Chus Lampreave

Born: 1930-12-11

María Jesús Lampreave Pérez (11 December 1930 – 4 April 2016), known as Chus Lampreave, was a Spanish actress. Born in Madrid, she began appearing in films in 1958, but she became internationally known thanks to her roles in films by Pedro Almodóvar, where she played old ladies with maternal or pastoral traits. She died in Almería in 2016 at the age of 85.


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The Flower of My Secret

as Madre de Leo
Released: 1995-09-22

Leo is a middle-aged writer of popular romantic novels who writes under a pseudonym, since she...

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Dark Habits

as Sor Rata de Callejón
Released: 1983-10-03

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

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What Have I Done to Deserve This?

as Abuela
Released: 1984-10-25

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

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Talk to Her

as Concierge
Released: 2002-03-15

Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.

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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

as Jehovah's Witness Goalkeeper
Released: 1988-03-25

Pepa resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover...

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Volver

as Tía Paula
Released: 2006-03-17

Three generations of women survive the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition and even death by...

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Broken Embraces

as Concierge
Released: 2009-03-18

Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14...

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The Executioner

as Visiting Woman of the Work
Released: 1963-08-31

An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it,...

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Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law

as Reme
Released: 1998-03-13

A former policeman enlists his nerdy friend to help bust drug traffickers moving heroin through...

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Matador

as Pilar
Released: 1986-03-07

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

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Belle Époque

as Doña Asun
Released: 1992-12-04

In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is...

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Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella

as Reme
Released: 2001-03-30

For this second film in the cult comedy series Torrente takes our fat police officer from Madrid...

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Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing

as Álvarez
Released: 1989-01-17

Teodoro, a Spanish engineer working as a professor in the United States, returns to Spain to...

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Torrente 5

as Reme
Released: 2014-10-03

Crooked cop Torrente gets out of jail in the year 2018 to find a different Spain from the one he...

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The National Shotgun

as Viti
Released: 1978-09-14

A catalan manufacturer of intercoms travels to Madrid, accompanied by his mistress, to attend a...

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The Wheelchair

as Yolanda Proharán
Released: 1960-11-03

Don Anselmo, a retired old man, decides to buy a motorized disabled stroller since all his...

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The Artist and the Model

as María
Released: 2012-09-28

In occupied France in summer 1943, a world-weary famous sculptor finds the desire to work again...

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Chef's Special

as Celia
Released: 2008-04-11

Maxi thinks his life is perfect. He is a famous cook who owns a successful restaurant in Chueca...

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On Earth as It Is in Heaven

as Doña Asunción
Released: 1995-11-03

Matacanes dies and goes to heaven just to discover that it was not as he expected, and everyone...

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Year of Enlightment

as Doña Tránsito
Released: 1986-12-05

April, 1940. Manolo, 16 years old, and Jesus, who is just 8, are taken by their older brother...

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My Dearest Senorita

as Sobrina de Chus
Released: 1972-02-17

A woman living in a small town discovers after fifty years that she is actually a man. Will she...

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Everyone Off to Jail

as Chus
Released: 1993-12-22

A prison in Valencia hosts an event recognizing political prisoners jailed during Franco’s...

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Say I Do

as Madre de Víctor
Released: 2004-01-13

An unlikely couple fake a relationship to win a TV game show prize. Wannabe actress Estrella...

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Moors and Christians

as Antonia
Released: 1987-10-28

A peculiar family, which owns a nougat factory, decides to set out on a trip to Madrid in order...

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Casque bleu

as Alicia's Mother
Released: 1994-06-15

Winegrower Patrick Ponsac comes close to ruining his marriage when he has an affair with another...

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Move Over, Mrs. Markham

as Adela Mora
Released: 1985-12-05

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

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Wait for Me in Heaven

as Emilia
Released: 1988-01-28

Pepe Soriano plays a Madrid shopkeeper who is kidnapped by henchmen of Franco in this political...

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Going Down in Morocco

as Doña Antonia
Released: 1989-04-11

A girl who lives with her dealer cousin and her policeman boyfriend who is a policeman regularly...

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The Love of Captain Brando

as Mayor's Wife
Released: 1974-11-28

During the last years of Franco's dictatorship, Fernando, an old republican exile, returns to...

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Lulú de noche

as Farmacéutica #2
Released: 1986-02-20

German, a young theater director, tries to organize a theater play about Lulu, a prostitute that...

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The Secret Garden

as María
Released: 1984-11-05

A few days ago, Lucia (Assumpta Serna) receives anonymous letters in which he is forced to...

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The Little Apartment

as Adelina - secretaria de Don Manuel (uncredited)
Released: 1959-06-15

Rodolfo and Petrita each live in separate quarters in dilapidated Madrid, while looking to have...

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Les combinards

as (scenes deleted)
Released: 1966-02-02

Léo and Claude, two penniless friends turned con artists, answer matrimonial classified ads to...

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National Heritage

as Viti
Released: 1981-03-26

After the death of General Franco, the Leguineche family leaves their estate of Los Tejadillos,...

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Cuentos para una escapada

as uncredited
Released: 1981-07-27

With the help of drawings and comic strips. brings together short films, on children's themes,...

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The Impeccable Sinner

as Beni
Released: 1987-08-13

Honorio Sigüenza is a man in his forties who has always lived under the yoke of his possessive...

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Al fin solos, pero...

as Chus (as María Jesús Lampreave)
Released: 1976-01-01

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Bajo en nicotina

as Puri
Released: 1984-04-25

A film buff can't watch his videos in peace as he is disturbed by his clingy girlfriend and...

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Supernova

as Avelina
Released: 1993-02-26

Count Nado, is in love with Fénix, an intergalactic singer. Unable to achieve it with...

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The House of Ulloa

as uncredited
Released: 1985-12-09

Set in a crumbling Spanish mansion, this gloriously comic and gothic story follows the fortunes...

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Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido!

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2005-10-06

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

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La becerrada

as Chus
Released: 1963-05-27

San Ginés de la Sierra is a small village lost in the mountains in southern Spain. It is known...

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El erótico enmascarado

as Doña Gertrudis
Released: 1980-07-21

Manolo (Fernando Esteso) is a porn actor who no longer has any attraction towards women, having...

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La vida alegre

as Vecina
Released: 1987-04-14

Ana starts working as a Doctor in the S.T.I.U. (sexual transmission illnesses unit) at a...

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National III

as Viti
Released: 1982-12-06

In order to solve economic problems, "Leguineche" family decide to move to France with their...

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Streetcar for Sale

as Marujita
Released: 1959-10-11

This excellent short film written by the magnificent filmmaker duo of Luis García Berlanga and...

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Miss Caribe

as Doña Petra
Released: 1988-04-13

A woman's father dies in a Central American country and leaves her a bizarre inheritance: a ship...

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Robbery at 3 O'clock… and Half

as Doña Vicenta
Released: 2003-06-14

A German bank buys a small Spanish entity and announces to its employees that it will pre-retire...

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Long Life Together

as Sofia
Released: 1995-01-27

Petra and Matthias are a bad marriage. He works as a janitor at the school of anatomy. Petra has...

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Nunca es tarde

as Manoli
Released: 1977-12-11

Antonio and Teresa are a couple who live in a flat in San Sebastian. Ursula Michelena, an...

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El rollo de septiembre

as Doña Aurelia
Released: 1985-02-28

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El monosabio

as Clara
Released: 1977-02-04

Juanito, a peaceful fan of bullfighting, has become picador's assistant to see from the same...

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Total

as Álvarez
Released: 1983-01-01

"Total" opens the trilogy that close "Amanece que no es poco" and "Así en el Cielo como en la...

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A Perfect Couple

as uncredited
Released: 1998-06-12

Forty-two-year-old Lorenzo finds himself out of work. Through an ad placed in the local...

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And They Lived Happily Ever After

as Aurora
Released: 1976-11-16

Manoli and Fernando, a couple of communist ideas, want to live their love freely, fleeing from...

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Mátame mucho

as Josefa
Released: 1998-02-06

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Epilogue

as Flo-Flo
Released: 1984-01-20

The film tells the story of two writers in love with the same woman. For years, they have worked...

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El florido pensil

as Doña Pepa
Released: 2002-03-22

"El Florido Pensil" is a humorous reflection of the education of several generations of...

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The Chosen One

as Florita
Released: 1985-09-24

Federico is a cashier in a bank. He is bored with his life. But one day a body falls on his car....

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La mujer inesperada

as uncredited
Released: 1990-03-23

A man wakes up in a train to Malaga. A mysterious woman helps him get in time to his marriage,...

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La Lola... dicen que no vive sola

as uncredited
Released: 1970-11-03

A prostitute promises to the Virgin Mary not to practice her trade for a year if she heals her...

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Pastas Ardilla

as Chus
Released: 1996-01-01

Advertising short from 1996, directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring two of his regular...

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El bengador gusticiero y su pastelera madre

as Rosalinda
Released: 1977-03-07

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I'm the One You're Looking For

as Matilde
Released: 1989-08-15

Natalia, a fashion model, is assaulted by a man one night, when she is returning from work. She...

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Teresa de Jesús

as Criada
First aired: 1984-03-12

An account of the life of Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582), from her spiritual awakening to her final...

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Fenómenos

as Amelia
First aired: 2012-11-27

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Pagina de Sucesos

as Araceli
First aired: 1985-10-25

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Los Pazos de Ulloa

as Bibiana
First aired: 1985-12-09

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Hermanas

as Madre Fundadora
First aired: 1998-02-01

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¿De parte de quién?

as Doña Rosa
First aired: 1993-11-30

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