Chus Lampreave

María Jesús Lampreave Pérez (11 December 1930 – 4 April 2016), known professionally as Chus Lampreave, was a Spanish actress. Born in Madrid, she began appearing in films in 1958, but she became internationally known thanks to her roles in films by Pedro Almodóvar, where she played old ladies with maternal or pastoral traits.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Lampreave and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.

Chus Lampreave
Born	María Jesús Lampreave Pérez (1930-12-11)11 December 1930 Madrid, Spain
Died	4 April 2016(2016-04-04) (aged 85) Almería, Spain
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1958–2012
Notable work	Volver Belle Époque

She died in Almería on 4 April 2016 at the age of 85.[1]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1958	El pisito	Adelina - secretaria de Don Manuel	Marco Ferreri	Uncredited
1960	El cochecito	Yolanda	Marco Ferreri
1963	La becerrada	Chus	José María Forqué
1963	Not on Your Life	Mujer visitante de la obra nº 1	Luis García Berlanga
1966	Les Combinards		Jean-Claude Roy	(scenes deleted)
1970	La Lola, dicen que no vive sola	Justa	Jaime de Armiñán
1972	My Dearest Senorita	Sobrina de Chus	Jaime de Armiñán
1974	The Love of Captain Brando	Alcaldesa	Jaime de Armiñán
1976	Colorín colorado	Austin	José Luis García Sánchez
1977	El bengador Gusticiero y su pastelera madre	Rosalinda	Antonio Fraguas 'Forges'
	Al fin solos, pero...	Chus	Antonio Giménez Rico
	La guerra de papá	Loren	Antonio Mercero
	Nunca es tarde	Manoli	Jaime de Armiñán
1978	El monosabio	Clara	Ray Rivas
	La escopeta nacional	Viti	Luis García Berlanga
1980	El erótico enmascarado	Doña Gertrudis	Mariano Ozores
1981	National Heritage	Viti	Luis García Berlanga
	Cuentos para una escapada
1982	Nacional III	Viti	Luis García Berlanga
1983	Dark Habits	Sor Rata	Pedro Almodóvar
1984	Epílogo	Flo-Flo	Gonzalo Suárez
	Bajo en nicotina	Puri	Raúl Artigot
	What Have I Done to Deserve This?	Abuela	Pedro Almodóvar
	El jardín secreto	María	Carlos Suárez
1985	El rollo de septiembre	Doña Aurelia	Mariano Ozores
	El elegido	Florita	Fernando Huertas
	Sé infiel y no mires con quién	Adela Mora	Fernando Trueba
1986	Lulú de noche	Farmacéutica #2	Emilio Martínez-Lázaro
	Matador	Pilar	Pedro Almodóvar
	Year of Enlightment	Doña Tránsito	Fernando Trueba
1987	La vida alegre	Vecina II	Fernando Colomo
	El pecador impecable	Beni	Augusto Martínez Torres
	Moros y cristianos	Antonia	Luis García Berlanga
1988	Espérame en el cielo	Emilia	Antonio Mercero
	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown	Portera Testiga de Jehová	Pedro Almodóvar
	Miss Caribe	Doña Petra	Fernando Colomo
1989	Amanece, que no es poco	Álvarez - su madre	José Luis Cuerda
	Bajarse al moro	Doña Antonia	Fernando Colomo
1992	Belle Époque	Doña Asun	Fernando Trueba
1993	Supernova	Avelina	Juan Miñón
	Everyone Off to Jail	Chus	Luis García Berlanga
1994	Casque bleu	Alicia's Mother	Gérard Jugnot
	Siete mil días juntos	Sofía	Fernando Fernán Gómez
1995	The Flower of My Secret	Madre de Leo	Pedro Almodóvar
	Así en el cielo como en la tierra	Doña Asunción	José Luis Cuerda
1998	Mátame mucho	Josefa	José Ángel Bohollo
	Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley	Reme	Santiago Segura
	Una pareja perfecta	Doña Cuca	Francesc Betriu
2001	Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella	Reme	Santiago Segura
2002	Talk to Her	Portera	Pedro Almodóvar
	El florido pensil	Doña Pepa	Juan José Porto
2003	Atraco a las 3... y media	Doña Vicenta	Raúl Marchand Sánchez
2004	Di que sí	Madre de Víctor	Juan Calvo
2006	Volver	Tía Paula	Pedro Almodóvar
2008	Chef's Special	Celia	Nacho G. Velilla
2009	Broken Embraces	Portera	Pedro Almodóvar
2010	Mami Blue
2012	The Artist and the Model	María	Fernando Trueba
2014	Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas	Reme	Santiago Segura

Television

• Hermanas (1998)
• Lo+Plus (1997)

Awards

• Premio Goya (1992) [2]
• Fotogramas de Plata (2005)
• Premios unión de actores (2006)[3]
• Cannes Film Festival (2006): Best actress together with the rest of female cast of Volver[4]

List of awards and nominations

Cannes Film Festival[4]

Year	Category	Movie	Result
2006	Best Actress	Volver	Won

Goya Awards

Year	Category	Movie	Result
2012	Best Supporting Actress	El artista y la modelo	Nominated
1995	Best Supporting Actress	La flor de mi secreto	Nominated
1992	Best Supporting Actress	Belle Époque	Won
1989	Best Supporting Actress	Bajarse al moro	Nominated
1988	Best Supporting Actress	Espérame en el cielo	Nominated
1986	Best Supporting Actress	El año de las luces	Nominated

Fotogramas de Plata

Year	Category	Movie	Result
2005	Live Career		Won
1993	Best TV Actress	¿De parte de quién?	Finalist (1st round)
1990	Best TV Actress	Eva y Adán, agencia matrimonial	Nominated
1988	Best cinema actress	Espérame en el cielo Miss Caribe Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios	Nominated
1986	Best Cinema Actress	El año de las luces Lulú de noche Matador	Nominated
1984	Best Cinema Actress	¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?	Nominated

Premios de la Unión de Actores

Year	Category	Movie	Result
2012	Best Supporting Actress	El artista y la modelo	Nominated
2008	Best Supporting Actress	Fuera de carta	Nominated
2006	Best Supporting Actress	Volver	Won
1995	Best Supporting Actress	La flor de mi secreto	Nominated

References

1. Martínez, Evaristo (4 April 2016). "Fallece en Almería Chus Lampreave". La Voz de Almería (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2018.
2. Premios Goya (1992), imdb.com; accessed 23 January 2016.
3. Chus Lampreave se llevó mejor actriz de reparto, lasemana.es; accessed 20 March 2016.(in Spanish)
4. "Festival de Cannes: Volver". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2009.

External links

• Chus Lampreave on IMDb