María José Cantudo

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

La que se avecina

Cuéntame cómo pasó

Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez

La Comedia Musical Española

The Ambitious Lover

Inseminación artificial

All Movies (27)

La ópera rock Jesucristo Superstar: un hito en la historia del musical español2018 · as Self
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry2010 · as Self
Sangre en el Caribe1985 · as Julia
Piernas cruzadas1984 · as Lucerito Rioja / Rosario de la Mota
Inseminación artificial1984 · as Alicia Jordán
Love Is a Strange Game1983
Life, Love and Death1982 · as Flavia
Las chicas del bingo1982 · as María
The Ambitious Lover1982 · as Anna
Bordello1981 · as Esther
The Frenchman's Garden1978 · as Andrea
Marked by Men1977 · as Carmen
Pasión1977 · as Isabel
The Kidnapping1976 · as Marisa
The Shameful Secret of a Good Boy1976 · as Ana
Señoritas de uniforme1976 · as Manuela
Las delicias de los verdes años1976 · as Herminia
Blood and Passion1976 · as Juana Ríos
Los hijos de...1976 · as Rocío
The Lively Vampires of Vögel1975 · as Laura
The Killer Is Not Alone1975 · as Sara
Seven Jackals1974
El último proceso en París1974 · as Dennis
Autopsy1973 · as Mrs. Vincent
Horror Rises from the Tomb1973 · as Chantal
Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo1973 · as (uncredited)
Los días de Cabirio1971 · as Chica de la boîte Perversión (uncredited)

All TV Shows (6)

Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez2017 · as Self - Interviewee
La que se avecina2007 · as María José Cantudo
Cuéntame cómo pasó2001 · as Susana de Ramírez Sañudo
La Comedia Musical Española1985 · as Emérita
La Comedia Musical Española1985 · as Fifí
La Comedia Musical Española1985