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Marisa Paredes Dies: Spanish Actress & Pedro Almodóvar Favorite Was 78


Marisa Paredes, the Spanish actress who starred in several Pedro Almodóvar features, has died aged 78.

She was nominated a Goya Award for Best Actress for her role in The Flower of My Secret, having first worked with Almodóvar in 1983’s Entre Tinieblas, and ultimately gained the moniker ‘Almodóvar’s Girl.’ She also acted in Roberto Benigni’s Life is Beautiful, Arturo Ripstein’s Deep Crimson and Guillermo del Toros film The Devil’s Backbone. In 2018, she was given an honorary Goya award after twice being nominated for Best Actress, firstly for road trip film Turnip Top and then The Flower of My Secret

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