María José Cantudo
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 10, 1951
- Birthplace
- Andújar, Jaén, Spain
María Purificación Josefa Cantudo Porcel, known as María José Cantudo (Andújar, Jaén, July 10, 1951), is a Spanish actress and vedette. The hotelier businessman Carlos del Val encourages and supports her so that she can start an artistic career in Madrid. Her beginnings in 1971-1972 are as an advertising model and photo novel actress, a genre in which she acquires certain popularity. She began her film career in 1973 with the films El espanto surge de la tumba and Autopsia, but achieved her first success under Jorge Grau in La trastienda (1976), where she starred in the first female full nude (seen through a mirror) of Spanish cinema. In 1973 she married the singer and actor Manolo Otero, father of her only son, Manuel (b. 1974). Separated in 1978, she has been romantically linked to actor Pedro Ruiz and artistic entrepreneur Enrique Cornejo. In 2013 she is designated an honorary member of UNESCO for her philanthropic work.
Filmography
La ópera rock Jesucristo Superstar: un hito en la historia del musical español 2018
as Self
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry 2010
as Self
Sangre en el Caribe 1985
as Julia
Piernas cruzadas 1984
as Lucerito Rioja / Rosario de la Mota
Inseminación artificial 1984
as Alicia Jordán
Love Is a Strange Game 1983
Actor
Life, Love and Death 1982
as Flavia
Las chicas del bingo 1982
as María
The Ambitious Lover 1982
as Anna
Profesor eróticus 1981
Actor
Bordello 1981
as Esther
The Frenchman's Garden 1978
as Andrea
Marked by Men 1977
as Carmen
Pasión 1977
as Isabel
The Kidnapping 1976
as Marisa
The Shameful Secret of a Good Boy 1976
as Ana
Señoritas de uniforme 1976
as Manuela
Las delicias de los verdes años 1976
as Herminia
Blood and Passion 1976
as Juana Ríos
Los hijos de... 1976
as Rocío
The Lively Vampires of Vögel 1975
as Laura
The Killer Is Not Alone 1975
as Sara
El último proceso en París 1974
as Dennis
Seven Jackals 1974
Actor
Autopsy 1973
as Mrs. Vincent
Horror Rises from the Tomb 1973
as Chantal
Don Quixote Rides Again 1973
as (uncredited)
Los días de Cabirio 1971
as Chica de la boîte Perversión (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.