Concha Velasco
Concha Velasco or Conchita Velasco (actually Concepción Velasco Varona, born November 29, 1939 in Valladolid) is a Spanish actress, dancer, singer and television presenter.
Life
Before Velasco at Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid studied ballet dance and Spanish, she studied in Morocco. At the Opera of A Coruña, she started as a dancer and the dance group of Manolo Caracol she danced flamenco. She also starred in a revue with Celia Gámez. Her film debut was in 1954 in a small role in the film El bandido generoso. In Spanish comedies of the fifties and sixties, they often stood on the cast list. In the 1966 film shot Hoy como ayer Velasco played a Yeh - Yeh Girl and was in a scene in the film, a work composed by Augusto Algueró and getextes by Antonio Guijarro song entitled La chica ye -ye to sing that to Spain in a became hit and the young woman, also established as a singer.
In 1974, she turned with her compatriot, the director Pedro Olea, which she described as one of her favorite filmmakers, the drama Tormento and 1975 Pim, pam, pum ... ifeugo! The presentation of Luisa in the 1977 film shot Esposa y amante is one of her favorite roles. One of their biggest successes was acting the role of Saint Teresa de Ávila in the eight-part Spanish television series Teresa de Jesús in 1984, which also counts among her favorite roles, like that of Madame Maria Rosa in the TV movie Cinco Minutos nada menos. 1990 Velasco was nominated for her performance in the film Esquilache Pastora Patermo Josefina Molina as " Best Supporting Actress " for a Goya. In 1997 she was nominated again, this time jardÃn as " Best Actress " in the film drama Más allá del. 1999 was fulfilled in the film París Tombuctú Velasco's dream to work with the major Spanish film director Luis García Berlanga. Another favorite role is that of the actress Carmen Orozco Argenta in the dramatic 36 - part television series Herederos, which ran from 2007 to 2009 on Spanish television. In the 2010 film version of The Golden Girls incurred in Spanish with the title Las chicas de oro Velasco took over the role of Dorothy ( Doroti ).
Concha Velasco was nominated eleven times in the course of her career for the Fotogramas de Plata and could win it seven times. For the Actor Awards, the actress was nominated five times, three times she was able to take the prize home. The Iris Awards, an award from the Academy of Sciences and Arts, the artist received twice, once it was awarded the Waves Awards. Velasco has a star on the Walk of Fame in Madrid.
With the Spanish director and screenwriter José Luis Sáenz de Heredia, the actress had a long standing relationship. From 1976 to 2005 Velasco was married to the actor and theater director who died in 2010 Paco Marsó, with whom she has two children.
Awards
- 2008 Award Premio Málaga
- 2013 Honorary Goya