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María José Cantudo
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María Purificación Josefa Cantudo Porcel, known as María José Cantudo (Andújar, Jaén, July 10, 1951), is a Spanish actress and vedette. The hotelier businessman Carlos del Val encourages and supports her so that she can start an artistic career in Madrid. Her beginnings in 1971-1972 are as an advertising model and photo novel actress, a genre in which she acquires certain popularity. She began her film career in 1973 with the films El espanto surge de la tumba and Autopsia, but achieved her first success under Jorge Grau in La trastienda (1976), where she starred in the first female full nude (seen through a mirror) of Spanish cinema. In 1973 she married the singer and actor Manolo Otero, fa…
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María Purificación Josefa Cantudo Porcel, known as María José Cantudo (Andújar, Jaén, July 10, 1951), is a Spanish actress and vedette. The hotelier businessman Carlos del Val encourages and supports her so that she can start an artistic career in Madrid. Her beginnings in 1971-1972 are as an advertising model and photo novel actress, a genre in which she acquires certain popularity. She began her film career in 1973 with the films El espanto surge de la tumba and Autopsia, but achieved her first success under Jorge Grau in La trastienda (1976), where she starred in the first female full nude (seen through a mirror) of Spanish cinema. In 1973 she married the singer and actor Manolo Otero, father of her only son, Manuel (b. 1974). Separated in 1978, she has been romantically linked to actor Pedro Ruiz and artistic entrepreneur Enrique Cornejo. In 2013 she is designated an honorary member of UNESCO for her philanthropic work.
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La ópera rock Jesucristo Superstar: un hito en la historia del musical español
as Self
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
as Self
Sangre en el Caribe
as Julia
Piernas cruzadas
as Lucerito Rioja / Rosario de la Mota
Inseminación artificial
as Alicia Jordán
Love Is a Strange Game
Life, Love and Death
as Flavia
Las chicas del bingo
as María
The Ambitious Lover
as Anna
Bordello
as Esther
The Frenchman's Garden
as Andrea
Marked by Men
as Carmen
Pasión
as Isabel
The Kidnapping
as Marisa
The Shameful Secret of a Good Boy
as Ana
Señoritas de uniforme
as Manuela
Las delicias de los verdes años
as Herminia
Blood and Passion
as Juana Ríos
Los hijos de...
as Rocío
The Lively Vampires of Vögel
as Laura
The Killer Is Not Alone
as Sara
El último proceso en París
as Dennis
Seven Jackals
Autopsy
as Mrs. Vincent
Horror Rises from the Tomb
as Chantal
Don Quixote Rides Again
as (uncredited)
Los días de Cabirio
as Chica de la boîte Perversión (uncredited)