María José Cantudo
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.
Acting
TV
La que se avecina
as María José Cantudo
2007
TV
Cuéntame cómo pasó
as Susana de Ramírez Sañudo
2001
Movie
Horror Rises from the Tomb
as Chantal
1973
Movie
Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo
as (uncredited)
1973
Movie
Blood and Passion
as Juana Ríos
1976
Movie
The Frenchman's Garden
as Andrea
1978
Movie
Piernas cruzadas
as Lucerito Rioja / Rosario de la Mota
1984
Movie
The Killer Is Not Alone
as Sara
1975
Movie
Bordello
as Esther
1981
Movie
Los días de Cabirio
as Chica de la boîte Perversión (uncredited)
1971
Movie
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
as Self
2010
Movie
The Kidnapping
as Marisa
1976
Movie
The Ambitious Lover
as Anna
1982
Movie
Life, Love and Death
as Flavia
1982
Movie
Las chicas del bingo
as María
1982
Movie
The Lively Vampires of Vögel
as Laura
1975
Movie
Inseminación artificial
as Alicia Jordán
1984
Movie
Autopsy
as Mrs. Vincent
1973
Movie
Las delicias de los verdes años
as Herminia
1976
Movie
Sangre en el Caribe
as Julia
1985
Movie
Love Is a Strange Game
1983
Movie
Pasión
as Isabel
1977
TV
La Comedia Musical Española
as Emérita
1985
TV
La Comedia Musical Española
as Fifí
1985