Biography
Concepción Velasco Varona (29 November 1939 – 2 December 2023), known professionally as Concha Velasco, also Conchita Velasco, was a Spanish actress, singer, dancer, television presenter, and theatrical producer. She received numerous accolades throughout her career in film, theater, and television spanning over six decades, including two National Theater Awards presented by the Spanish Ministry of Culture in 1972 and 2016, the Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Spanish Television Academy in 2009, and the Honorary Goya Award presented by the Spanish Film Academy in 2012.
Some of her credits include leading film performances in Red Cross Girls (1958), Los tramposos (1959), The Fair of the Dove (1963), Television Stories (1965), The Witching Hour (1985), and Beyond the Garden (1996); leading stage performances in ¡Mamá, quiero ser artista!, in several plays that author Antonio Gala wrote for her, and in the Spanish productions of Filumena Marturano and Hello, Dolly!; leading television performances in Teresa de Jesús and Herederos on Televisión Española, Motivos personales on Telecinco, and Gran Hotel on Antena 3; as well as a television presenter in numerous shows for those three networks.
Velasco had been also the recipient of many honours. The Government of Spain honoured her with the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts in 1987, the Gold Medal of Merit in Labour in 2008, the Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise in 2016, and the Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic posthumously in 2023. The Spanish Film Academy honoured her with its Gold Medal in 2003.
Filmography
all 118
Movies 103
self 16
TV Shows 15
Narrator 1
Concha, artista total (2023)
Yo quería ser Tyrone Power (2020)
Olea… ¡Más alto! (2020)
La corte de Ana (2020)
32 Malasana Street (2020)
Yo soy Arturo Fernández (2019)
Querido Fotogramas (2018)
Voodoo doll (2017)
Concha Velasco: memoria viva (2016)
Late Motiv (2016)
Bajo sospecha (2015)
Barefoot in the Kitchen (2013)
La Sexta noche (2013)
Buenas noches y Buenafuente (2012)
Imprescindibles (2011)
Grand Hotel (2011)
Las chicas de Oro (2010)
Rage (2009)
In the Lost City (2009)
La extraña pareja: Pajares y Esteso (2008)
Enloquecidas (2008)
Herederos (2007)
Boystown (2007)
Sabias a lo que venías (2007)
El hormiguero (2006)
Bienvenido a casa (2006)
Motivos personales (2005)
Las cerezas del cementerio (2005)
Los niños del jardín (2003)
Moscow Gold (2003)
Los pasos perdidos (2001)
Km. 0 (2000)
París-Tombuctú (1999)
Más allá del jardín (1996)
Sombras y luces: Cien años de cine español (1996)
I Get Off at the Next Stop, What About You? (1992)
Querida Concha (1992)
Imágenes perdidas (1991)
Esquilache (1989)
The Witching Hour (1985)
La Comedia Musical Española (1985)
Teresa de Jesús (1984)
The Beehive (1982)
Check to the Queen (1979)
Ernesto (1979)
Five Forks (1979)
Esposa y amante (1977)
La Corea (1976)
The Long Vacations of '36 (1976)
Libertad provisional (1976)
Blanca's Weddings (1975)
Yo soy fulana de tal (1975)
País S. A. (1975)
Ready, Aim, Fire! (1975)
Fierce Love, or When Children Play at Love (1975)
Un lujo a su alcance (1975)
Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe (1975)
Yo creo que... (1975)
Tormento (1974)
Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar (1974)
Love Starts at Midnight (1974)
Las señoritas de mala compañía (1973)
Las brujas de Salem (1973)
The Lonely Woman (1973)
El vikingo (1972)
Venta por pisos (1972)
Los gallos de la madrugada (1971)
Préstame quince días (1971)
La casa de los Martínez (1971)
Me debes un muerto (1971)
La decente (1971)
En la red de mi canción (1971)
En un lugar de la Manga (1970)
After Nine Months (1970)
El alma se serena (1970)
Matrimonios separados (1969)
Juicio de faldas (1969)
Susana (1969)
Cuatro noches de boda (1969)
El taxi de los conflictos (1969)
Una vez al año ser hippy no hace daño (1969)
Los que tocan el piano (1968)
Relaciones casi públicas (1968)
Las que tienen que servir (1967)
Pero... ¿En qué país vivimos? (1967)
El arte de casarse (1966)
Don Juan Tenorio (1966)
Hoy como ayer (1966)
Las locas del conventillo (1966)
El arte de no casarse (1966)
Viaggio di nozze all'italiana (1966)
La dama del alba (1965)
Historias de la televisión (1965)
La frontera de Dios (1965)
Casi un caballero (1964)
La boda era a las doce (1964)
Fair of the Virgin of La Paloma (1963)
Trampa para Catalina (1963)
Sabían demasiado (1962)
Martes y trece (1962)
Julia y el celacanto (1961)
Mi noche de bodas (1961)
Festival en Benidorm (1961)
La paz empieza nunca (1960)
El indulto (1960)
Vida sin risas (1960)
Amor bajo cero (1960)
Crimen para recién casados (1960)
Los tramposos (1959)
Valentine's Day (1959)
Red Cross Girls (1958)
Muchachas en vacaciones (1958)
Messengers of Peace (1957)
El bandido generoso (1957)
Dos novias para un torero (1956)
Los maridos no cenan en casa (1956)
La fierecilla domada (1956)
La reina mora (1955)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1939-11-29
Deathday2023-12-02 (84 years old)
Birth NameConcepción Velasco Varona
Birth PlaceValladolid, Spain
ReligionCatholicism
RelationshipsPaco Marsó (1977-01-01 - 2005-01-01)
CitizenshipsSpain
Also Known AsConchita Velasco
AwardsGold Medal of Work Merit, FAD Sebastià Gasch Award, Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise, Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts, Honorary Goya Award, National Theater Prize, Max Honor Award, Valladolid Gold Medal, Gold Medal of Madrid
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