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Concha Velasco

Concha Velasco

Concepción Velasco Varona (29 November 1939 – 2 December 2023), known professionally as Concha Velasco, also Conchita Velasco, was a Spanish actress, singer, dancer, television presenter, and theatrical producer. She received numerous accolades throughout her career in film, theater, and television spanning over six decades, including two National Theater Awards presented by the Spanish Ministry of Culture in 1972 and 2016, the Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Spanish Television Academy in 2009, and the Honorary Goya Award presented by the Spanish Film Academy in 2012.

Some of her credits include leading film performances in Red Cross Girls (1958), Los tramposos (1959), The Fair of the Dove (1963), Television Stories (1965), The Witching Hour (1985), and Beyond the Garden (1996); leading stage performances in ¡Mamá, quiero ser artista!, in several plays that author Antonio Gala wrote for her, and in the Spanish productions of Filumena Marturano and Hello, Dolly!; leading television performances in Teresa de Jesús and Herederos on Televisión Española, Motivos personales on Telecinco, and Gran Hotel on Antena 3; as well as a television presenter in numerous shows for those three networks.

Velasco had been also the recipient of many honours. The Government of Spain honoured her with the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts in 1987, the Gold Medal of Merit in Labour in 2008, the Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise in 2016, and the Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic posthumously in 2023. The Spanish Film Academy honoured her with its Gold Medal in 2003.

El ventilador. Una història de rumba

2023

as Self (archive footage)

Concha, artista total

2023

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

Olea… ¡Más alto!

2020

as Self - Actress

La corte de Ana

2020

as Herself - Actress

32 Malasana Street

2020

as Maruja

Yo soy Arturo Fernández

2019

as Herself - Actress

Querido Fotogramas

2018

as Self

Asesinato en El Hormiguero Express

2018

Cable Girls

2017

as Carmen Benavides

Voodoo doll

2017

as Narrator (voice)

Concha Velasco: memoria viva

2016

as Self - Actress

Bajo sospecha

2015

as Doña Adela Varcárcel

Barefoot in the Kitchen

2013

as (archive footage)

Grand Hotel

2011

as Ángela Salinas

Las chicas de Oro

2010

as Doroti

Rage

2009

as Sra. Torres

In the Lost City

2009

as Self

La extraña pareja: Pajares y Esteso

2008

as Self

Enloquecidas

2008

as Nuria

Herederos

2007

Boystown

2007

as Antonia

Bienvenido a casa

2006

as Madre Samuel

Motivos personales

2005

as Aurora Acosta

Las cerezas del cementerio

2005

as Beatriz

Los niños del jardín

2003

Moscow Gold

2003

as Pastora Bernal

Los pasos perdidos

2001

as Inés Laroche

Km. 0

2000

as Marga

París-Tombuctú

1999

as Trini

Más allá del jardín

1996

as Palmira

Sombras y luces: Cien años de cine español

1996

I Get Off at the Next Stop, What About You?

1992

as Concha

Querida Concha

1992

Imágenes perdidas

1991

as Herself - Narrator

Esquilache

1989

as Pastora Patermo

The Witching Hour

1985

as Pilar

La Comedia Musical Española

1985

as Celinda

La Comedia Musical Española

1985

as María Rosa

La Comedia Musical Española

1985

as Patricia

La Comedia Musical Española

1985

Teresa de Jesús

1984

as Santa Teresa de Jesús

The Beehive

1982

as Purita

Check to the Queen

1979

as Ana

Ernesto

1979

as Aunt Regina

Five Forks

1979

as Maruja

Esposa y amante

1977

as Luisa

The Long Vacations of '36

1976

as Mercedes

La Corea

1976

as Rosalía de Bringas (uncredited)

Libertad provisional

1976

as Alicia

Blanca's Weddings

1975

as Blanca

Yo soy fulana de tal

1975

as Mapi Sánchez

País S. A.

1975

as Actores invitados

Ready, Aim, Fire!

1975

as Paca

Fierce Love, or When Children Play at Love

1975

as Marga

Un lujo a su alcance

1975

as Marta

Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe

1975

as Margarita / Wife

Yo creo que...

1975

Tormento

1974

as Rosalía de Bringas

Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar

1974

as Self (uncredited)

Love Starts at Midnight

1974

as Elena

Las señoritas de mala compañía

1973

as Dominga

Las brujas de Salem

1973

as Abigail Williams

The Lonely Woman

1973

as África

El vikingo

1972

as Ana

Venta por pisos

1972

as Margarita (as Conchita Velasco)

Los gallos de la madrugada

1971

as Lola García

Préstame quince días

1971

as Iris / Rosa (as Conchita Velasco)

La casa de los Martínez

1971

Me debes un muerto

1971

as Irma

La decente

1971

as Nuria

En la red de mi canción

1971

as Elena Ballesteros

En un lugar de la Manga

1970

as Alicia

After Nine Months

1970

as Nati

El alma se serena

1970

as Chelín

Matrimonios separados

1969

as Natalia

Juicio de faldas

1969

as Marta

Susana

1969

as Susana

Cuatro noches de boda

1969

as María José

El taxi de los conflictos

1969

as La hermana de Catalina

Una vez al año ser hippy no hace daño

1969

as Lisarda 'Flor de Lis'

Los que tocan el piano

1968

as Cayetana 'La Gandula' (as Conchita Velasco)

Relaciones casi públicas

1968

as Marta (as Conchita Velasco)

Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos!

1967

as Bárbara

Las que tienen que servir

1967

as Juana

El arte de casarse

1966

as Purita

Don Juan Tenorio

1966

as Doña Ines

Hoy como ayer

1966

as Conchita

Las locas del conventillo

1966

as María (as Conchita Velasco)

El arte de no casarse

1966

as Lolita - criada / Novia del marqués / Trini - criada / Lucía - criada novia de Pascual

Viaggio di nozze all'italiana

1966

as Rosetta de Curtis

La dama del alba

1965

as Peregrina

Historias de la televisión

1965

as Katy (2)

La frontera de Dios

1965

Casi un caballero

1964

as Susana

La boda era a las doce

1964

as Elisa (as Conchita Velasco)

Fair of the Virgin of La Paloma

1963

as Susana / Mari Loli

Trampa para Catalina

1963

as Catalina

Sabían demasiado

1962

as Margarita

Martes y trece

1962

as Mari

Julia y el celacanto

1961

as Julia Sánchez

Mi noche de bodas

1961

as Fernanda Jiménez (as Conchita Velasco)

Festival en Benidorm

1961

as Lía / María / Estefanía

La paz empieza nunca

1960

as Paula

El indulto

1960

as Antonia

Vida sin risas

1960

Amor bajo cero

1960

as Nuria Berenguer

Crimen para recién casados

1960

as Elisa

Los tramposos

1959

as Julita

Valentine's Day

1959

as Conchita

Red Cross Girls

1958

as Paloma (as Conchita Velasco)

Muchachas en vacaciones

1958

as Carmen Cerezo

Messengers of Peace

1957

as Ana García, hija

El bandido generoso

1957

Dos novias para un torero

1956

Los maridos no cenan en casa

1956

as Purita

La fierecilla domada

1956

as Fregona

La reina mora

1955

as Bailaora (uncredited)