The world of cinema, television and theater mourns the loss of a legend: Marisa Paredes

Actress Marisa Paredes dies at 78. Who was president of the Film Academy He leaves behind a long career both in television, where he participated in more than 80 fictions, and in cinema with 75 films behind him, even pending the premiere of 'Emergency Exit' by Lluís Miñarro.

From Madrid, Marisa Paredes trained at the capital's School of Dramatic Arts, and made her film debut at just 14 years old in Not tonight either, by José Osuna, and 091 Police speaking, by José María Forqué.

Internationally his career took off at the hands of Pedro Almodovar with unforgettable roles in films like In darkness, Far away heels, The flower of my secret, Everything about my mother, Talk to her o The skin I live in.

He also participated in great productions as life is beautiful, by Roberto Benigni; Deep Crimson, by Arturo Ripstein, the The devil's backbone, by Guillermo del Toro. In his long filmography he also worked with filmmakers of the stature of Amos Gitai, Daniel Schmid, Philipe Lioret, Raoul Ruiz, Alain Tanner, Maria Sole Tognazzi, Cristina Comencini and Manoel de Oliveira.

From 2000 to 2003 she was president of the Film Academy, an institution that recognized her in 2018 with the Goya of Honor, a distinction she received from her daughter, María Isasi, and the director Agustí Villaronga. He also received the National Cinematography Award, the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts or the Great Vermeil Medal of the City of Paris, as well as countless film awards in international competitions such as Karlovy Vary, Taormina, Gijón, Málaga or Valladolid.

Paredes married Antonio Isasi-Isadmendi, they separated in 1983, and had been in a relationship with 40 years Chema Prado, former director of the Spanish Film Archive.

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