María Blanca Fiorella Renzi Gil (née María Blanca Gil Paradela; born 19 October 1949), better known as Fiorella Faltoyano, is a Spanish actress.

Fiorella Faltoyano
At Seminci 2011
Born
María Blanca Gil Paradela

(1949-10-19) 19 October 1949 (age 75)
Málaga, Spain
NationalitySpanish
OccupationActress
SpouseJosé Luis Tafur Carande
PartnerFernando Méndez-Leite
Children1

Career

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Fiorella Faltoyano took dramatic studies, and in 1967 debuted in Nati Mistral's theater company. Almost at the same time she appeared in the Pedro Mario Herrero [es] film Club de solteros. She attained popularity as an actress on the television programs Hora once [es], Teatro de siempre [es], Estudio 1, and Novela [es], and as presenter of the show ¡Señoras y señores! [es], in the version created by José María Quero [es] in 1974–75.

In 1977, she achieved her greatest film success as a protagonist of Unfinished Business by José Luis Garci, with whom she continued working in Solos en la madrugada (1978) – again with José Sacristán[1] – and in Cradle Song (1994). She shot other films, among them La colmena (1982) and Después del sueño (1992) by Mario Camus, ¡Biba la banda! (Ricardo Palacios, 1987), La sombra del ciprés es alargada (Luis Alcoriza, 1990), and La sal de la vida (Eugenio Martín, 1996).

At the same time she strengthened her television career, participating in La máscara negra [es] (1982), Tango [es] (1991), La regenta (1995), Hermanos de leche [es] (1994–95), Cuéntame cómo pasó (2003–04), Obsesión [es] (2005), Hospital Central (2006), Alfonso, el príncipe maldito [es] (2010), and Amar en tiempos revueltos (2011).

In the theater she starred in The Odd Couple (2001–02), The Children's Hour (2004–07), Agnes of God (2007–09), and Galdosiana (2009–10), plays in which she shared billing and production work with the actress Cristina Higueras [es] through her company, Nueva Comedia.

Personal life

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Of Galician and Castilian origin, the biological daughter of an unmarried couple -- Ramón Pardo Arias (1909–1998), native and later mayor of Ferreira de Pantón, Lugo, and María de la Asunción Gil Paradela (1921–2007), a native of Madrid,[2]

Fiorella Faltoyano was born María Blanca Gil Paradela but later took the surname (Renzi) of her Italian stepfather. She spent summers near Ferreira de Pantón with her family.[3] She has two half-brothers, Mauricio and Constantino, children of her mother's marriage with businessman Constantino Faltoyano.[4]

Marriage and offspring

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She has one son, Daniel Tafur Renzi, from her marriage to producer José Luis Tafur Carande (1929–2012).[5][6] She later became the romantic partner of director Fernando Méndez-Leite.[7]

Books published

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  • Aprobé en septiembre, La Esfera de los Libros, 2014, ISBN 9788490600160[8]

Filmography

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Television

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Awards

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References

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  1. ^ Aguilar, Carlos; Genover, Jaume (1 January 1992). El cine español en sus intérpretes [Spanish Cinema in its Performers] (in Spanish). BPR Publishers. p. 134. ISBN 9788460425090. Retrieved 16 July 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "D. Andres Gil Municio". ABC (in Spanish). 27 October 1957. p. 108. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  3. ^ Cortázar, Beatriz (27 January 2012). "Fiorella Faltoyano consigue demostrar quién es su padre" [Fiorella Faltoyano Manages to Show Who Her Father Is]. ABC Blogs. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  4. ^ "María Asuncion Paradela Arias". ABC (in Spanish). 22 January 1972. p. 90. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  5. ^ Belinchón, Gregorio (20 March 2012). "José Luis Tafur, el productor que creyó en Garci" [José Luis Tafur, the Producer Who Believed in Garci]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  6. ^ Román, Manuel (18 October 2014). "Fiorella Faltoyano: 'Todavía siguen recordándome por "Asignatura Pendiente"'" [Fiorella Faltoyano: 'They Still Keep Reminding Me of "Unfinished Business"']. Chic (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2018 – via Libertad Digital.
  7. ^ Plaza, José María (21 February 2014). "Fiorella Faltoyano, la mujer liberada" [Fiorella Faltoyano, the Liberated Woman]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Aprobé en septiembre" (in Spanish). Agapea. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  9. ^ "'La cocinera de Castamar' se estrena este domingo en AtresPlayer". Diario de Marratxí. 18 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Premios del CEC a la producción española de 1994" [1994 CEC Spanish Production Awards] (in Spanish). Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  11. ^ "La actriz Fiorella Faltoyano recibirá el premio Rabaliana" [The Actress Fiorella Faltoyano to Receive the Rabaliana Award]. El Pajarito (in Spanish). 12 December 2012. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
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