Berta Riaza

Berta Riaza Gómez (27 July 1927 – 24 July 2022) was a Spanish actress. She was in over 100 movies and 60 stage shows during her near-60 year career.

Berta Riaza
Born
Berta Riaza Gómez

(1927-07-27)27 July 1927
Madrid, Spain
Died24 July 2022(2022-07-24) (aged 94)
Madrid, Spain
OccupationActress
Years active1947–2003

Life

Born in Madrid, she began her career in 1947 on a stage play titled Historia de una casa.

In 1959, she made her movie debut with Diez fusiles esperan. Her best known movie roles include: Entre tinieblas (1983), Luces de bohemia (1985), El placer de matar (1988) and El Puzzle (2000).

Her career mainly was focused on movies and stage roles. However, she appeared in a few television shows with Televisión Española. In 1980, she starred as Doña Guillermina in the miniseries Fortunata y Jacinta.

In 2003, Riaza retired saying that the only roles she was getting were in unpopular stage plays.[1]

Riaza died on 24 July 2022 in Madrid, three days before her 95th birthday.[2]

Awards
  • National Theater Award (1992)
  • Union of Actors Award for Best Secondary Theater Performance (1995)
  • Union of Actors Lifetime Award (1997)
  • Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (2007)

References
  1. El País, ed. (9 August 2004). "Me retiro. Estoy cansada, necesito disfrutar trabajando". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  2. Muere a los 94 años la actriz Berta Riaza (in Spanish)

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