- Date of Birth: 15 September, 1945
- Place of Birth: Madrid, Spain
- Biography: Carmen García Maura (born September 15, 1945, in Madrid) is a Spanish actress. In a career that has spanned several decades, Maura is best known for her collaborations with noted Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar.
Filmography
- Muchachas (2010)
- Tetro (2009)
- Introducing Fernand (2009)
- Que parezca un accidente (2008)
- La Virgen negra (2008)
- Premio Donostia a Antonio Banderas (2008)
- El Menor de los males (2008)
- The Garden of Eden (2008)
- Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner (2007)
- Volver (To Return) (2007)
- Mentir un peu (2006)
- Free Zone (2006)
News
Almodovar: Cinema is an Irrational Passion
indiewire.com –
2009-05-19
Pedro Almodovar today at the Cannes Film Festival. Photo by Eugene Hernandez/indieWIRE I could give a lot of examples. When in "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" Carmen Maura has to dub a sequence of "Johnny Guitar", I'm... ... Full Article
2009 Chicago Latino Film Festival and Cinelatino Announce Audience Choice Awards, with $5K Cash Prize to Most Popular Feature
upi.com –
2009-04-30
CHICAGO , April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2009 Chicago Latino Film Festival and Cinelatino, the leading Spanish-language premium movie channel in the United States , proudly announce the winners of the 2009 Cinelatino Audience Choice Awards at the conclusion of... ... Full Article
Writer Yasmina Reza 's debut directorial feature, Chicas ("Girls") - adapted from her stage production A Spanish Play - features a European cast. The film - which starts shooting next Monday in Paris - stars Spanish actress Carmen Maura (... ... Full Article
Volver Director: Pedro Almodvar Cast: Penlope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lampreave (Sony Pictures Classics, 2006) Rated: R US DVD release date: 3 April 2007 (Sony)
popmatters.com –
2007-04-03
Meanwhile, after the death of Aunt Paula, Sole is paid a visit by the ghost of her mother, Irene. Sole soon has her phantom motherposing as a Russian migr so as not to be recognized by those who knew her... ... Full Article
Volver
dvdtown.com –
2007-04-03
Send to a friend It doesn't surprise me that "Volver" earned a Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival--not for a single actress, but for the entire female ensemble. ... Full Article
Volver
pittsburghlive.com –
2007-01-19
The crimes committed in "Volver" seem as though they'll become the center of the plot. But as the actresses in Spanish director Pedro Almodovar's latest film push through their lives with practicality, sadness, wit or resignation, the secrets they guard ... Full Article


Carmen Maura - Pepi, Luci, Bom
Carmen Maura habla sobre su reencuentro con Almodovar
Carmen Maura felicita al Rey en su 70 cumpleaños
Carmen Maura en Por la Kara