Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 10, 1951
Place of Birth
Andújar, Jaén, Spain
Credits
31 titles
María José Cantudo
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
La ópera rock Jesucristo Superstar: un hito en la historia del musical español
Self
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
Self - Interviewee
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
Self
La que se avecina
María José Cantudo
Cuéntame cómo pasó
Susana de Ramírez Sañudo
La Comedia Musical Española
Sangre en el Caribe
Julia
Piernas cruzadas
Lucerito Rioja / Rosario de la Mota
Inseminación artificial
Alicia Jordán
Love Is a Strange Game
Life, Love and Death
Flavia
Las chicas del bingo
María
The Ambitious Lover
Anna
Bordello
Esther
The Frenchman's Garden
Andrea
Marked by Men
Carmen
Pasión
Isabel
The Kidnapping
Marisa
The Shameful Secret of a Good Boy
Ana
Señoritas de uniforme
Manuela
Las delicias de los verdes años
Herminia
Blood and Passion
Juana Ríos
Los hijos de...
Rocío
The Lively Vampires of Vögel
Laura
The Killer Is Not Alone
Sara
El último proceso en París
Dennis
Seven Jackals
Autopsy
Mrs. Vincent
Horror Rises from the Tomb
Chantal
Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo
(uncredited)
Los días de Cabirio
Chica de la boîte Perversión (uncredited)