María Casares

1922-1996

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]

Roger la Honte (1946) [a]

L'Amour autour de la maison (1947) [a]

Bagarres (1948) [a]

La Chartreuse de Parme (1948) [a]

La Septième porte (1948) [a]

L'Homme qui revient de loin (1949) [a]

Orphée (1949) [a]

Guernica (1950) [a]

Ombre et lumière (1951) [a]

Le Testament d'Orphée (1960) [a]

Thamar en Amnon (1962) [a]

Flavia, la monaca musulmana (1974) [a]

L'Adieu nu (1977) [a]

Blanche et Marie (1984) [a]

De sable et de sang (1987) [a]

La Lectrice (1988) [a]

Monte bajo (1989) [a]

Someone Else's America (1995) [a]



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