Rafaela Díaz Valiente MML (9 April 1906 – 9 June 1996) better known as Rafaela Aparicio was a famous Spanish film and theatre

actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

. She made more than 100 films. The most remembered are

Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Atarés (4 January 1932 – 10 February 2023) was a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. With Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be among Spain's great filmmakers. He had a long and prolific career th ...

's '' Anna and the Wolves'', '' Mama Turns 100'' and Fernando Fernán Gómez's '' El extraño viaje''. She died of a stroke in Madrid in a retirement home.

Selected filmography

Honours

* Gold Medal of Merit in Labour (Kingdom of Spain, 23 April 1976).

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aparicio, Rafaela 1906 births 1996 deaths Best Actress Goya Award winners People from Marbella Honorary Goya Award winners 20th-century Spanish actresses