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.
Acted in
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)