María José Cantudo
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
ActingBirthday
July 10, 1951Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
27Place of birth
Andújar, Jaén, Spain
Cast credits
Horror Rises from the Tomb
Chantal
Las delicias de los verdes años
Herminia
Las chicas del bingo
María
Señoritas de uniforme
Manuela
Seven Jackals
Piernas cruzadas
Lucerito Rioja / Rosario de la Mota
The Shameful Secret of a Good Boy
Ana
Blood and Passion
Juana Ríos
The Lively Vampires of Vögel
Laura
Marked by Men
Carmen
The Frenchman's Garden
Andrea
The Kidnapping
Marisa
Pasión
Isabel
The Ambitious Lover
Anna
The Killer Is Not Alone
Sara
Sangre en el Caribe
Julia
Autopsy
Mrs. Vincent
Life, Love and Death
Flavia
Los hijos de...
Rocío
Bordello
Esther
Inseminación artificial
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