Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

35

Gender

Female

Birthday

1922-11-22

Day of Death

1996-11-22 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

La Coruña, Galicia, Spain

Also Known As

Maria Casarès

María Casares

Biography

María Casares was a Spanish actress and one of the most distinguished stars of the French stage. She was usually credited in France as Maria Casarès.

Known For

Children of Paradise

Children of Paradise

Orpheus

Orpheus

Testament of Orpheus

Testament of Orpheus

Maria Casarès and Albert Camus, you, my life

Maria Casarès and Albert Camus, you, my life

The Man Who Returns from Afar

The Man Who Returns from Afar

The Seventh Door

The Seventh Door

The Lives of Albert Camus

The Lives of Albert Camus

Acting

Children of Paradise

1945

Children of Paradise

as

Nathalie

Orpheus

1950

Orpheus

as

Death

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story

1989

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

María Casares, a muller que viviu mil vidas

2023

María Casares, a muller que viviu mil vidas

as

Self (archive footage)

Flavia the Heretic

1974

Flavia the Heretic

as

Sister Agatha

Testament of Orpheus

1960

Testament of Orpheus

as

The Princess

The Charterhouse of Parma

1948

The Charterhouse of Parma

as

la duchesse Gina de San Severina

La Lectrice

1988

La Lectrice

as

la veuve de Général

Les Dames du bois de Boulogne

1945

Les Dames du bois de Boulogne

as

Hélène

Shadow and Light

1951

Shadow and Light

as

Caroline Bessier

Sand and Blood

1988

Sand and Blood

as

Dolores

Varsovie, quand même...

1954

Varsovie, quand même...

as

Guernica

1951

Guernica

as

Maria Casarès and Albert Camus, you, my life

2022

Maria Casarès and Albert Camus, you, my life

as

Self (archive footage)

Blanche and Marie

1985

Blanche and Marie

as

Louise

The Revenge of Roger

1946

The Revenge of Roger

as

Julia de Terrenoire

Les Deux mémoires

1974

Les Deux mémoires

as

Self

Someone Else's America

1995

Someone Else's America

as

Alonsova majka

Bagarres

1948

Bagarres

as

Carmelle

Le Théâtre National Populaire

1956

Le Théâtre National Populaire

as

Self

Roger the Disgrace

1946

Roger the Disgrace

as

Amour de vivre

2010

Amour de vivre

as

Self (archive footage)

The Man Who Returns from Afar

1950

The Man Who Returns from Afar

as

Love Around the House

1947

Love Around the House

as

Thérèse

The Seventh Door

1947

The Seventh Door

as

Léila

Les chevaliers de la table ronde

1990

Les chevaliers de la table ronde

as

Viviane

The Lives of Albert Camus

2020

The Lives of Albert Camus

as

Self (archive footage)

Peer Gynt

1981

Peer Gynt

as

Ase, la mère

Peer Gynt

1981

Peer Gynt

as

Ase

Macbeth

1959

Macbeth

as

Lady Macbeth

Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier

as

Self

Les Nuits révolutionnaires

Les Nuits révolutionnaires

as

« la Murène », la maquerelle

Apostrophes

Apostrophes

as

Self

Discorama

Discorama

as

Self

Énigmes de l'histoire

Énigmes de l'histoire

as

Production

Crew

Directing