Soledad Miranda

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Soledad Miranda (actually Soledad Rendón Bueno ; born July 9, 1943 in Seville , † August 18, 1970 near Lisbon ) was an Andalusian dancer and actress whose parents were Portuguese Roma . During the 1960s and early 1970s she was one of the most famous B-movie actresses in Europe. She was also a singer and painter.

Life

Soledad Miranda started taking flamenco lessons at an early age and took part in dance competitions at the age of eight. She had her first film appearance as a dancer at the age of 16 in the film La bella Mimí (released 1963). This was followed by another small role in one of the first films by Jess Franco in 1960 , at the side of Soledad's friend, the singer Mikaela Wood . Her own musical career was unsuccessful and was discontinued after two albums of rock 'n' roll sung in Spanish . She then played a few more roles, both major and minor, before starring in her first dark film with Fuego in 1964 .

In 1967 Soledad Miranda married the actor and racing driver José Manuel da Conceiçao Simones, from whom she gave birth to a son named Antonio. She originally planned to stop acting, but was persuaded to make a comeback by Jess Franco in the late 1960s . She starred alongside Christopher Lee in Franco's version of Dracula . In order not to burden her family name with the revealing and gloomy film roles, Franco created the pseudonym Susan (n) Korda for her , based on the German actress Susanne Korda . Sometimes the name was anglicized as Korday . It was Franco's favorite actress and played the leading role in Eugénie, a film based on the novel Eugenie de Franval of the Marquis de Sade and other sex movies.

Her appearances in the following three Jess Franco productions are regarded as Soledad Miranda's star roles. In the Edgar Wallace film The Devil Came From Akasava , she had a role as an agent in search of a missing scientist and his discovery. In Vampyros Lesbos - Dracula's Heiress , Miranda played Countess Nadine Carody, who seduces young women in order to quench their thirst for blood. In She Killed in Ecstasy , as the wife of a scientist, she killed the men who drove her husband to suicide.

With these three productions, film producer Artur Brauner became aware of Soledad Miranda and offered her a three-year contract in which she should have taken on the leading role in two major productions per year. When Miranda and her husband set out to negotiate with Brauner near Lisbon on August 18, 1970, she got into a car accident and died at the age of 27.

Most European horror film actresses were measured by their appearances in Jess Franco's films during the 1970s . Many took Soledad Miranda as an example.

Others

Soledad Miranda was the niece of the singer and actress Paquita Rico (1929-2017).

Filmography

Awards & honors

A street in her native Seville is named “Calle de Soledad Miranda” in her honor.

In 1997 the sampler The Spirit of Vampyros Lesbos was released with 14 titles a. a. from Rockers Hi-Fi , Dr. Israel , DJ Hell , Two Lone Swordsmen and Alec Empire . The album shows photos of her on the cover as well as on the back and contains the express dedication “dedicated to the memory of Soledad Miranda”.

Discography

  • 1964: Pelucón (Big-Wig) / Amor perdoname (Forgive Me, Love) / Lo que hace a las chicas llorar (What Makes the Girls Cry) / No leas mi carta (Don't Read My Letter) (Belter)
  • 1965: Chim Chim Chery (Chim Chim Cheree; from Mary Poppins ) / El color del amor (The Color of Love) / No lo quiero (I Don't Want Him) / La verdad (The Truth) (Belter)

literature

  • Gregor Overzier: Soledad Miranda / Susann Korda . In: Norbert Stresau, Heinrich Wimmer (Hrsg.): Encyclopedia of fantastic films . 70. Supplementary delivery. Corian, Meitingen 2004
  • Frank Blum: Solo for Soledad. A tribute to the 70th birthday of Soledad Miranda (1943–1970). In: Film Mäg. No. 23 (4/2013), ISSN  2191-4400 .
  • Frank Blum: The strange countess. Soledad Miranda's role in 'Vampyros Lesbos - Heiress to Dracula'. In: Film Mäg. No. 24 (5/2013), ISSN  2191-4400 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Paquita Rico. In: biografias.es, accessed on July 10, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Miranda, Soledad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bueno, Soledad Rendón (real name); Korda, Susan (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish actress
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Seville , Spain
DATE OF DEATH 18th August 1970
Place of death near Lisbon