Marisol
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Josefa Flores González, better known as Marisol or Pepa Flores, is a Spanish singer and actress.
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[edit] Biography
Marisol was born on 4 February 1948 in Málaga, Spain. She had a great love of singing and flamenco from a young age which led her to acquire a solid base in those fields in the city of her birth. In 1959, during a trip to Madrid with a group of singers and dancers, she was discovered by the film producer, Manuel J. Goyanes, who saw one of her appearances on television.
The film director, Luis Lucia Mingarro, propelled her to national stardom with the first of three films in Un rayo de luz, and completed the trilogy with Ha llegado un ángel (An Angel Has Appeared) and Tómbola which featured Marisol singing one of her best-known songs La vida es una tómbola (Life is a tombola).
She was considered a symbol of childhood during the 1960s, and entertained many high-ranking dignitories including Francisco Franco. She was awarded the Best Actress prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for her role in Los Días del Pasado (Days of the Past).
As an adult she adopted her real name, Pepa Flores, in place of her stage name. Her most recent films are Bodas de sangre (Blood wedding) in 1981, Carmen in 1983, both directed by Carlos Saura, and Casa Cerrado in 1985. She appeared in the title role of the Spanish national television series Mariana Pineda in 1984.
She has three children, all girls, from her relationship with dancer Antonio Gades (who died in 2004). One of her daughters, María Esteve, is also an actress, and her youngest daughter is a pop flamenco singer. Pepa Flores is retired and lives with her husband in Málaga where she works for charitable causes.
[edit] Filmography
- Un rayo de luz (1960) ... Marisol
- Ha Llegado un ángel (An Angel Has Appeared) (1961) ... Marisol
- Tómbola (1962) ... Marisol
- Marisol Rumbo a Río (1963) ... Marisol/Mariluz
- La Nueva Cenicienta (The New Cinderella) (1964) ... Marisol
- La Historia de Bienvenido (1964) ... Marisol
- Búsqueme a esa chica (Find That Girl) (1965) ... Marisol
- Cabriola (Every Day Is a Holiday) (1965) ... Chica
- Las Cuatro Bodas de Marisol (1967) ... Marisol
- Solos los dos (1968) ... Marisol Collado
- Carola de día, Carola de noche (1969) ... Carola Jungbunzlav
- El Taxi de los Conflictos (1969) ... Patricia
- Urtain, el rey de la selva...o así (Urtain, King of the Mountains) (1969)
- La Corrupción de Chris Miller (Behind the Shutters) (1973) ... Chris Miller
- La Chica del Molino Rojo (The Girl from the Red Cabaret) (1973)
- El Poder del Deseo (The Power of Desire) (1975) ... Juna
- Los Días del Pasado (The Days of the Past) (1978) ... Juana
- Bodas de Sangre (Blood Wedding) (1981)
- Carmen (1983) (credited as Pepa Flores)
- Caso Cerrado (1985) (credited as Pepa Flores) ... Isabel
[edit] Television appearances
- The Ed Sullivan Show (23 April 1961)
- "Sábado 64" (31 July 1965)
- "Noche del sábado" (2 October 1965)
- "Gran Premio" (9 October 1966)
- "Galas del sábado" (October 1968)
- "Galas del sábado" (17 May 1969)
- "Galas del sábado" (December 1969)
- "El Irreal Madrid" (1969)
- "Galas del sábado" (7 June 1970)
- 360º en torno a Marisol (1972)
- OTI Festival of Song (1972)
- Proceso a Mariana Pineda (Nov/Dec 1984) (credited as Pepa Flores) (5 episodes) ... Mariana Pineda
[edit] Awards
- 1960 - Best Child Actress award at the Venice Film festival for her performance in Un rayo de luz.
- 1972 - OTI prize for her song "Niña"
- 1978 - Best Actress award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for the film "Los días del pasado" (Days of the Past) directed by Mario Camus.
