Maria Cuadra
Maria Cuadra (born Madrid 26 December 1936) is a leading Spanish film, television and theater actress who has starred in several high-profile Spanish and international productions including: Platero y yo, Ultimo Encuentro, Vuelve San Valentin, Marinai, donne e guai and I tromboni di Fradiavolo with Ugo Tognazzi and Raimondo Vianello , and La Cancion del Olvido. She has worked alongside other actor greats such as Van Johnson, Fernando Rey, Giuliano Gemma in the movie The Price of Power (Il Prezzo del Potere), a Spanish-Italian Western version of the JFK assassination and Vittorio De Sica and Anita Ekberg in (Les Trois etc. du colonel).
She is the daughter of bullfighter Antonio Cuadra Belmonte. She married and later divorced Italian movie actor and producer Eduardo De Santis. She has three children from this marriage (Natasha De Santis Cuadra, Nicolas and Antonella De Santis Cuadra). Maria Cuadra lives in Madrid and is very active in charity work for international organisations including serving as an Ambassador for UNICEF and the International Red Cross.
Filmography
-Estudio 1 - Dorothy (2 Episodes 1977-1982)
-Cualquier Miercoles (1982) TV Episode
-Los Gigantes de la Montana - Ilse (1977)
-Canciones de nuestra vida (1975)
-Proceso a Jesus (1973)
-La Donna di Picche (1972)
-The Price of Power - Lucreatia Garfield (1969)
1977-1982 Estudio 1 (TV series) Dorothy / Ilse – Cualquier miércoles (1982) … Dorothy – Los gigantes de la montaña (1977) … Ilse
1975 Canciones de nuestra vida
1974 Proceso a Jesús
1972 La donna di picche (TV mini-series) Consuelo Manero
1969 The Price of Power Lucretia Garfield
1969 La canción del olvido
1968 Platero y yo Aguedilla
1968 A Rather Complicated Girl
1967 The Last Meeting
1967 Fury of Johnny Kid Lezerind
1967 Granada addio! Consuelo Linares
1965 Novela (TV series) – El regreso (1965)
1965 Umorismo in nero Maria - segment 3 'La cornacchia'
-La cancion del Olvido (1969)
-Una ragazza piuttosto complicata (A complicated girl) (1968)
-Último encuentro (1967)
-Dove si spara di piu (Fury of Johnny Kid) (1967)
-Granada Addio - Consuelo Linares (1967)
-Novela 1 Episode (1967)
-El regreso (1965)
-Umorismo in Nero (Black Humor) (1965)
-Io Uccido, tu uccidi (I kill, You Kill) (1965)
-Vuelve San Valentin (1962)
-I tromboni di Fra Diavolo (1962)
-Noche de Verano (1962)
-Los tres ecceteras del colonel (1960)
-Marinai, donne e guai (1958)
-Amore a prima vista (1958)
-Le Belle dell'aria (Las Aeroguapas) (1958)
-La estrella del rey (1957)
-Marisa la civetta (1957)