María José Cantudo
Acting
Born: 1951-07-10 in Andújar, Jaén, Spain
Biography
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.
Known For
Cuéntame cómo pasó
Susana de Ramírez Sañudo
La que se avecina
María José Cantudo
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
Self - Interviewee
La Comedia Musical Española
Emérita
La Comedia Musical Española
Fifí
La Comedia Musical Española
Bordello
Esther
Piernas cruzadas
Lucerito Rioja / Rosario de la Mota
Autopsy
Mrs. Vincent
Inseminación artificial
Alicia Jordán
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
Self
Don Quixote Rides Again
(uncredited)
Horror Rises from the Tomb
Chantal
Señoritas de uniforme
Manuela
Love Is a Strange Game
The Killer Is Not Alone
Sara
Los hijos de...
Rocío
Blood and Passion
Juana Ríos
The Ambitious Lover
Anna
La ópera rock Jesucristo Superstar: un hito en la historia del musical español
Self
The Frenchman's Garden
Andrea
The Kidnapping
Marisa
Las delicias de los verdes años
Herminia
The Lively Vampires of Vögel
Laura
Seven Jackals
El último proceso en París
Dennis
Life, Love and Death
Flavia
Marked by Men
Carmen
Sangre en el Caribe
Julia
The Shameful Secret of a Good Boy
Ana
Los días de Cabirio
Chica de la boîte Perversión (uncredited)
Pasión
Isabel
Las chicas del bingo
María