Teresa Gimpera
Teresa Gimpera in 2012.
Born
Teresa Gimpera Flaquer

(1936-09-21) 21 September 1936
Igualada, Spain
OccupationActress
Years active1965-
SpouseCraig Hill

Teresa Gimpera Flaquer (born 21 September 1936) is a Spanish film and television actress and former model of the 60s and 70s.[1]

Biography

Teresa Gimpera Flaquer was born in Igualada, province of Barcelona, on 21 September 1936.[2][3] Her parents were both teachers, and grew up in the Sant Andreu neighbourhood of Barcelona.[4]

Her first job was with Leopoldo Pomes as an advertisement model. She later made her film debut in Fata Morgana (1965). She went on to star in numerous films throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

She married Octavio Sarsanedas, who worked in advertising at the Seix Barral publishing house. They had three children, Marc, Job, and Joan.[5]

In 1990 she married U.S. actor Craig Hill; he had moved to Barcelona, Spain where he had found work in Spaghetti Westerns. They were married for 24 years until Hill's death in April 2014.

Selected filmography

References

  1. Mira p. 146
  2. Bassas, Antoni (20 February 2022). "Teresa Gimpera: "A los jóvenes les digo que sean valientes. Es lo que he hecho yo en la vida". Ara.
  3. Coca, César (18 January 2017). "Teresa Gimpera: «Con esta sonrisa he ganado mucho dinero»". La Verdad.
  4. "Teresa Gimpera: Biografía y filmografía". 26 January 2017.
  5. Díaz, Fátima (16 February 2022). "Teresa Gimpera: La musa de la 'gauche divine' que se codeó con Hitchcock". Diario de Sevilla.

Bibliography

  • Mira, Alberto. The Cinema of Spain and Portugal. Wallflower Press, 2005.
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