Ana Mariscal
Ana Mariscal (real Ana María Rodríguez Arroyo ; born July 31, 1921 in Madrid ; † March 28, 1995 there ) was a Spanish actress , director and writer .
Life
Mariscal attended the Instituto de Bachillerato Cervantés and discovered her love for the stage , also through her brother, the actor and director Luis Arroyo . At the age of almost 20 she made her first film and was partner of Alfredo Mayo in La florista de la reina in the leading role . In the following decade, Mariscal made about twenty films, mostly costume films and melodramas, including Raza , which was written by Francisco Franco . Her novel Hombres , published in 1982, also dates from this period .
In the mid-1950s Mariscal shot a lot abroad, especially in Italy and Argentina; In addition, she produced films on her own with the company Bosco Films , which she founded with her husband . Eleven films were made by 1968. She then returned to the stage and toured the Spanish-speaking world with La Compañia de Comedias Ana Mariscal . Besides occasional engagements for television, she made one last film in 1987 and settled in Madrid in 1992. She wrote and gave courses at the University of Valladolid .
Ana Mariscal was married to the cameraman Valentín Javier .
A few months before her death in 1995, she received the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes .
Awards
- 1945: Premio del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos for Una sombra en la ventana
- 1949: Premio del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos for Un hombre va por el camino (Stay with me)
- 1950: Premio del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos for De mujer a mujer
Filmography
- 1941: La florista de la reina
- 1942: Race (Raza)
- 1944: Una sombra en la ventana
- 1949: Stay with me (Un hombre va par el camino)
- 1950: De mujer a mujer
- 1959: People who stood in the shadows (Il magistrato)
- 1964: L'autre femme
- 1987: El polizón de Ulisses
Fonts
- Cincuenta años de teatro in Madrid. Ed. Avapies, Madrid 1984.
- Hombres. Ed. Avapies, Madrid 1982.
- Mi vida. Ed. Astros, Madrid 1943.
- Notas de una actriz. Conferencias y ensayos, Madrid 1992.
literature
- Emeterio Díez: Ana Mariscal y la aventura neorrealista. Ed. Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos, Madrid 2003.
- Victoria Fonseca: Ana Mariscal: una cineasta pionera. Ed. Egeda, Madrid 2002.
Web links
- Ana Mariscal in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography ( memento of January 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (French)
- Biography (Spanish, PDF file; 357 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ In other sources the year of birth is given as 1923.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mariscal, Ana |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rodríguez Arroyo, Ana María |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish actress, director and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Madrid |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 1995 |
| Place of death | Madrid |