Known For
Writing
Born
Sep 12, 1926
Died
Jul 10, 1978
Place of Birth
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Credits
70 titles
Alfonso Paso
Biography
Alfonso Paso (12 September 1926 – 10 July 1978) was a Spanish dramatist. He wrote over a hundred plays, mainly light comedies, sometimes laced with black humour and tragedy. There were also police dramas and examples of what he called "social theatre". He was known for the well crafted complexity of his plots and for the originality of his situations and characters. Alfonso Paso Gil was born into a "theatre dynasty" in Madrid. His father was the Zarzuela playwright and librettist Antonio Paso y Cano (1878–1950). His mother was the actress Juana Gil. Early on he abandoned a career as an aeronautical engineer and turned to the study of Philosophy and Literature, graduating in 1952 and focusing on American History and Archeology. Later he studied Medicine and Psychiatry, then switching again, this time to journalism. He would continue to work as a journalist until the mid-1970s. He married Evangelina Jardiel, daughter of Enrique Jardiel Poncela (1901–1952). Their children included the actress Paloma Paso Jardiel. Although he often worked as an actor, his more lasting notability results from his work as a writer.
Known For
Filmography
Mingo y Aníbal en la mansión embrujada
Author
Ohnsorg Theater - Oh, diese Eltern!
Writer
Préstamela esta noche
Writer
Usted puede ser un asesino
Writer
Estoy hecho un chaval
Writer
La mujer es un buen negocio
Screenplay
Mauricio, mon amour
Enfermo en la clínica
El señor está servido
Sotillo
Doctor, me gustan las mujeres, ¿es grave?
Story
Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar
Alfonso Paso, miembro del jurado (uncredited)
El primer paso... de la mujer
Book
Si Yo Fuera Rico
Writer
Celos, amor y Mercado Común
Director
El canto de la cigarra
Theatre Play
El abuelo tiene un plan
Dr. Juan G. Bolt
Me gusta esa chica
Idea
Vamos a contar mentiras
Writer
Ligue Story
Señor del anuncio (uncredited)
Cómo casarse en siete días
Writer
En un lugar de la Manga
Dialogue
Enseñar a un sinvergüenza
Writer
Alta comedia
Theatre Play
The Other Residence
Director
Los extremeños se tocan
Director
Una señora estupenda
Story
Españolear
Screenplay
Cuatro noches de boda
Screenplay
No somos ni Romeo ni Julieta
Director
Vamos por la parejita
Director
Los subdesarrollados
Writer
Los que tocan el piano
Writer
¡Cómo está el servicio!
Original Story
Este cura
Story
40 grados a la sombra
Writer
Las que tienen que servir
Theatre Play
Amor a la española
Van Criep
Si quiero
Writer
De profesión sospechosos
Theatre Play
Lola, espejo oscuro
Dorigan
Life is formidable
Theatre Play
Una tal Dulcinea
Writer
Fiebre de primavera
Theatre Play
Find Me That Girl
Writer
The Palomos
Story
El pecador y la bruja
Story
The New Cinderella
Writer
Marisol rumbo a Río
Writer
Una tal Dulcinea
Writer
Los derechos de la mujer
Writer
Wedding Dinner
Book