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
Died	7 November 2013(2013-11-07) (aged 88) Madrid, Spain
Other names	Amparito Rivelles
Occupation	Actress
Father	Rafael 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

• El olor de las manzanas (1999)
• Sombras y luces. Cien años de cine español (1996)
• El día que nací yo (1991)
• Esquilache (1989)
• Hay que deshacer la casa (1983)
• La coquito (1977)
• ¿Quién mató al abuelo? (1971)
• El juicio de los hijos (1970)
• Una vez un hombre... (1970)
• La cruz de Marisa Cruces (1969)
• Anita de Montemar (1969)
• La casa de las muchachas (1969)
• Los problemas de mamá (1968)
• El dia de las madres (1968)
• Cuando los hijos se van (1968)
• Los novios de mis hijas (1964)
• La mujer dorada
• Un ángel tuvo la culpa (1960)
• El Esqueleto de la señora Morales (1960)
• El amor que yo te di (1959)
• The Battalion in the Shadows (1957)
• Mr. Arkadin (1955)
• El indiano (1954)
• The Lioness of Castille (1951)
• Dawn of America (1951)
• Woman to Woman (1950)
• The Duchess of Benameji (1949)
• The Sunless Street (1948)
• Si te hubieses casado conmigo (1948)
• Fuenteovejuna (1947)
• Anguish (1947)
• The Faith (1947)
• The Nail (1944)
• Eugenia de Montijo (1944)
• Eloisa Is Under an Almond Tree (1943)
• Deliciosamente tontos (1943)
• A Famous Gentleman (1943)
• Malvaloca (1942)
• We Thieves Are Honourable (1942)
• Heart of Gold (1941)

Honours

• Gold Medal of Merit in Labour (13 December 2002)^[7]

References

1. "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. "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.

External links

• Amparo Rivelles at IMDb