Gemma Cuervo, actress of the last golden era of Spanish theater

Gemma Cuervo was born in cinema and television, but where she shined as an undeniably attractive actress the last golden era of Spanish theaterwhich goes from the late 1950s to the decade of the 1980s, when actors set the pace of the theater by integrating themselves into pre-existing repertory formations or by creating independent companies in which they manage their own capital. Just the same The cinematographic career was not as productive as the theatrical onewe leave behind a rare testimony of his personality and interpretation style in a mythical film The world goes on (1965), the joy of Fernando Fernán-Gómez.

Cuervo made his debut at the age of 23 at the Teatro Español Universitario (TEU) in Barcelona and two years later appeared with Marsillach and Amparo Baró in the comedy Lara. Harvey (of Ireland’s Mary Chase), passed to ser the first actress from the company of Lope de Vega José Tamaya, one of the greats, where she coincided with an extensive and intergenerational nomination of big name actors and actors of the department. Just representative A dreamer for the village In 1959, he met Fernando Guillén by chance and shared the stage in many upcoming shows.

The Tamayo repertory company trained and trained for the actress, alternating classical works (Don Juan, Orestiada; Miser…) and contemporary authors (Dürrenmatt, Marquina, Casona) and watched his theatrical style, delivery and temperament and immediately attracted the attention of other directors: in the 1960s he collaborated with Albert Closas (The third palabra, where he collaborates with María Luisa Ponte, Julia Caba Alba, Carola Fernán-Gómez, González-Vergel (Dinner), José Osuna (Alarm), Adolfo Marsillach (Blazon Águila) or Fernando Fernán-Gómez (Captain Veneno, Idea), among others.

The Revolution of 68 attracted the gaze of the most restless artists, and the Guillén-Cuervo marriage was initiated a year after its inception. a theater company that believes in the thrust of French existential theatre (Shortly before I shared a scene with Nuria Espert At Puerta Cerradade Sartre, lower direction Marsillach). Montaron to Camus (El malentendido), Sartre (Secuestrados Altona), as well as the avant-garde Pinter (Collection), among others. The experiment lasted five or six montages, although the actor himself replaced only a few productions. Totally hit the search 50 theatrical montagesbeing Celestina one of his last stage appearances in 2011 under Mariano de Paca.

His temperament and his serious voice have so many characteristics in his show documentary filmamong what stands out about your city The world goes on. She stated on one occasion that she believed the paper in this strip inspired her career in cinema, but it was censored and commercially boycotted and only I can verse. The plot of the film revolves around the conflict between Cuervo and Lina Canalejas, two female antagonists who represent characters of opposite morals, which they interpret brilliantly, where Cuervo exhibits the violence, elegance and modernity that the paper demands.

The small panel made her reflect on what has given her the most satisfaction in the last five years of her career, allowing her scenes of the graceful old woman with the costume tone that have fueled her fame and cuteness among new generations of TV viewers. These articles should be as popular as they are Family doctor (1995), but above all that The question is (2007) There is no one alive here (from there she became famous for her cute Vicente Benito, one of the stars of the trio formed by Emma Penella and Mariví Bilbao).