María del Carmen "Carme" Contreras i Verdiales (4 October 1932 – 6 July 2020) was a Spanish stage, film, and television actress.

Biography

Born in

Zaragoza Zaragoza (), traditionally known in English as Saragossa ( ), is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the ...

as María del Carmen Contreras Verdiales, she spent much of her life in

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

and Catalanized her name to Carme Contreras I Verdiales. A voice actress, she dubbed, from English into Spanish and Catalan, "E.T." in ''

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'' and "Mama Fratelli" in ''

The Goonies ''The Goonies'' is a 1985 American adventure comedy film directed and co-produced by Richard Donner from a screenplay by Chris Columbus based on a story by Steven Spielberg and starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin (in his film debut), Jeff Cohen ...

'', among many other characters. Contreras i Verdiales died on 6 July 2020, aged 87.

Theatre

* 1954: ''La ferida lluminosa'', by

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at the Teatre Romea in Barcelona * 1954: 16 February. ''Rueda de amores'' by Teatre de Cambra and the Teatre Romea (both Barcelona) * 1957: ''No és mai tard...si s'arriba d'hora'', by Jaume Villanova i Torreblanca at Teatre Romea in Barcelona * 1970: ''Els dimecres...Elena'' by Muriel Resnik at the Teatre Romea in Barcelona * 1973: ''Berenàveu a les fosques'', by

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at the Teatre CAPSA in Barcelona * 2010: ''Salvem les balenes'' by Ivan Campillo at the Versus Teatre

Film

* 1952 ''La forastera'' * 1955 ''El hombre que veía la muerte'' * 1961 ''Plácido'' * 1970 ''El certificado'' * 1977 ''Strange Love of the Vampires'' * 1978 ''Serenata a la claror de la lluna'' * 1980 ''Mater amatísima'' * 1981 ''Dos pillos y pico'' * 1983 ''El pico'' * 1984 ''El último penalty'' * 2001 ''Faust 5.0'' * 2006 ''El perfum: història d'un assassí'' * 2007 ''Presumptes implicats'' * 2012 ''REC 3: Génesis''

Television

* 2000. '' El cor de la ciutat''

References

1932 births 2020 deaths Actresses from Zaragoza 20th-century Spanish actresses 21st-century Spanish actresses Spanish actresses Spanish film actresses Spanish stage actresses Spanish television actresses Spanish voice actresses {{Spain-actor-stub