María Gracia Morales Carvajal (11 November 1928 – 3 April 1995) better known as Gracita Morales was a classic Spanish film actress with a famous high-pitched voice.[1] She was one of the most popular Spanish actresses of the 1960s and 1970s, in both leading and supporting roles.[1] Some of her more notable films included Atraco a las tres (1962, as Enriqueta), Sor Citroën (1967), and ¡Cómo está el servicio! (1968).[1] She acted in many films as a maid.[citation needed] By the end of the 1970s she had performed in nearly 100 films.[1] After this her health declined and her career diminished as she battled severe depression and addiction to pills.[1] She remained active as a stage actress up until 1991.[1] She died in Madrid on April 3, 1995 of respiratory failure.[1]
Gracita Morales | |
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.jpg) Gracitas Morales in Sor Citroen | |
| Born | María Gracia Morales Carvajal 11 November 1928 |
| Died | 3 April 1995 (aged 66) Madrid, Spain |
| Years active | 1954–1989 |
Selected filmography edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Heaven at Home | Patient | |
| My Street | Purita | ||
| Maribel and the Strange Family | Niní | ||
| Police Calling 091 | Salesperson | ||
| 1961 | Siempre es domingo | ||
| Los que no fuimos a la guerra | |||
| Los Pedigüeños | |||
| Abuelita Charleston | |||
| Esa pícara pelirroja | |||
| 1962 | You and Me Are Three | Hospital telephone operator | |
| Vamos a contar mentiras | |||
| Vuelve San Valentín | |||
| El sol en el espejo | |||
| Escuela de seductoras | |||
| Fin de semana | |||
| La casta Susana | |||
| Los Guerrilleros | |||
| The Mustard Grain | Evelio's wife | ||
| Canción de juventud | |||
| Chica para todo | |||
| 1963 | Cuatro bodas y pico | ||
| Millonario por un día | Paz | ||
| Atraco a las tres | Enriqueta | ||
| 1964 | La chica del gato | Guadalupe | |
| Casi un caballero | |||
| Los Palomos | Virtudes | ||
| Vacaciones para Ivette | |||
| 1965 | La visita que no tocó el timbre | ||
| Más bonita que ninguna | |||
| Operación Cabaretera | Hipólita, alias 'Lita' | ||
| Un vampiro para dos | Luisita | ||
| La ciudad no es para mí | |||
| Hoy como ayer | |||
| Algunas lecciones de amor | |||
| Television Stories | Eladio's pregnant wife | ||
| 1966 | Aquí mando yo | ||
| Operación secretaria | |||
| 1967 | Una señora estupenda | ||
| Pero ¿En qué país vivimos? | |||
| Sor Citroën | Tomasa | ||
| Las que tienen que servir | |||
| Novios 68 | Lucía | ||
| Forty Degrees in the Shade | Filomena | ||
| Good Morning, Little Countess | |||
| Crónica de nueve meses | |||
| 1968 | Objetivo Bi-Ki-Ni | Justina Salguero | |
| Mi marido y sus complejos | |||
| Long Play | |||
| ¡Cómo está el servicio! | Vicenta Berruguillo | ||
| Farewell to Marriage | |||
| 1969 | Pepa Doncel | Trini, alias 'La Amoníaco' | |
| Matrimonios separados | |||
| Las panteras se comen a los ricos | |||
| Juicio de faldas | |||
| El taxi de los conflictos | |||
| Déle color al difunto | |||
| Cómo casarse en siete días | |||
| 1970 | Préstame quince días | ||
| La casa de los Martínez | |||
| En un lugar de la Manga | |||
| A mí las mujeres ni fu ni fa | |||
| 1971 | Si Fulano fuese Mengano | ||
| La graduada | |||
| 1972 | Guapo heredero busca esposa | ||
| 1974 | Dormir y ligar, todo es empezar | ||
| 1975 | Vuelve, querida Nati | ||
| Mi adúltero esposo | |||
| 1978 | Nunca en horas de clase | ||
| Donde hay patrón | |||
| 1982 | Adulterio Nacional | ||
| 1984 | El pico 2 | Adela | |
| Play-Boy en paro | |||
| La de Troya en el Palmar | |||
| 1985 | El donante | ||
| 1987 | No, hija, no | ||
| 1988 | Canción triste de... |
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