Acting
Dec 25, 1936
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
María Cuadra
Acting
Biography
María Jesús Cuadra Pérez (Madrid, December 26 1936), known as María Cuadra, is a Spanish film, television and theater actress. She is the daughter of bullfighter Antonio Cuadra Belmonte. She married and later divorced Italian movie actor and producer Eduardo De Santis. She has three children from this marriage (Natasha De Santis Cuadra, Nicolas and Antonella De Santis Cuadra). Maria Cuadra lives in Madrid and is active in charity work for international organizations including serving as an ambassador for UNICEF and the International Red Cross. Description above from the Wikipedia article María Cuadra, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Feature Films (22)
A group of comedians who travel from village to village witness the old traditions of rural Spain.
Les Anges exterminés
In 1881 Dallas, an ex-Union soldier attempts to expose a conspiracy of Southerners that killed his father, his friend and President James A. Garfield.
The Price of Power
Two family clans have always been enemies; they spend their time hating and killing each other. The daughter of the Campos family and the son of the Mounter family fall in love, thus causing further hatred and deaths.
Fury of Johnny Kid
A flamenco dancer (Antonio Gades) reflects on his life and career when he is surprised to be honored on a television show telling his life story. The memories stir up controversy, and an old friend seeks retribution as Antonio had once stolen his girl.
The Last Meeting
After a long period of absence, living in large and anonymous cities, a poet, Juan, returns to the village of his birth, Moguer, there he finds happiness through; the friendship of a small donkey, Platero, a free spirited girl, Aguedilla, and recalling memories of his childhood.
Platero y yo
Carmela, the daughter of Juan Simon, falls in love for an actor who shoots a movie in town and make promises that actress. However, Carmela, in Madrid, just for engaging in life easy. The godson of Juan Simon, Antonio, is presented and win a radio contest with the magic of her voice.
La hija de Juan Simón
Four sailors are off duty in Barcelona. Capo Campana ordered them to remain together when in the city. But Mario, one of them, falls for Manuela and leaves the other three.
Marinai, donne e guai
For the 17-year-old Mariza, there is no other house than the train station in Civitavecchia. Here, an orphaned girl lives early after the death of her father, a railwayman; here she earns additionally at the station buffet, selling ice cream to passengers of passing trains. Beautiful and brisk, she was accustomed to the admiration of others and perfectly mastered the art of coquetry, but Marise’s heart remains calm until the young sailor Angelo, who is in a hurry on her first voyage, leaves the train on the platform on a sunny Sunday morning.
Marisa
Barcelona in the early sixties: black and white chronicle of the ups and downs in the relationship of several young couples of the Catalan bourgeoisie during the time between two Saint John's eve festivals.
Summer Night
"España insólita" is that different, unknown and humble Spain that does not appear on postcards or tourist itineraries. Aguirre embarked on a trip to the most remote villages of the country to witness the existence of a legend, an ancient custom, an unknown dance.
España insólita
A group of Sephardic perform the "Trial of Jesus" in an ancient temple and before a baffled audience. The purpose of the play is to understand whether the condemnation of Jesus was justified or not, since they are not resigned to accept that history found guilty the Jewish people.
