Marisol (actress)

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Marisol in October 1962

Marisol , also Pepa Flores (* 4. February 1948 as Josefa Flores González in Málaga ) is a Spanish actress and singer , a child star of the 1960s, a time when Spanish answer to Shirley Temple was.

Live and act

The native Josefa Flores González received singing and dance training. At the age of eleven, the film producer Manuel J. Goyanes saw her on television, where she appeared as a member of a singing and dancing company from Malaga. Goyanes took the girl under an exclusive contract and gave her the name Marisol.

Three Goyanes-Schnulzen from the hand of the director Luis Lucia - "Un rayo de luz", "Ha llegado un ángel" and "Tómbola" - made Marisol big in the early 1960s. " These films focus bluntly on unrestrained sentimentality and the singing skills of the chubby innocence, " as it says in the film's large personal dictionary. At the height of her career - Marisol films developed into veritable box office magnets in Spain and Latin America - Marisol had matured into a proper teenager in the mid-1960s and was given an internationally renowned director for the first time in George Sherman . The result was the " surrealist Cinderella story " " La nueva cenicienta " and was a huge failure. Her appearance in Mel Ferrer's production Cabriola the following year (1965) also received little attention.

“ Marisol fared similar to her role model Shirley Temple; she was not able to credibly shed the sunshine image and grow into substantial adult roles . ”Nevertheless, the artist continued to appear regularly in front of the camera until the 1980s. With “ La chica del molino rojo ” in 1973 she tried to change her image. In the same year Marisol made her stage debut in the play ' Quedate a desayunar '. As a character actress, she appeared in 1976 with the part of the teacher in Mario Camus ' resistance and underground drama " Los días del pasado ".

Under the pet form of her real name, as Pepa Flores, Marisol also took part in two important productions of Carlos Sauras ( Blood Wedding, Carmen ) with small roles in the early 1980s . In 1984 she could be seen in the television series ' Proceso a Mariana Pineda '. Her last foray into the dramatic field as a serious actress (film " Caso cerrado ") flopped.

Political activities

As Josefa 'Pepa' Flores, Marisol was intensely involved in the Spanish Communist Party, PCE . In this role she vehemently defended the "achievements" of Marxism , took part in demonstrations against NATO and was involved in supporting the Cuban revolutionary regime of Fidel Castro .

Filmography

as an actress in movies

  • 1960: Un rayo de luz
  • 1961: A steep tooth (Ha llegado un ángel)
  • 1962: Tómbola
  • 1963: Marisol, Rumbo a Río
  • 1964: La nueva cenicienta
  • 1964: La historia de bienvenido
  • 1964: Búsqueme a esta chica
  • 1965: Cabriola
  • 1966: Las cuatras bodas de Marisol
  • 1968: Solos los dos
  • 1968: Carola de día, Carola de noche
  • 1972: Mask of Horror (La corrupción de Chris Miller)
  • 1973: La chica del molino rojo
  • 1975: El podor del deseo
  • 1976: Los días del pasado
  • 1981: Blood Wedding (Bodas de sangre)
  • 1983: Carmen
  • 1985: Caso cerrado

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 277.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Kay Less : The large personal dictionary of the film . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 277.
  2. ↑ Flores in malagapedia
personal data
SURNAME Marisol
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flores, Pepa; González, Josefa Flores (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish singer and actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Málaga