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María Casares (1922–1996)

Actress

Trivia:

Daughter of Santiago Casares Quiroga, President (Prime Minister) of the Spanish Republic in 1936. See more trivia »

Born:

María Victoria Casares Pérez
in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

Died:

(age 74) in La Vergne, Charente-Maritime, France
Still of Jean-Louis Barrault and María Casares in Children of Paradise Still of Jean-Louis Barrault and María Casares in Children of Paradise
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1995 Someone Else's America
Alonso's Mother
 
1990 Les chevaliers de la table ronde
Viviane (as María Casarès)
 
1989 Les nuits révolutionnaires (TV mini-series)
La Murène
 
1989 Monte bajo
 
1988 La lectrice
General's Widow
 
1988 Sand and Blood
Dolores
 
1985 Blanche and Marie
Louise
 
1985 Les bonnes (TV movie)
Madame (as Maria Casarès)
 
1981 Peer Gynt (TV movie)
Ase, la mère
 
1980 Cinéma 16 (TV series)
Le docteur Burns
– Irène et sa folie (1980) … Le docteur Burns
 
1977 L'adieu nu
Victoria
 
1975 L'île des chèvres (TV movie)
Agata
 
1974 Flavia
Sister Agatha
 
1964 La reine verte (TV movie)
 
1963 Hieronymus Bosch (short)
Récitante/Narrator (voice)
 
1963 Yerma (TV movie)
Yerma
 
1960 Testament of Orpheus
La princesse/The Princess (uncredited)
 
1959 Macbeth (TV movie)
Lady Macbeth
 
1956 Énigmes de l'histoire (TV series)
 
1954 Le jardins du Seigneur (short)
Récitante/Narrator (voice)
 
1951 Shadow and Light
Caroline Bessier
 
1950 The Man Who Returns from Afar
Marthe Saint-Firmin
 
1950 Orpheus
The Princess - Death
 
1950/I Guernica (short)
Récitante/Narrator (voice) (as María Casarès)
 
1949 Kean (TV movie)
Anna
 
1948 Wench
Carmelle
 
1948 La Chartreuse de Parme
La duchesse Gina de San Severina (as Maria Casares)
 
1948 La septième porte
Léila
 
1947 L'amour autour de la maison
Thérèse
 
1946 The Revenge of Roger
Julia de Terrenoire
 
1946 Roger la Honte
Julia de Noirville
 
1945 Les dames du Bois de Boulogne
Hélène
 
1945 Children of Paradise
Nathalie (as María Casarès)
 
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1996 Jean Genet, le vagabond: Jean Genet, l'écrivain (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1992 Le cercle de minuit (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 11 November 1992 (1992) … Herself
 
1983 Le grand échiquier (TV series)
Herself
– Cocteau vivant (1983) … Herself
 
1974 Les deux mémoires (documentary)
Herself
 
1972 Jean Vilar, une belle vie
Herself (as María Casarès)
 
1962 Thamar en Amnon (documentary)
 
1961 Satan mon prochain (documentary short)
Narration (voice) (as Maria Casarès)
 
1959 Discorama (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 18 February 1959 (1959) … Herself
 
1956 Le théâtre national populaire (documentary short)
Herself
 
1954 Varsovie, quand même... (documentary short)
Récitante/Narrator (voice) (as María Casarès)
 
1952 Le coeur d'amour épris du roi René (documentary short)
Récitante/Narrator (voice) (as María Casarès)
 
1952 La vie de Jésus (documentary)
Récitante/Narrator (voice) (as María Casarès)
 
1942 Étoiles de demain (documentary short)
Herself
 
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2009 Los caminos de la memoria (documentary)
Herself
 
2009 Philippe Noiret: Gentleman saltimbanque (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Alternate Names:

Maria Casares | Maria Casarès | María Casarès
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Trivia:

Daughter of Santiago Casares Quiroga, President (Prime Minister) of the Spanish Republic in 1936. See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio