the treasure of Solomon and massacres the priests there. He discovers that the treasure is only a collection of scrolls of the Torah. These he holds over a fire until an old priest reaches for them imploringly. Pompey relents and hands them to the old man.