María Teresa Rabal Balaguer (born 1952) is a Spanish

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. ...

singer Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define singi ...

and

television presenter A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces or hosts television show, television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. It is common for people ...

.Powrie, Davies & Babington p.65 The daughter of actors

Francisco Rabal Francisco Rabal Valera (8 March 1926 – 29 August 2001), popularly known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor. His career spanned more than 200 film and television roles, between 1942 and 2001. He received numerous accolades both in Spain and abro ...

and Asunción Balaguer, she first appeared as

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before going on to star in several 1970s films as an adult.

Selected filmography

* ''

Viridiana ''Viridiana'' () is a 1961 Spanish-Mexican surrealist comedy-drama film directed by Luis Buñuel and produced by Gustavo Alatriste. It is loosely based on the 1895 novel ''Halma'' by Benito Pérez Galdós. The film was the co-winner of the Pa ...

'' (1961) * '' Goya, a Story of Solitude'' (1971) * '' Spaniards in Paris'' (1971) * '' White Sister'' (1972) * '' Matrimonio al desnudo'' (1974) * '' The Good Days Lost'' (1975) * '' The Killer is Not Alone'' (1975) * '' Ambitious'' (1976) * '' Despite Everything'' (2019)

References

Bibliography

* Phil Powrie, Ann Davies & Bruce Babington. ''The Trouble with Men: Masculinities in European and Hollywood Cinema''. Wallflower Press, 2004.

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* 1952 births Living people Spanish film actresses Spanish television presenters Spanish women television presenters Actresses from Barcelona Spanish circus performers 20th-century Spanish actresses 21st-century Spanish actresses {{Spain-film-actor-stub