Blanca Estrada | |
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| Born | 1950 (age 73–74) La Felguera, Spain |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, presenter |
| Spouse | Luis Bastarrica |
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Blanca Estrada (born 1950) is a Spanish retired actress and presenter best known for her roles throughout the 1970s and 1980s in 20 films classified as uncovered cinema.
Biography
Sister of the actress Gloria Estrada and cousin of Susana Estrada, Blanca became known in 1972 as the "hostess" or "secretary" of the first season of the Televisión Española contest Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez, along with such popular faces as Ágata Lys and Yolanda Ríos.[1] The next year she went to work as a presenter of the Valerio Lazarov variety show ¡Señoras y señores!
Her subsequent cinematic career focused on a series of films of high erotic content, among which stand out Una vela para el diablo (1973), El libro de buen amor (1975, with Patxi Andión, considered by Ya newspaper film critic Pascual Cebollada as "a broad sample of masculine and feminine nudity, in front and behind, and a constant tension or demonstration of eroticism illustrated with obscenities"),[2] Metralleta Stein (1975), Dios bendiga cada rincón de esta casa (1977, with Lola Gaos, based on the novel Cousin Bazilio by Eça de Queirós),[3] El francotirador (1977),[4] Historia de 'S' (1979),[5] and The Cantabrians (1980), in which the young star had frequent nude and "bed scenes", which made her one of the most celebrated actresses of the moment.[6]
She also went "a little undressed"[7] in many magazines such as Play-Lady, "where she appeared in vivid leathers,"[8] Lib, Interviú,[9] and especially Fotogramas, which she was on the cover of five times in the mid-70s.[10]
At the end of 1976, Estrada took part in the chapter of the Antonio Gala series Paisaje con figuras dedicated to Mariana Pineda, broadcast by Televisión Española on 13 December.[11]
In 1982, she returned to acting under the direction of Narciso Ibáñez Serrador, this time in a new chapter of the series Historias para no dormir ("El fin empezó ayer"), along with Manuel Tejada, which premiered on Spanish Television on 20 September.
Separated from Luis Bastarrica, whom she married in 1970,[12] she has had two romantic relationships, with the Radio Nacional de España broadcaster Joaquín Ocio, who died in 1994, and the journalist Alejo García, who disappeared in 2008 at age 71.[13]
After living for a while in the United States, Estrada currently resides in Málaga, completely away from the artistic world.
Filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Una vela para el diablo | Norma | Eugenio Martín |
| 1974 | Odio mi cuerpo | Elena | León Klimovsky |
| The Ghost Galleon | Kathy | Amando de Ossorio | |
| Open Season | Alice Rennick | Peter Collinson | |
| La noche de la furia | Sue | Carlos Aured | |
| 1975 | Metralleta 'Stein' | Ana | José Antonio de la Loma |
| El libro de buen amor | Doña Endrina | Tomás Aznar | |
| Todos los gritos del silencio | Michelle | Ramón Barco | |
| Sensualidad | Lucy | Germán Lorente | |
| 1976 | Kilma, reina de las amazonas | Kilma | Miguel Iglesias |
| Sábado, chica, motel… ¡qué lío aquél! | Teresa | José Luis Merino | |
| El taxista de señoras | Sergio Bergonzelli | ||
| A mí qué me importa que explote Miami | Manuel Caño | ||
| 1977 | Dios bendiga cada rincón de esta casa | Lucía | Chumy Chúmez |
| El francotirador | Ángela | Carlos Puerto | |
| 1978 | Las locuras de Jane | Joaquín Coll Espona | |
| 1979 | Historia de 'S' | Psiquiatra | Francisco Lara Polop |
| El caminante | Madre Elvira | Paul Naschy | |
| Father Cami's Wedding | Luisa González | Rafael Gil | |
| Las siete magníficas y audaces mujeres | Eva | Darío Herreros | |
| 1980 | Spoiled Children | Alicia Ortega | Rafael Gil |
| Un cero a la izquierda | Poli | Gabriel Iglesias | |
| The Cantabrians | Turenia | Paul Naschy | |
| 1981 | Misterio en la isla de los monstruos | Dominique Blanchard | Juan Piquer Simón |
Television
| Year | Title | Chapter | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Paisaje con figuras | "Mariana Pineda" | Mariana Pineda | Antonio Betancor |
| 1977 | Curro Jiménez | "El prisionero de Arcos" | Camila | Mario Camus |
| 1979 | Estudio 1 | "El caso de la mujer asesinadita" | Raquel | Federico Ruiz |
| 1982 | Historias para no dormir | "El fin empezó ayer" | Narciso Ibáñez Serrador |
References
- ↑ "Las azafatas o secretarias del 'Un, dos, tres…'" [The Hostesses and Secretaries of 'Un, dos, tres…'] (in Spanish). lawebdelundostres.es. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ↑ "La crítica ha dicho" [The Critic Has Spoken]. ABC (in Spanish). 25 November 1975. p. 63. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ↑ Torres, Augusto M. (2004). Directores españoles malditos [Damned Spanish Directors]. Huerga Y Fierro Editores. p. 96. ISBN 9788483744802. Retrieved 13 July 2018 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Payán, Miguel Juan (2007). La Historia de España a Través Del Cine [The History of Spain Through Cinema] (in Spanish). Cacitel, S.L. p. 341. ISBN 9788496613102. Retrieved 13 July 2018 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Historia de S". ABC (in Spanish). 15 December 1992. p. 101. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ↑ "Blanca Estrada, elegida 'Náyade'" [Blanca Estrada, Elected 'Náyade']. ABC Blanco y Negro (in Spanish). 30 August 1975. p. 83. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ↑ "Blanca Estrada: La actriz del futuro" [Blanca Estrada: The Actress of the Future]. ABC (in Spanish). 21 July 1974. p. 145. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ↑ Román, Manuel (20 September 2014). "Blanca Estrada: sonrisas y lágrimas" [Blanca Estrada: Smiles and Tears]. Chic (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 July 2018 – via Libertad Digital.
- ↑ Herrera, Ángel-Antonio (26 July 2013). "Blanca Estrada". Interviú (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ↑ "Ellas fueron portadas de Fotogramas. Año 1976. Segunda parte" [They Were Cover Girls of Fotogramas. Year 1976. Second Part]. La ficha rosa del trivial (in Spanish). 7 October 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ↑ "Blanca Estrada". ABC Blanco y Negro (in Spanish). 1 January 1977. p. 16. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ↑ "Blanca Estrada: De secretaria del 'Un, dos, tres…' a la popularidad" [Blanca Estrada: From Secretary of 'Un, dos, tres…' to Popularity]. ABC (in Spanish). 1 December 1973. p. 92. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ↑ "Las azafatas de 'Un, dos, tres...' (1972–73 y 1976–78)" [The Hostesses of 'Un, dos, tres...' (1972–73 and 1976–78)]. Qué Fue De? (in Spanish). 1 April 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2018.