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Chus Lampreave

Chus Lampreave

Spanish actress

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lampreave and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.

María Jesús Lampreave Pérez (11 December 1930 – 4 April 2016), known professionally as Chus Lampreave, was a Spanish character actress who starred in more than 70 films.[1][2][3] She is internationally known for her roles in films by Pedro Almodóvar.[4]

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Biography

Lampreave was born in Madrid. She planned on being a painter[4][5] and studied at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando,[2] after which she worked as an illustrator for the Aguilar [es] publishing firm.[2]

It had not been her intention to become an actress,[6] but she was discovered by Jaime de Armiñán[6] and began appearing in films in 1959.[1]

Her first work with Pedro Almodóvar was in Entre tinieblas (1983).[1] In total, Lampreave appeared in eight of his films.[3] Almodóvar is known for his use of recurring female stars; they are referred to as the "Almodóvar girls".[2]

Lampreave was known for playing old ladies,[2] usually eccentric female relatives[3] that sported extremely thick glasses.[2] She was recognized for the humor and humanity she added to her characters.[2]

Lampreave never starred as a main character,[6] but would come to be known as Spain's most popular supporting actress.[1]

Lampreave married in 1960.[7] She had a son, who is a biologist,[8] and a daughter who died in the 1990s after an illness.[7]

Among Lampreave's last roles was as the face of three advertisement campaigns for Campofrío embutido sausages.[6][9]

She spent the last few years of her life away from the spotlight in Almería in the south of Spain.[2] She died in 2016 the age of 85.[1]

Filmography

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Television

  • Lo+Plus (1997)[6]
  • Hermanas (1998)

Awards

List of awards and nominations

Cannes Film Festival
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Goya Awards
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Fotogramas de Plata
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Spanish Actors Union Awards
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Awards by the Ministry of Culture

References

  1. [1]
    Martínez, Evaristo (4 April 2016). "Fallece en Almería Chus Lampreave". La Voz de Almería (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  2. [2]
    Galán, Diego (2016-04-05). "Muere Chus Lampreave, rostro emblemático del cine español". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  3. [3]
    "Adios Chus: Almodóvar's favourite muse dies aged 85". www.thelocal.es. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  4. [4]
    "Chus Lampreave: las mejores frases de una secundaria de oro". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  5. [5]
    "Chus Lampreave, nuevo y sorprendente icono de la publicidad española". abc (in Spanish). 2014-01-17. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  6. [6]
    "Chus Lampreave, la actriz que nunca quiso serlo". Vanity Fair (in Spanish). 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  7. [7]
    "Chus Lampreave: la trágica pérdida y el drama tras la sonrisa de una gran cómica". www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). 2020-12-11. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  8. [8]
    Mas, Iñigo (2016-04-05). "El rostro más doméstico de Chus Lampreave: entre la arqueología y el whatsapp". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  9. [9]
    "El anuncio de Navidad de unos embutidos abre una gran polémica". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  10. [10]
    Premios Goya (1992), imdb.com; accessed 23 January 2016.
  11. [11]
    Chus Lampreave se llevó mejor actriz de reparto, lasemana.es; accessed 20 March 2016.(in Spanish)
  12. [12]
    "Festival de Cannes: Volver". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
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