Isabel Garcés Cerezal (28 January 1901 – 3 February 1981) was a Spanish stage and film actress.Bentley p.161
She is particularly remembered for being a regular sidekick (a grandmother or mother figure) in Marisol's movies: An Angel Has Arrived (1961), Marisol rumbo a Río (1963), Búsqueme a esa chica (1965), Las cuatro bodas de Marisol (1967), Solos los dos (1968).
Biography Isabel Garcés was born in Madrid in 1891. At only five years of age, she started performing at the Madrilenian Teatro del Príncipe as part of the children's troupe led by Jacinto Benavente.
Later, Tirso Escudero booked her into his . Her first role there was as the "ugly woman" in , a play in three acts by French playwright Pierre Veber.
Her next theatre was , where she moved together with Catalina Bárcena and Gregorio Martinez Sierra. In that theatre, she notably was Pepita Morer's substitute in Las lágrimas de la Trini by playwright Carlos Arniches.
After that, she moved to the and became part of its troupe led by . She stayed with the theatre for twenty seasons, notably beating the record of 200 performances in 40 comedy plays. At that theatre, she was part of the original casts of such plays as Pedro Muñoz's El refugio, El alfiler and La tonta del rizo, El famoso Carballeira, Chiruca and Mosquita en palacio and Jacinto Benavente's , El alfiler en la boca, El marido de bronce and .
She appeared in her first film at the age of 58. Her roles were that of typical sweet, absent-minded grandmother. In particular, she starred in many musical "child prodigy" comedies, playing a humorous counterpoint to child protagonists such as Marisol and Pili and Mili.
She died in Madrid on 3 February 1981, at the age of 80.
Selected filmography Year Title Role 1959 Una gran señora 1960 My Last Tango Clarisa 1961 An Angel Has Arrived Herminia 1961 My Wedding Night Gabriela 1963 The Daughters of Helena Doña Helena Marisol rumbo a Río Como dos gotas de agua Ángela Goñi 1965 Búsqueme a esa chica 1967 Las cuatro bodas de Marisol 1968 Solos los dos Cristina Guzmán Mónica 1969 El taxi de los conflictos 1970 Growing Leg, Diminishing Skirt Doña Ramona 1971 The Rebellious Novice Sister Estefanía 1975 Como matar a papá... sin hacerle daño Una abuelita de antes de la guerra Las bodas de Blanca
References
Bibliography Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer, 2008.
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