María Casares was born on November 21, 1922 in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain as María Victoria Casares Pérez. She was an actress, known for Children of Paradise (1945), Orpheus (1950) and La lectrice (1988). She was married to André Schlesser. She died on November 22, 1996 in La Vergne, Charente-Maritime, France.
November 22, 1996, La Vergne, Charente-Maritime, France
Place Of Birth
A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Profession
Actress
Spouse
Andre Schlesser (m. 1978–1985)
Parents
Santiago Casares Quiroga, Gloria Pérez
Siblings
Esther Casares, Enrique Casares
Star Sign
Scorpio
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Fact
1
She published her autobiography, Résidente privilégiée (Privileged Resident) in 1980, in which she discusses her 16-year affair with Camus.
2
Though she gave some excellent screen performances, she was known to prefer the stage.
3
She worked as a nurse during the Spanish Civil War. Exiled -- along with her father -- after the war, she studied at the Paris Conservatoire and subsequently made her name as a classical actress on the French stage.
4
Daughter of Santiago Casares Quiroga, President (Prime Minister) of the Spanish Republic in 1936.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Someone Else's America
1995
Alonso's Mother
Les chevaliers de la table ronde
1990
Viviane (as María Casarès)
Monte bajo
1989
Les nuits révolutionnaires
1989
TV Mini-Series
La Murène
La lectrice
1988
General's Widow (as Maria Casarès)
Sand and Blood
1988
Dolores
Blanche et Marie
1985
Louise
Les bonnes
1985
TV Movie
Madame (as Maria Casarès)
Peer Gynt
1981
TV Movie
Ase, la mère
Cinéma 16
1980
TV Series
Le docteur Burns
L'adieu nu
1977
Victoria
L'île des chèvres
1975
TV Movie
Agata
Flavia
1974
Sister Agatha
La reine verte
1964
TV Movie
Hieronymus Bosch
1963
Short
Récitante / Narrator (voice)
Teatro Trece
1963
TV Series
Yerma
1963
TV Movie
Yerma
Testament of Orpheus
1960
La princesse / The Princess (uncredited)
Macbeth
1959
TV Movie
Lady Macbeth
Énigmes de l'histoire
1956
TV Series
Le jardins du Seigneur
1954
Short
Récitante / Narrator (voice)
Ombre et lumière
1951
Caroline Bessier
Guernica
1951
Short
Récitante / Narrator (voice, as María Casarès)
L'homme qui revient de loin
1950
Marthe Saint-Firmin
Orpheus
1950
The Princess - Death
Kean
1949
TV Movie
Anna
Wench
1948
Carmelle (as Maria Casarès)
La Chartreuse de Parme
1948
La duchesse Gina de San Severina (as Maria Casares)
L'amour autour de la maison
1947
Thérèse
La septième porte
1947
Léila
La revanche de Roger la Honte
1946
Julia de Terrenoire
Roger la Honte
1946
Julia de Noirville
Les dames du Bois de Boulogne
1945
Hélène
Children of Paradise
1945
Nathalie (as Maria Casarès)
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jean Genet, le vagabond: Jean Genet, l'écrivain
1996
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Le cercle de minuit
1992-1995
TV Series
Herself
Du côté de chez Fred
1989
TV Series
Herself
Le grand échiquier
1983
TV Series
Herself
Les deux mémoires
1974
Documentary
Herself
Jean Vilar, une belle vie
1972
Herself (as María Casarès)
D'amour et de pierre
1967
Documentary short
Narratrice (voice)
Thamar en Amnon
1962
Documentary
Satan mon prochain
1961
Documentary short
Narration (voice, as Maria Casarès)
Discorama
1959
TV Series
Herself
Le théâtre national populaire
1956
Documentary short
Herself
Varsovie, quand même...
1954
Documentary short
Récitante / Narrator (voice, as María Casarès)
La vie de Jésus
1952
Documentary
Récitante / Narrator (voice, as María Casarès)
Le coeur d'amour épris du roi René
1952
Documentary short
Récitante / Narrator (voice, as María Casarès)
La vie secrète des visages
1945
Documentary short
Étoiles de demain
1942
Documentary short
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Los caminos de la memoria
2009
Documentary
Herself
Philippe Noiret: Gentleman saltimbanque
2009
TV Movie documentary
Herself (uncredited)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1989
César
César Awards, France
Best Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle)
$800,000
