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Carmen Maura

Date of birth: 1945-09-15

Place of birth: Madrid, Spain

Known for: Acting

Also known as: 카르멘 마우라, Carmen García Maura, Carmen G. Maura, María del Carmen García Maura

Carmen Maura

Biography

Carmen García Maura is a Spanish actress. In a career that has spanned six decades, Maura is best known for her collaborations with noted Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar.

Movie Credits

Volver
3.8

Volver

2006-03-17

Three generations of women deal with family secrets while surviving the east wind, fire, insanity, s

Law of Desire
3.5

Law of Desire

1987-02-07

Pablo, a successful film director, disappointed in his relationship with his young lover, Juan, conc

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
3.7

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

1988-03-25

After being dumped by her lover, Pepa finds her life and the lives of those around her spiraling out

A Diary of a Murderess
2.6

A Diary of a Murderess

1975-05-04

A beautiful young woman sets her sights on an aging millionaire. She seduces him, and moves into his

Pepi, Luci, Bom
3.1

Pepi, Luci, Bom

1980-10-27

After a young heiress is assaulted by a policeman, she seeks revenge by befriending the policeman’s

Valentin
3.7

Valentin

2002-09-29

Valentin, an 8-year-old boy living with his grandmother in late-1960s Buenos Aires, is surrounded by

The Killer Is One of Thirteen
2.9

The Killer Is One of Thirteen

1973-09-24

A recent widow has invited a group of family friends to her large and secluded country home. However

Eugenia Grandet
0

Eugenia Grandet

1977-12-14

Adaptation of the famous Balzac novel

Free Zone
2.8

Free Zone

2005-06-18

Rebecca, an American who has been living in Jerusalem for a few months now, has just broken off her

Common Wealth
3.5

Common Wealth

2000-09-29

After finding an enormous amount of money hidden in a dead man's apartment, real estate agent Julia

Queens
2.9

Queens

2005-04-08

In Spain, a couple of days before a collective gay wedding, the lives of five mothers, whose sons wi

Matador
3.3

Matador

1986-03-07

A conflicted youth confesses to crimes he didn't commit while a man and woman aroused by death becom

Garden of Eden
2.4

Garden of Eden

2008-01-01

A young American writer completes his service in WWI and travels across Europe with his wife and her

Dark Habits
3.3

Dark Habits

1983-10-03

After her drug pusher boyfriend overdoses on heroin, a cabaret singer finds refuge from the authorit

What Have I Done to Deserve This?
3.6

What Have I Done to Deserve This?

1984-10-25

A henpecked housewife ekes out a meager existence, surrounded by a host of colorful characters: her

El espíritu
2.3

El espíritu

1969-01-01

The haunting spirit of a woman comes to the call of the participants in a séance.

The Pimp
2.9

The Pimp

2010-02-16

A mild-mannered banker is forced to masquerade as a notorious gangster and pimp.

Ay, Carmela!
3.3

Ay, Carmela!

1990-03-16

During the Spanish Civil War, a group of comics lightens the days of the Republican troops. Tired of

Happiness Is in the Field
3.4

Happiness Is in the Field

1995-12-06

Francis, the boss of a small plumbing supply company, is harassed by tax collectors, striking employ

800 Bullets
2.9

800 Bullets

2002-10-18

Almería, Tabernas desert, Spain, 2002. Texas Hollywood is a dilapidated and dusty town where Western

The Pact of Silence
2.9

The Pact of Silence

2003-03-05

Everyone has a secret. Twins Sarah and Gaëlle near 25; for ten years, Sarah has been a fundamentalis

To the Other Side
3.2

To the Other Side

2005-06-01

This drama features three stories about the bonds between children and absent parents. A Cuban boy w

The Black Virgin
3.1

The Black Virgin

2008-10-24

Life of inhabitants of a small fishing village of the caribbean , changes drastically after the appa

The Women on the 6th Floor
3.4

The Women on the 6th Floor

2011-02-16

Paris, in the early 1960s. Jean-Louis Joubert is a serious but uptight stockbroker, married to Suzan

Women
2.1

Women

1997-10-17

Five women, all in their forties, try to find out what's important for them in life.

Le ventre de Juliette
0

Le ventre de Juliette

2002-08-28

The 20-year-old Juliette tries to come to terms with an unexpected pregnancy, despite a lack of supp

25 Degrees in Winter
2.5

25 Degrees in Winter

2004-07-21

An Ukranian woman enters Belgium illegally and hides in the van of a driver abandoned by his wife. H

La promesa
2.9

La promesa

2004-08-13

A psychological thriller about an obsessive compulsive, deeply religious woman who flees her abusive

Alice and Martin
2.8

Alice and Martin

1998-10-23

Martin, the illegitimate son of an industrialist and a hairdresser, was sent to live with his wealth

Move Over, Mrs. Markham
3

Move Over, Mrs. Markham

1985-12-05

Pablo and Fernando, owners of a children's book publishing company about to go bankrupt, have manage

Arroz y tartana
4

Arroz y tartana

2003-11-20

Manuela de Fora, an elegant woman, widow of Pajares, lives with the sole obsession of marrying well

How to Be Miserable and Enjoy It
3

How to Be Miserable and Enjoy It

1994-02-10

Carmen, an attractive 40 year old woman, suddenly belongs a widow. For her, the emptiness feeling is

Searching for Love
2.5

Searching for Love

2004-12-10

When Ana married Felix, the leader of a rock band and son of a travel agent, she thought her life wo

La Celestina
2.5

La Celestina

1974-10-27

To the End of the Road
2.8

To the End of the Road

2000-02-18

An executive and his girlfriend, a medical doctor, are kidnapped by a couple to pass them to France

Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven
3

Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven

1980-11-17

A woman nearing her forties, Andrea Soriana, has always pushed aside personal questions and romantic

The Notice of the Day
2

The Notice of the Day

2001-08-02

The story revolves around the life of Leopold, a middle-class father; his wife Isabel working for a

La reina anónima
2.1

La reina anónima

1992-10-18

Anna Luz, a married woman, rethinks her life when she receives the visit of a stranger who claims to

Clara y Elena
2.3

Clara y Elena

2001-10-31

Escalade
2.2

Escalade

2011-06-15

A group of teenagers, under the guise of celebrating their headmistress’s birthday, turn into her to

Coarse Salt
2.5

Coarse Salt

1984-02-06

A famous composer creative in crisis and must compose a new album, but is going through a painful se

Rainbow
2.7

Rainbow

2022-09-18

In search of her mother, a teenager and her eccentric group of companions set off on a journey, tryi

How to Be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt
2.9

How to Be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt

1991-04-05

Carmen, a journalist with two children, is on her third marriage, to Antonio, a record producer. Ove

Paulette
3.3

Paulette

2012-10-04

Paulette lives alone in a housing project in the Paris suburbs. With her meager pension, she can no

Tata Mía
2.8

Tata Mía

1986-01-01

Elvira, daughter of a disgraced military, who entered a convent at a young age leaves him and return

Between Heaven and Earth
2.5

Between Heaven and Earth

1992-05-26

Maria Garcia (Carmen Maura) is a television journalist and she's about to be a single mother. Her ca

Mieux vaut courir
0

Mieux vaut courir

1989-01-01

Crossfire between a suspect and the police. In the middle of the case, a girl.

Que parezca un accidente
2.5

Que parezca un accidente

2008-11-12

A women is planning to kill her son-in-law after she finds out that he is unfaithful to her daughter

Lisboa
2.2

Lisboa

1999-07-23

Joao sells video tapes in road bars between Portugal and Spain. One day he finds a middle aged woman

My Other Jon
3.6

My Other Jon

2023-10-20

Merche, about to turn 76, is told that she doesn't have long left to live. Unable to travel to watch

New York: La capital del Mundo
0

New York: La capital del Mundo

2004-09-20

Amores que matan
5

Amores que matan

1996-02-02

Consuelo is a bored housewife. Her husband is away on business in Berlin, and her only company would

Shadows in a Conflict
2.5

Shadows in a Conflict

1993-09-10

Ana, a former member of the Basque terrorist group ETA who lives in a small village near the Portugu

El menor de los males
1.8

El menor de los males

2007-03-10

Eduardo is a middle-aged man, married with children; He lives in Madrid and is dedicated to politics

Louis, the Child King
2.8

Louis, the Child King

1993-11-04

January 1649: Since the death of his father, the young Louis XIV must undergo the hard apprenticeshi

Blindfolded Eyes
2.8

Blindfolded Eyes

1978-06-06

A drama teacher casts a woman in a play about torture, and the two eventually become lovers. As prod

Witching & Bitching
3.2

Witching & Bitching

2013-09-20

A gang of gold thieves land in a coven of witches who are preparing for an ancient ritual... and in

Baton Rouge
2.3

Baton Rouge

1988-10-08

Poor gigolo tries to frame his rich mature mistress, but gets tangled in his own wiles.

The Hold-Up
2.9

The Hold-Up

2001-05-03

Lola's a single mom, broke, working as a janitor and maid. Silvia is pregnant, and her lover (her bo

Paper Tigers
2.8

Paper Tigers

1977-09-01

Spain, 1977. The first general elections are about to take place after the long dictatorship and the

Parella de tres
3

Parella de tres

1995-09-15

Ana and Marta are good friends but very different women. Ana is a housewife whereas Marta is an agre

King of the River
2.5

King of the River

1995-02-24

An air-hostess is pregnant but she does not know the name of the father, a foreigner. When the baby

Beyond the Walls
2.3

Beyond the Walls

1985-09-01

This 1985 Spanish film reveals one of the many terrible aspects of 16th century Spain, still plagued

Femenino singular
0

Femenino singular

1982-10-25

Tetro
3.4

Tetro

2009-06-11

In Buenos Aires, 17-year-old Bennie seeks out his estranged brother Tetro, a once-promising writer h

Chicas
0.5

Chicas

2010-03-10

Pilar is a Spanish widow who has raised her three daughters in France. In love with Fernand, the man

Enthusiasm
1.9

Enthusiasm

1998-12-25

A man’s enthusiasm turns into greed and causes trouble for his family.

The Angry Cid
1.5

The Angry Cid

1983-12-19

Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, “Mio Cid”, is in love with Jimena, but the Count of Oviedo, his father, chall

The Harem of Madame Osmane
2.9

The Harem of Madame Osmane

2000-07-12

In Algiers in 1993, while the civil war is starting, Mrs Osmane's tenants have to endure her bad tem

The Memory of Cinema: A Film About Fernando Méndez-Leite
3.2

The Memory of Cinema: A Film About Fernando Méndez-Leite

2023-11-10

A look at the life and work of Spanish filmmaker and film critic Fernando Méndez-Leite, as he writes

La madre
1.1

La madre

2013-10-30

What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
1.8

What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?

1978-08-16

Persecuted by her controlling ex-husband, Rosa plots an escape

The Black Hand
1.5

The Black Hand

1980-01-01

Three old schoolmates, who in their time as students had formed a kind of secret society called The

The Lame Pigeon
2.2

The Lame Pigeon

1995-10-06

Little Felipe has been sick for a long time. To hasten his recovery, his parents send him to spend t

Holiday Assassins
0

Holiday Assassins

2002-04-17

In 1955 Buenos Aires, a broke theater troupe turns to scamming funerals for survival. Their big brea

A Village Almost Perfect!
2.7

A Village Almost Perfect!

2014-11-15

"Saint-Loin-la-Mauderne", a tiny village hurt by the financial crisis and the desertification. Its

People You May Know
2.7

People You May Know

2016-07-07

'People You May Know' tells the story of four friends in their 40s in Los Angeles. All them will hav

Como el mar
3.9

Como el mar

2024-03-28

Paula & Azul. A funeral, a family secret and a road trip that will change their lives forever.

Leonor
2.8

Leonor

1975-09-01

Richard is a medieval nobleman. After his first wife dies in an accident and is buried in the family

Tortilla y Cinema
1

Tortilla y Cinema

1997-04-30

Benjamin Ballon wants to be a filmmaker, and has devoted a large part of his life for the past few y

El Cometa
2.9

El Cometa

1999-01-15

After witnessing the arrest of her father for publishing "subversive" material against the dictators

Vanity
2.8

Vanity

2015-09-02

David Miller wants to die and chooses assisted euthanasia. He planned everything: the place, the tim

Musical Chairs
2.5

Musical Chairs

2015-07-29

Perrine, a single, slightly awkward musician, loves birthday parties. One day she accidentally cause

Superlove
0

Superlove

1999-06-09

The Virgin Mary appears to Mario, a provincial barber who dreams of becoming a successful singer. He

Alliance cherche doigt
2

Alliance cherche doigt

1997-09-17

Geneviève Lechat is the director of a marriage agency. At 50, she is still very desirable and very f

Pomporrutas imperiales
2.3

Pomporrutas imperiales

1976-07-04

Two middle aged Spanish men bump into each other at a music store: Calvo, who is a TV actor, and Cas

Crazy Old Lady
2.7

Crazy Old Lady

2025-10-10

Pedro receives a desperate message from an ex-girlfriend asking him to look after her senile mother,

Seeds
2.7

Seeds

2018-09-07

The coming of age story of a boy that after a traumatic event is taken to beautiful Cuernavaca, wher

Un cine como tú en un país como éste
3.1

Un cine como tú en un país como éste

2010-10-26

Salamanca director Chema de la Peña recalls in this feature documentary professionals early filmmake

Vaca Paloma
2.5

Vaca Paloma

2015-09-22

El futuro ya no es lo que era
1.2

El futuro ya no es lo que era

2016-04-29

A famous TV fortune-teller tries to better his life and reconnect with his stranded sons and ex wife

Hécuba: un sueño de pasión
4

Hécuba: un sueño de pasión

2006-10-27

What we tend to identify with the acting profession has little to do with what is really this profes

Sofia and the Stubborn Man
3

Sofia and the Stubborn Man

2012-08-03

An old lady lives in a quiet village in the Andes and has never seen the sea. For many years her hus

Dirty Kids
3

Dirty Kids

2017-07-19

French seniors enroll in summer camp.

El libro de buen amor II
1

El libro de buen amor II

1976-04-22

La mujer es cosa de hombres
3

La mujer es cosa de hombres

1976-02-26

Love Ravings
2.4

Love Ravings

1986-11-13

In this anthology film, a female actor cheats on her formerly famous husband, a married couple go to

El hombre de moda
2.5

El hombre de moda

1980-11-14

Pedro Liniers, a literature teacher, comes back to Madrid after his wife has just left him. Meanwhil

That House in the Outskirts
2.8

That House in the Outskirts

1980-10-19

A young girl's husband rents a lovely home just outside of Madrid so she can spend the last three mo

La petición
1.9

La petición

1976-09-21

An ambitious young woman from a wealthy family, but unsatisfied with her social position, will not h

Vida íntima de un seductor cínico
2

Vida íntima de un seductor cínico

1975-01-01

Man in Hiding
2.4

Man in Hiding

1971-10-28

Following the Spanish Civil War, a man goes into hiding to avoid arrest by the victorious Nationalis

El crimen de la calle Fuencarral
2.8

El crimen de la calle Fuencarral

1985-05-17

July 1, 1888. The body of a woman is discovered during a house fire, but the examination reveals tha

50 años de... Canciones
2.5

50 años de... Canciones

2009-11-12

The Kids Are Back
3.4

The Kids Are Back

2017-12-22

A retired couple will have to defend their home against an unpredicted menace: Their kids moving bac

Fuck... Fuck... Fuck Me, Tin!
1.8

Fuck... Fuck... Fuck Me, Tin!

1978-12-16

A poor girl works in a general store with a blind boyfriend playing guitar. He becomes famous and sh

A Chaste Spanish Man
2.5

A Chaste Spanish Man

1973-10-29

Don Santiago, a forty-year-old owner of a pastry shop in Madrid de los Austrias, receives surprising

In Family I Trust
3.1

In Family I Trust

2019-01-18

Bea is a successful architect who lives in Barcelona (Catalonia, northeast to Spain) with her boyfri

Oh! Mammy Blue
2.8

Oh! Mammy Blue

2018-06-29

Venice
2.3

Venice

2021-06-17

Reencountering the only man she ever loved is Gringa’s dream. She is the owner of a brothel in the i

All About Mothers
2.6

All About Mothers

2018-05-23

They are possessive, benevolent, clumsy, absent, omnipresent, overwhelmed, guilty, indulgent, loving

Querido Fotogramas
2

Querido Fotogramas

2018-10-05

The 70th anniversary of the “Fotogramas” magazine comes in the shape of a sentimental voyage through

¡Ay, Carmen!
2.6

¡Ay, Carmen!

2018-10-29

The personal and professional story, told in first person, of Spanish actress Carmen Maura, director

Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
3.8

Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas

2016-09-11

When looking at Pedro Almodóvar’s filmography, it becomes evident that women are everywhere; in fact

Chasing Wonders
2.4

Chasing Wonders

2021-06-04

A coming-of-age story set across the lush wine country of both Australia and Spain, a young man expl

My Family and the Wolf
2.7

My Family and the Wolf

2019-08-21

When Hugo, a boy who spends his summer vacation with his cousins, discovers that the wolf Rong inten

Chatarra
0

Chatarra

1991-10-11

Zabu was a dancer in a small cabaret in Bilbao. Twelve years later she is living with her daughter L

Usted tiene ojos de mujer fatal
2.3

Usted tiene ojos de mujer fatal

1975-01-13

Madrid, Spain, early thirties. The charming playboy Sergio Hernán is an unscrupulous womanizer who o

La corte de Ana
4

La corte de Ana

2020-03-19

She appeared when Spain was waking up from a long post-war period and crying with melodramas starrin

Fierce Love, or When Children Play at Love
2.2

Fierce Love, or When Children Play at Love

1975-08-25

Vicente and Margarita are a traditional and middle class married couple whose life is surrounded by

La peur du vide
0

La peur du vide

2017-01-25

Simone is an isolated old lady, whose daily life is punctuated by a strange pile of rubbish, so impo

Stories of Our Cinema
2.8

Stories of Our Cinema

2019-11-22

In Spain, on May 11, 1896, at the Price circus, the first moving images ever shown in the country ar

El libro del buen amor
0.5

El libro del buen amor

1974-04-23

Sombras y luces: Cien años de cine español
3.8

Sombras y luces: Cien años de cine español

1996-05-14

Barefoot in the Kitchen
3

Barefoot in the Kitchen

2013-06-14

What was the role of women in Spanish cinema from the 1930s to the present explained through fragmen

La mujer feliz
0

La mujer feliz

1990-02-09

A young innocent man pursued for murder finds refuge with a bored married woman. Soon they become lo

Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido!
3.4

Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido!

2005-10-06

Abandoned by her husband, a woman takes to the streets in search of money to feed her children. (Pro

Let My People Go !
2.5

Let My People Go !

2011-12-28

Everyone knows that Ruben is Jewish, gay, half-French, half-Finnish, an ungrateful son and disappoin

Miracles of Our Lady
0

Miracles of Our Lady

1976-04-19

A film based on a collection of reported miracles of Mary, mother of Jesus, written around 1260 by S

Deconstructing Almodóvar
0

Deconstructing Almodóvar

2007-01-30

A documentary produced for Viva Pedro: The Almodóvar Collection that deconstructs his career through

Directed by Almodóvar
0

Directed by Almodóvar

2007-01-30

A documentary produced for Viva Pedro: The Almodóvar Collection featuring interviews with many of hi

Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar
0

Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar

2007-01-30

The genius that is Almodóvar is expressed in this film with interviews from his family, co-workers,

Hormigueddon
2.5

Hormigueddon

2020-09-07

Calle Malaga
3.4

Calle Malaga

2025-10-31

Maria Angeles, a 79-year-old Spanish woman, lives alone in Tangier, Morocco, and enjoys her daily ro

El apagón
0

El apagón

2001-06-01

La Cuidadora
0

La Cuidadora

When Carmen, an 80-year-old widow, suffers a domestic accident, her daughter Lourdes decides to hire