Amparo Valle

Amparo Valle
Born Amparo Valle Vicente
(1939-07-15)July 15, 1939
Valencia, Spain
Died September 29, 2016(2016-09-29) (aged 77)
Valencia, Spain
Cause of death Lung cancer
Occupation Actress
Years active 1964-2016
Spouse(s) Gerardo Malla
Children

Amparo Valle Vicente (15 July 1939 - 29 September 2016) was a Spanish actress. She appeared in more than eighty films from 1964 to 2016.

Biography

She was born on July 15, 1939 in Valencia, Spain.[1]

She began her career on stage in a 1959 production of The Crime on Goats Island.[1] Between 1998 and 2002, she appeared in the TV series Periodistas, directed by Alejandro Amenábar, in the role of 'Marta Cuesta',[2] which is closely modelled on Ramón Sampedro statements.[3] In 1999, she appeared in Flores de otro mundo, in the role of 'Gregoria', the mother of the farmer Damián (Luis Tosar).[4]

She was married to theatrical director Gerardo Malla and they have two children: Coque Malla and Miguel Malla.[1] Her last work was La carta, a song composed alongside her son Coque Malla.[5] She died on September 29, 2016 at aged 79 of lung cancer in Valencia, Spain.[1][6]

Filmography

She appeared frequently in films from the 1960s including:[1]

  • Maria Rosa (1965)
  • Aquel humo gris (1967)
  • El certificado (1970)
  • Laia (1972)
  • Apunte sobre Ana (1973)
  • Pim, pam, pum... ¡fuego! (1975)
  • The Second Power (1976)
  • A Dog Called... Vengeance (1977)
  • Trout (1978)
  • El canto de la cigarra (1980)
  • El pretendiente (1982)
  • Extramuros (1985)
  • Cain (1987)
  • Espérame en el cielo (1988) as Rosa
  • El vuelo de la paloma (1989)
  • Going Down in Morocco (1989)
  • Todo es mentira (1994)
  • Perro, ¿qué miras? (1995)
  • Flores de otro mundo (1999) as Gregoria
  • El figurante (2000)
  • Agüela (2001)
  • Derecho de admisión (2001)
  • Sagitario (2001)
  • Diminutos del calario (2001)
  • The Lost Steps (2001) as Matilde
  • Chicken Skin (2002)
  • First and Last Love (2002)
  • November (2003) as Alicia
  • Imagining Argentina (2003)
  • Teresa, Teresa (2003)
  • Teresa y Luisa Esmeralda (2003)
  • Lo mejor que le puede pasar a un cruasán (2003)
  • El horrible crimen ritual de la calle Tribulete (2004)
  • Semen, a History of Love (2005)
  • Ole! (2005)
  • No pasa nada (2006)
  • Días de cine (2007)
  • Theresa: The Body of Christ (2007)
  • Under the Stars (2007) as Tía Encarna
  • Nobody's Rose (2011)
  • Ramona (2011)
  • Viral (2013)
  • La buena fe (2014)
  • Follow the Instructions (2014)
  • El camerino (2016)

She also appeared on television in productions of:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lentz III, Harris M. (August 5, 2017). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2016. McFarland & Company. p. 416. ISBN 9781476670317.
  2. 1 2 Smith 2009, p. 114.
  3. 1 2 Smith 2009, p. 116.
  4. ↑ Jimenez Murguía, Salvador; Pinar, Alex (May 15, 2018). The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 167. ISBN 9781442271333.
  5. ↑ "'La carta', la canción que Amparo Valle cantó junto a su hijo Coque Malla". El País (in Spanish). Verne. September 30, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  6. ↑ Redacción (29 September 2016). "Fallece Amparo Valle a los 79 años de edad". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 20 November 2017.

Bibliography

  • Smith, Paul Julian (2009). Spanish Screen Fiction: Between Cinema and Television. Liverpool University Press. p. 200. ISBN 9781846312021.


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