María Casares

María Casares

Known for

Acting

Born

November 22, 1922

Birthplace

La Coruña, Galicia, Spain

Died

November 22, 1996 (aged 74)

Biography

María Casares was a Spanish actress and one of the most distinguished stars of the French stage. She was usually credited in France as Maria Casarès.

Best known work

Children of Paradise

Children of Paradise

1945

Orpheus

Orpheus

1950

Testament of Orpheus

Testament of Orpheus

1960

Les Dames du bois de Boulogne

Les Dames du bois de Boulogne

1945

Flavia the Heretic

Flavia the Heretic

1974

La Lectrice

La Lectrice

1988

Guernica

Guernica

1951

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story

1989

The Charterhouse of Parma

The Charterhouse of Parma

1948

Blanche and Marie

Blanche and Marie

1985

Filmography

2023
María Casares, a muller que viviu mil vidas
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Maria Casarès and Albert Camus, you, my life
as Self (archive footage)
2020
The Lives of Albert Camus
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Amour de vivre
as Self (archive footage)
1995
Someone Else's America
as Alonsova majka
1990
Les chevaliers de la table ronde
as Viviane
1989
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1989
Les Nuits révolutionnairesTV
as « la Murène », la maquerelle (7 episodes)
1988
La Lectrice
as la veuve de Général
1988
Sand and Blood
as Dolores
1985
Blanche and Marie
as Louise
1985
Les Bonnes
as Madame
1981
Peer Gynt
as Ase, la mère
1981
Peer Gynt
as Ase
1975
ApostrophesTV
as Self (1 episode)
1974
Flavia the Heretic
as Sister Agatha
1974
Les Deux mémoires
as Self
1972
Le Grand ÉchiquierTV
as Self (1 episode)
1964
Pour le plaisirTV
as Self (1 episode)
1960
Testament of Orpheus
as La princesse
1959
Macbeth
as Lady Macbeth
1959
DiscoramaTV
as Self (1 episode)
1956
Le Théâtre National Populaire
as Self
1956
Les Énigmes de l'HistoireTV
1954
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