María Luisa Merlo

María Luisa Merlo Colomina (born 6 September 1941) is a Spanish film, theatre and television actress.

María Luisa Merlo
Merlo in 2017
Born
María Luisa Merlo Colomina

(1941-09-06) September 6, 1941
Valencia
NationalitySpanish
OccupationActress
Years active1957–present
Spouse
(m. 1961; div. 1983)
Michael Kenton
(m. 1992; div. 1997)
ChildrenLuis Merlo
Amparo Larrañaga
Pedro
Juan Carlos (stepson)

Merlo, with more than 60 years of artistic career, has received the prestigious Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts from the Spanish Ministry of Culture.

She is the mother of actors Luis Merlo and Amparo Larrañaga.

Early life

Merlo was born in Valencia in 1941. She is the daughter of actors Ismael Merlo Piquer and María Luisa Colomina Domingo.[1]

She was raised following her parents theatre company, as a result, she was able to attend school for less than two years.[2]

Career

Merlo made her debut as a dancer in the 1957 show Te espero en el Eslava by Luis Escobar Kirkpatrick.[3]

She made her cinema debut in 1959 with José María Forqué in the film De espaldas a la puerta.[1] Other titles followed during the first half of the sixties, such as Siempre es domingo (1961) by Fernando Palacios, Cuidado con las personas formales (1961) by Agustín Palacios, Más bonita que ninguna (1965) by Luis César Amadori, with Rocío Dúrcal, and De cuerpo presente (1967) by Antonio Eceiza.

However, from 1965 onward, she focused more on her theatre and television career.

Since the mid-sixties she has become a regular face on Spanish television, playing dozens of roles in Primera fila, Novela and Estudio 1.[4]

In 1973, she starred alongside her then-husband Carlos Larrañaga in the TVE comedy Compañera te doy. 13 years later, she played alongside her daughter, Amparo Larrañaga, in the series Media naranja; in 2006, she did the same with her son, Luis Merlo, in Aquí no hay quien viva.

She has also appeared in the series Aquí hay negocio (1995), Luna negra (2003), Mis adorable vecinos (2004), Supervillanos (2006), Los Serrano (2008) and Somos cómplices (2009).

At the end of 2007, she participated in the sixth edition of the television contest ¡Mira quién baila![5]

In July 2013, she starred in the short film Betiko, directed by Arantza Ibarra, together with the actor Javier Pradera in the caves of Zugarramurdi.[6][7]

Personal life

Merlo was married to the actor Carlos Larrañaga for 15 years;[1][8] they separated in 1975 and obtained a divorce in November 1983. Besides a son, Juan Carlos, from Carlos previous marriage, they had three children: Amparo Larrañaga, Luis Merlo and Pedro.[9]

In 1992, she married university professor Michael Kenton, with whom she divorced five years later.[10]

An authoritative biography of Merlo, María Luisa Merlo: Más allá del teatro, was published in 2003 by Pedro Manuel Víllora Gallardo.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Note
2017Es ley de vidaEsperanzaShort film
2008Proyecto Dos
2003El dolor y la lluviaShort film
1982En septiembreAna
1981¿Por qué no hacemos el amor?Laura Battoni
1975El adúlteroMarta
1975Un lujo a su alcanceOlga
1974Tocata y fuga de LolitaOlga
1972Ligue StoryDr. Somontes
1967De cuerpo presentejust-married woman
1965Más bonita que ninguna
1961Cuidado con las personas formales
1961Siempre es domingoDorotea / Doris
1961Armas contra la ley
1961Mi noche de bodasIvonne
1960091 Policía al hablaTeresa Jiménez
1960El cerro de los locos
1959De espaldas a la puertaLucky

Television

Year Title Notes
2009Somos cómplices
2008AídaEpisode: "Paz la dulce"
2008Hospital CentralEpisode: "Un entierro, una boda y un cumpleaños"
2008Los SerranoEpisode: "El camino recto de Santa Justa"
2006Con dos tacones Episode: "Alabaré a mi señor"
2006Supervillanos
20067 vidasEpisode: "Nacida el 4 de julio"
2004-2006Aquí no hay quien viva
2004Mis adorables vecinos
2003Luna negra
1995Aquí hay negocio
1989Primera función 2 episodes
1986La comedia dramática españolaEpisode: "Diálogo secreto"
1986Media naranja
1978Teatro estudioEpisode: "El bebé furioso"
1977Mujeres insólitasEpisode: "La viuda roja"
1975Cuentos y leyendasEpisode: "La leyenda del Caballero de Olmedo"
1966–1981Estudio 124 episodes
1974TelecomediaEpisode: "Comedia de boulevard"
1974El teatroEpisode: "El proceso de Mary Dugan"
1974Noche de teatroEpisode: "Cisneros"
1973Compañera te doy episodes
1972Siete piezas cortasEpisode: "El chantajista"
1968La pequeña comediaEpisode: "Claveles en la oficina"
1966–1981Teatro breve3 episodes
1966Hermenegildo Pérez, para servirleEpisode: "Un marido futuro, muy futuro"
1966El tercer rombo3 episodes
1965Tiempo y hora2 episodes
1965ConfidenciasEpisode: "La ilusión de cada uno"
1964Escuela de maridosEpisode: "Carácter sí, carácter no"
1964Tras la puerta cerradaEpisode: "El ángel negro"
1964–1965Primera fila7 episodes
1963–1977Novela13 episodes

Theatre

Her career on the stage is marked by the performance of works of all genres, from drama to comedy, including musicals. In 1986 she joined the Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico.[11]

Year Title Writer Note
1957Te espero en el Eslava
1958Ven y ven al Eslava
1960Diana está comunicando
1967La tercera palabra
1968Siete gritos en el mar
1968El proceso de Mary Dugan
1970Vidas privadas
1971Cómo ama la otra mitadAlan Ayckbourn
1972Pato a la naranjaWilliam Douglas-Home
1974 Los peces rojos
1977Los hijos de KennedyRobert Patrick[12]
1977Yo quiero a mi mujer
1978Lecciones de matrimonio
1979Alicia en el París de las maravillas
1980El corto vuelo del galloJaime SalomWith Gemma Cuervo
1984No corran que es peorAdapted by Juanjo Menéndez
1984Diálogo secretoAntonio Buero VallejoWith Ismael Merlo
1986Los locos de ValenciaLope de VegaDirected by Adolfo Marsillach
1987Antes que todo es mi damaCalderón de la Barca
1991Trescientos veintiuno, trescientos veintidósAna Diosdado[13]
1994Los bellos durmientesAntonio GalaAlongside Amparo Larrañaga
1998Odio a HamletPaul Rudnick
1999Ocho mujeresRobert Thomas
2000La fiebre del henoNoël Coward
2003El adefesioRafael Alberti
2006Yo, Leonor
2006-2007La ratoneraAgatha Christie
2007Un adulterio casi decenteWith Pedro Civera
2011100 metros cuadradosJuan Carlos Rubio
2015Cosas de papá y mamáAlfonso Paso
2019Conversaciones con mamáMario Martín Lucas

Awards

In 1967, Merlo was awarded with the Antena de Oro de Televisión Prize.[14] She was awarded the Ercilla Theatre Prize in 2009 for her career in theatre.[11] In 2013, she was awarded the Distinction of the Generalitat Valenciana for Cultural Merit.[15] The Spanish Ministry of Culture awarded Merlo the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts in 2017.[16]

References

  1. "María Luisa Merlo: "Me tomé 20 pastillas para dormir"". Abc (in Spanish). 2018-04-02. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  2. "María Luisa Merlo publica una sorprendente autobiografía". Abc (in Spanish). 2003-03-08. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  3. "Te espero en Eslava. Efemérides de teatro | CDAEM · Teatro Español". Centro de Documentación de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  4. "Mª Luisa Merlo se despide de los escenarios con 'Mentiras inteligentes', una comedia de amor, sexo y secretos". 20minutos (in Spanish). 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  5. ""¡Mira quién baila!" abre de nuevo sus puertas en TVE-1". Abc (in Spanish). 2007-09-17. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  6. "Arantza Ibarra graba un corto con Maria Luisa Merlo en Zugarramurdi". El Diario Vasco (in European Spanish). 2013-07-17. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  7. "'Betiko' zinea Zugarramurdin". El Mundo (in Basque). 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  8. "María Luisa Merlo recuerda su matrimonio y su posterior amistad con Carlos Larrañaga". Europa Press (in Spanish). 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  9. "Lazos de Sangre La vida y los amores de Carlos Larrañaga". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  10. "Los Larrañaga: una saga con muchas tablas". Divinity (in European Spanish). 2012-08-31. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  11. EFE (2010-01-14). "Maria Luisa Merlo, Premio Ercilla 2009 por su trayectoria artística". RTVE.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  12. EFE (7 May 2019). "María Luisa Merlo: "Los españoles somos más listos que el hambre"". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  13. Tecglen, Eduardo Haro (1991-02-04). "Las parejas felices". El País. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
  14. "ABC MADRID 16-03-1968 página 103". Abc (in Spanish). 2019-08-09. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  15. "Distinció mèrit cultural". Generalitat Valenciana (in Catalan). Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  16. Cádiz, Diario de (2017-12-30). "El parque eólico marino 'Wikinger' empieza a suministrar energía". Diario de Jerez (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-08.
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