- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 10, 1951
- Place of Birth
- Andújar, Jaén, Spain
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 …
Filmography
movieLa ópera rock Jesucristo Superstar: un hito en la historia del musical español
2018 · Self
tvDani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
2017 · Self - Interviewee
movieThe Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
2010 · Self
tvLa que se avecina
2007 · María José Cantudo
tvCuéntame cómo pasó
2001 · Susana de Ramírez Sañudo
tvLa Comedia Musical Española
1985 · , Fifí, Emérita
movieSangre en el Caribe
1985 · Julia
moviePiernas cruzadas
1984 · Lucerito Rioja / Rosario de la Mota
movieInseminación artificial
1984 · Alicia Jordán
movieLove Is a Strange Game
1983
movieLife, Love and Death
1982 · Flavia
movieLas chicas del bingo
1982 · María
movieThe Ambitious Lover
1982 · Anna
movieBordello
1981 · Esther
movieThe Frenchman's Garden
1978 · Andrea
movieMarked by Men
1977 · Carmen
moviePasión
1977 · Isabel
movieThe Kidnapping
1976 · Marisa
movieThe Shameful Secret of a Good Boy
1976 · Ana
movieSeñoritas de uniforme
1976 · Manuela
movieLas delicias de los verdes años
1976 · Herminia
movieBlood and Passion
1976 · Juana Ríos
movieLos hijos de...
1976 · Rocío
movieThe Lively Vampires of Vögel
1975 · Laura
movieThe Killer Is Not Alone
1975 · Sara
movieSeven Jackals
1974
movieEl último proceso en París
1974 · Dennis
movieAutopsy
1973 · Mrs. Vincent
movieHorror Rises from the Tomb
1973 · Chantal
movieDon Quijote cabalga de nuevo
1973 · (uncredited)
movieLos días de Cabirio
1971 · Chica de la boîte Perversión (uncredited)