Isabel Garcés
Isabel Garcés | |
|---|---|
Garcés in 1931 | |
| Born | Isabel Garcés Cerezal 28 January 1901 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 3 February 1981 (aged 80) Madrid, Spain |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1959-1975 (film) |
Isabel Garcés Cerezal (28 January 1901 – 3 February 1981) was a Spanish stage and film actress.[1]
She is particularly remembered for being a regular sidekick (a grandmother or mother figure) in Marisol's movies: An Angel Has Arrived (1961), Marisol rumbo a Río (1963), Búsqueme a esa chica (1965), Las cuatro bodas de Marisol (1967), Solos los dos (1968).[2][3][4][5]
Biography
Isabel Garcés was born in Madrid in 1891.[6] At only five years of age, she started performing at the Madrilenian Teatro del Príncipe as part of the children's troupe led by Jacinto Benavente.[6]
Later, Tirso Escudero booked her into his Teatro de la Comedia. Her first role there was as the "ugly woman" in El orgullo de la Albacete, a play in three acts by French playwright Pierre Veber.[6]
Her next theatre was Eslava, where she moved together with Catalina Bárcena and Gregorio Martinez Sierra. In that theatre, she notably was Pepita Morer's substitute in Las lágrimas de la Trini by playwright Carlos Arniches.[6]
After that, she moved to the Teatro Infanta Isabel and became part of its troupe led by Arturo Serrano. She stayed with the theatre for twenty seasons, notably beating the record of 200 performances in 40 comedy plays.[6] At that theatre, she was part of the original casts of such plays as Pedro Muñoz's El refugio, El alfiler and La tonta del rizo, Adolfo Torrado's El famoso Carballeira, Chiruca and Mosquita en palacio and Jacinto Benavente's Su amante esposa, El alfiler en la boca, El marido de bronce and Ha llegado don Juan.[6]
She appeared in her first film at the age of 58.[7] Her roles were that of typical sweet, absent-minded grandmother. In particular, she starred in many musical "child prodigy" comedies, playing a humorous counterpoint to child protagonists such as Pili and Mili and Marisol.[5][2]
She died in Madrid on 3 February 1981, at the age of 80.[8]
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Una gran señora | |
| 1960 | My Last Tango | Clarisa |
| 1961 | An Angel Has Arrived | Herminia |
| 1961 | My Wedding Night | Gabriela |
| 1963 | The Daughters of Helena | Doña Helena |
| Marisol rumbo a Río | ||
| Como dos gotas de agua | Ángela Goñi | |
| 1965 | Búsqueme a esa chica | |
| 1967 | Las cuatro bodas de Marisol | |
| 1968 | Solos los dos | |
| Cristina Guzmán | Mónica | |
| 1969 | El taxi de los conflictos | |
| 1970 | Growing Leg, Diminishing Skirt | Doña Ramona |
| 1971 | The Rebellious Novice | Sister Estefanía |
| 1975 | Como matar a papá... sin hacerle daño | |
| Una abuelita de antes de la guerra | ||
| Las bodas de Blanca |
References
- ^ Bentley p.161
- ^ a b "De niña prodigio a mujer rebelde: 10 películas para descubrir a Marisol". 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Isabel Garcés, la 'madre' de Marisol que solo vestía de Balenciaga". 18 December 2022.
- ^ "Isabel Garcés, el disgusto de la 'madre de Marisol' cuando salió en 'Interviú'". 28 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Entrevista en Diario Vasco, 7 de febrero de 1967".
- ^ a b c d e f Diccionario Akal de Teatro. Ediciones AKAL. 2 January 1998. ISBN 978-84-460-0827-9.
- ^ Bernard P. E. Bentley (2008). A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Vol. 266. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-1-85566-176-9.
- ^ "Murió la actriz Isabel Garcés". El País. 4 February 1981. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019.
Bibliography
- Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer, 2008.