Amparo Rivelles

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rivelles and the second or maternal family name is Ladrón de Guevara.
Amparo Rivelles
Rivelles in 1940
Born
María Amparo Rivelles Ladrón de Guevara

(1925-02-11)11 February 1925
Madrid, Spain
Died7 November 2013(2013-11-07) (aged 88)
Madrid, Spain
Other namesAmparito Rivelles
OccupationActress
FatherRafael Rivelles

María Amparo Rivelles Ladrón de Guevara[1] (11 February 1925 – 7 November 2013) was a Spanish actress.[2]

Life and career

Born in Madrid on 11 February 1925,[3] she was the daughter of actor Rafael Rivelles and actress María Fernanda Ladrón de Guevara [es],[1] and the half-sister of actor Carlos Larrañaga.

She made her film debut in Armando Vidal's Mari Juana.[3] She went on to have a long career in Spanish cinema with lead roles in films both iconic for the Francoist regime and complicit with its values.[4] She was reputed for her "elegant, sophisticated, haughty" style.[5]

She spent 20 years in Mexico, where she worked in Mexican films and telenovelas.

During her long career, she earned a LatinACE award, a Goya Award, as well as a National Theater Prize.[6]

Selected filmography

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b "Spain is culture". España es Cultura (in Spanish). Sociedad Mercantil Estatal para la Gestión de la Innovación y las Tecnologías Turísticas. Retrieved 21 August 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ Galán, Diego (7 November 2013). "Fallece Amparo Rivelles". elpais.com (in Spanish). Madrid: Prisa. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Muere la actriz Amparo Rivelles a los 88 años". La Vanguardia. 7 November 2013.
  4. ^ Triana-Toribio, Nuria (2016). Spanish Film Cultures. The Making and Unmaking of Spanish Cinema. The British Film Institute. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-8445-7824-5.
  5. ^ Triana-Toribio 2016, p. 47.
  6. ^ "Amparo Rivelles. Premios". Instituto Cervantes (in Spanish). July 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  7. ^ R., Juan Carlos (13 December 2002). Zaplana Hernández-Soro, Eduardo (ed.). "REAL DECRETO 1360/2002, de 13 de diciembre, por el que se concede la Medalla al Mérito en el Trabajo, en su categoría de oro, a doña Amparo Rivelles Ladrón de Guevara" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (299). Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Exteriores: 43637. Retrieved 4 February 2019.