Acting
María Luisa Ponte
Born June 20, 1918 · Medina de Rioseco, Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain
Died May 2, 1996 · aged 77
María Luisa Ponte Mancini (21 June 1918 – 2 May 1996) was a Spanish actress. She appeared in over 135 films and television shows between 1952 and 1995. She appeared in the 1977 film Black Litter, which was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article María Luisa Ponte, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Estrella de Sierra Morena · 1952Estrella de Sierra Morena
★ 7.31952
MovieDrama
The Nest · 1980The Nest
★ 6.51980
MovieDrama
In a town near Salamanca, an eccentric widower, aged 60, is captivated by an imp, a precocious 13 year old. Alejandro is wealthy and alone, passing time with music, chess, and his shotgun. Gregoria (Goyita) the daughter of a weak-willed policeman and his bullying wife, is a budding naturalist who conspires to meet Alejandro. Even though he knows the village is talking, Alejandro spends time with Goyita, on walks, horseback rides, and dinners. He's enchanted and tells his friend the village priest that he's living for the first time. Goyita makes new demands on Alejandro, and he must decide how to be true to his ethics and to this Platonic yet highly-charged relationship.
Eugenie · 1970Eugenie
★ 4.91970
MovieDramaHorror
A young woman is lured to an island paradise, where she is drawn into a dark world of pleasure, pain, and murder under the control of a sinister figure.
La Regenta · 1995La Regenta
1995
MovieDramaRomance
The imaginary city of Vetusta, a symbol of anachronistic and oppressive traditions, is the realm of hypocrisy and intolerance that makes Ana Ozores's life unbearable and inevitably tragic.
El último sábado · 1967El último sábado
★ 7.01967
MovieDrama
José Luis is a young man from a modest family of Barcelona and he feels genuine passion for motorcycles. His dream is to buy one of a large cylinder capacity, although his economic situation does not allow him by a long shot. Watching a race in the circuit of Montjuic he meets an elegant Italian woman, manager of a team, who made advances to José Luis. But the boy thinks that accessing her wishes he could get the motorbike of his dreams.
Black Litter · 1977Black Litter
★ 5.51977
MovieDrama
Tatin is a young man of fifteen years old who joins a violent group of extreme right-wing ideology, led by Blanca, a mature woman of influential personality.
La Celestina · 1974La Celestina
★ 5.01974
MovieDramaRomance
The Magic Garter Belt · 1980The Magic Garter Belt
★ 4.91980
MovieFantasyComedy
A solicitor's secretary goes to a creepy mansion to hand an inheritance to the deceased's niece. The house's service is trying to terrify the girl out of the house, where they know a treasure is hidden.
Movies
Estrella de Sierra Morena · 1952Estrella de Sierra Morena
★ 7.31952
MovieDrama
The Nest · 1980The Nest
★ 6.51980
MovieDrama
In a town near Salamanca, an eccentric widower, aged 60, is captivated by an imp, a precocious 13 year old. Alejandro is wealthy and alone, passing time with music, chess, and his shotgun. Gregoria (Goyita) the daughter of a weak-willed policeman and his bullying wife, is a budding naturalist who conspires to meet Alejandro. Even though he knows the village is talking, Alejandro spends time with Goyita, on walks, horseback rides, and dinners. He's enchanted and tells his friend the village priest that he's living for the first time. Goyita makes new demands on Alejandro, and he must decide how to be true to his ethics and to this Platonic yet highly-charged relationship.
Eugenie · 1970Eugenie
★ 4.91970
MovieDramaHorror
A young woman is lured to an island paradise, where she is drawn into a dark world of pleasure, pain, and murder under the control of a sinister figure.
La Regenta · 1995La Regenta
1995
MovieDramaRomance
The imaginary city of Vetusta, a symbol of anachronistic and oppressive traditions, is the realm of hypocrisy and intolerance that makes Ana Ozores's life unbearable and inevitably tragic.
El último sábado · 1967El último sábado
★ 7.01967
MovieDrama
José Luis is a young man from a modest family of Barcelona and he feels genuine passion for motorcycles. His dream is to buy one of a large cylinder capacity, although his economic situation does not allow him by a long shot. Watching a race in the circuit of Montjuic he meets an elegant Italian woman, manager of a team, who made advances to José Luis. But the boy thinks that accessing her wishes he could get the motorbike of his dreams.
Black Litter · 1977Black Litter
★ 5.51977
MovieDrama
Tatin is a young man of fifteen years old who joins a violent group of extreme right-wing ideology, led by Blanca, a mature woman of influential personality.
La Celestina · 1974La Celestina
★ 5.01974
MovieDramaRomance
The Magic Garter Belt · 1980The Magic Garter Belt
★ 4.91980
MovieFantasyComedy
A solicitor's secretary goes to a creepy mansion to hand an inheritance to the deceased's niece. The house's service is trying to terrify the girl out of the house, where they know a treasure is hidden.
La tía de Carlos · 1982La tía de Carlos
★ 6.21982
MovieComedy
The father of his girlfriend does not want her to spend a few days with Carlos, so he needs a companion. Therefore, he asks a friend to pretend to be his aunt. This will create endless trouble and confusion, especially when the real aunt of Charles arrives.
Hamlet · 1970Hamlet
★ 10.01970
MovieDramaTV Movie
Hamlet, the young and indolent prince of Denmark, who is sure that his father, the king, has been treacherously murdered by those closest to the throne, decides to take revenge, so he cleverly manipulates the hearts of the members of the court in search of the crack through which he will be capable to see the tainted souls of the coward assassins…
Strange Voyage · 1964Strange Voyage
★ 7.31964
MovieComedyThriller
In a small town near Madrid, Paquita and her brother Venancio, both single and with a childish personality, live under the shadow of their bossy older sister, Ignacia, a grumpy old maid.
The Court of the Pharaoh · 1985The Court of the Pharaoh
★ 5.61985
MovieComedyMusic
In the early Spanish Civil Post-war, in Madrid, during the most hard times of the Franco dictatorship, a group of second-rate players try to get out of their wretched lives taking advantage of the artistic caprices of the son of a rich man who supports the regime. They try to stage a Pre-war 'zarzuela' (a sort of Spanish operetta), 'La Corte Del Faraón', which ironically, thirty years later, is too obscene for the regime censorship. They finally manage to perform the 'zarzuela' but end up in the police station where they confirm that justice depends on which side are you on
Cradle Song · 1994Cradle Song
★ 6.51994
MovieDrama
A group of nuns find an abandoned baby girl at the doorstep of their convent.
Llegar a más · 1964Llegar a más
★ 6.71964
MovieDrama
Despite his youth, Daniel is not happy with his luck. He works in an auto repair shop and his job does not offer him any prospects of progress. Influenced by the large number of workers who are leaving Spain for Germany, he decides to emigrate as well.
La vida alrededor · 1959La vida alrededor
★ 5.61959
MovieComedy
Josephine and Antonio have reached a delicate economic balance after marriage. The salary of lawyer from him, and wins her in the hospital, allows them to survive and fantasize about some freak. The situation is complicated by the news that Josephine is pregnant. Ahead of the debacle that may involve having a "child who eats everything, including food," Josephine teaches the baby still in her womb, higher education courses in order to save some money in schools. Meanwhile, Antonio enters the underworld scene, looking for customers who offer their services as a lawyer.
La revoltosa · 1969La revoltosa
★ 8.01969
MovieMusic
Lucky, the Inscrutable · 1967Lucky, the Inscrutable
★ 4.91967
MovieAdventureAction
An American secret agent is sent to Europe to track down a ring of counterfeiters. His investigation takes him from Rome to Albania, where he gets involved with a sexy Albanian police commissioner.
Las señoritas de mala compañía · 1973Las señoritas de mala compañía
★ 6.01973
MovieComedy
The Imaginary Invalid · 1979The Imaginary Invalid
1979
MovieComedy
FFG: un retrato · 1976FFG: un retrato
★ 7.01976
MovieDocumentary
An experimental portrait of Fernando Fernán Gómez, one of the most renowned Spanish artists of all time.
The Executioner · 1963The Executioner
★ 7.61963
MovieComedyDrama
An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retirement.
Los caciques · 1976Los caciques
1976
Movie
Mentirosa · 1962Mentirosa
★ 5.51962
MovieThrillerComedy
Nina, secretary of the lawyer Mr. Mendoza, is an imaginative liar. Because of her work, she has access to the will of an old millionaire who died naming as the sole beneficiary his daughter, the fruit of a love affair of youth. Only the millionaire's sister, the widow of Martiarena, knows who she is and where she lives. Nina decides to impersonate her and, to his astonishment, is recognized as the real daughter by the sister. But the housekeeper and the doctor of Mrs. Martiarena decide to resolve the situation.
From Maid to Lady · 1979From Maid to Lady
★ 4.21979
MovieComedy
Rubina arrives in Rome from the high mountain in search of her boyfriend Carlo, who refuses to keep her word of marriage, in view of which she falsely accuses him of having raped her and the boy is imprisoned. Rubina is placed as a maid in David's house. David who has a bizarre family runs a boutique with his son Leo. She soon becomes a clerk in the store, where she conquers everyone, and marries Leo. She will have various sexual experiences. But she gets pregnant by her boyfriend who has since been released from prison.
TV Shows
Curro Jiménez · 1976Curro Jiménez
★ 7.31976
SeriesComedy
Curro Jiménez was a successful Spanish TV series that aired on TVE1 from 22 December 1976 to 1979. Its main theme was Andalusian "bandolerismo" in the 19th century, located in the Ronda mountains. The main characters were four bandits, Curro Jiménez
Los camioneros · 1973Los camioneros
★ 6.51973
SeriesComedyDrama
Fortunata and Jacinta · 1980Fortunata and Jacinta
★ 6.71980
SeriesDrama
The aristocrat Juan de Santa Cruz meets Fortunata, a girl of humble origins, and a passionate love arises between them; but his mother decides to marry him to her niece Jacinta.
Las Chicas de Hoy en Día · 1991Las Chicas de Hoy en Día
★ 7.01991
SeriesComedy
Segunda Enseñanza · 1986Segunda Enseñanza
★ 4.01986
SeriesDrama
Lorca: Death of a Poet · 1987Lorca: Death of a Poet
★ 5.11987
SeriesDrama
Lorca, a great Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27. He was executed by Nationalist forces at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. Nickolas Grace gives a fabulous interpretation in the title role and he even bears a remarkable resemblance to Lorca.
El pícaro · 1974El pícaro
★ 7.21974
SeriesComedy
In 17th-century Spain, Lucas Trapaza is a lazy liar and con artist who does everything he can to live off others.
La Regenta · 1995La Regenta
★ 6.31995
SeriesDrama
The imaginary city of Vetusta, a symbol of anachronistic and oppressive traditions, is the realm of hypocrisy and intolerance that makes Ana Ozores’s life unbearable and inevitably tragic.