Chus Lampreave

Biography

María Jesús Lampreave Pérez (11 December 1930 – 4 April 2016), known as Chus Lampreave, was a Spanish actress. Born in Madrid, she began appearing in films in 1958, but she became internationally known thanks to her roles in films by Pedro Almodóvar, where she played old ladies with maternal or pastoral traits. She died in Almería in 2016 at the age of 85.

Known For

Pagina de Sucesos

Araceli

Hermanas

Madre Fundadora

Teresa de Jesús

Criada

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Jehovah's Witness Goalkeeper

Talk to Her

Concierge

Fenómenos

Amelia

Volver

Tía Paula

Broken Embraces

Concierge

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2015	Me, the President
2014	Torrente 5	Reme
2012	The Artist and the Model	María
2009	Broken Embraces	Concierge
2008	Chef's Special	Celia
2006	Volver	Tía Paula
2005	Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido!	Self (archive footage)
2004	Say I Do	Madre de Víctor
2003	Robbery at 3 O'clock… and Half	Doña Vicenta
2002	Talk to Her	Concierge
2002	El florido pensil	Doña Pepa
2001	Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella	Reme
1998	Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law	Reme
1998	A Perfect Couple
1998	Mátame mucho	Josefa
1996	Pastas Ardilla	Chus
1995	The Flower of My Secret	Madre de Leo
1995	On Earth as It Is in Heaven	Doña Asunción
1995	Long Life Together	Sofia
1994	Casque bleu	Alicia's Mother
1993	Everyone Off to Jail	Chus
1993	Supernova	Avelina
1992	Belle Époque	Doña Asun
1990	La mujer inesperada
1989	Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing	Álvarez
1989	Going Down in Morocco	Doña Antonia
1989	I'm the One You're Looking For	Matilde
1988	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown	Jehovah's Witness Goalkeeper
1988	Wait for Me in Heaven	Emilia
1988	Miss Caribe	Doña Petra
1988	La última cena... del 88	Self
1987	Eulalia	Carmen
1987	The Impeccable Sinner	Beni
1987	La vida alegre	Vecina
1987	Moors and Christians	Antonia
1986	Matador	Pilar
1986	Year of Enlightment	Doña Tránsito
1986	Lulú de noche	Farmacéutica #2
1985	Tatuaje
1985	The House of Ulloa
1985	Move Over, Mrs. Markham	Adela Mora
1985	The Chosen One	Florita
1985	El rollo de septiembre	Doña Aurelia
1984	What Have I Done to Deserve This?	Abuela
1984	Bajo en nicotina	Puri
1984	The Secret Garden	María
1984	Epilogue	Flo-Flo
1983	Dark Habits	Sor Rata de Callejón
1983	Total	Álvarez
1982	National III	Viti
1981	Cuentos para una escapada
1981	National Heritage	Viti
1980	El erótico enmascarado	Doña Gertrudis
1978	The National Shotgun	Viti
1977	El monosabio	Clara
1977	El bengador gusticiero y su pastelera madre	Rosalinda
1977	Nunca es tarde	Manoli
1976	Al fin solos, pero...	Chus (as María Jesús Lampreave)
1976	And They Lived Happily Ever After	Aurora
1974	The Love of Captain Brando	Mayor's Wife
1972	My Dearest Senorita	Sobrina de Chus
1970	La Lola... dicen que no vive sola
1966	Les Combinards	(scenes deleted)
1963	The Executioner	Visiting Woman of the Work
1963	La becerrada	Chus
1960	The Wheelchair	Yolanda Proharán
1959	Streetcar for Sale	Marujita
1959	The Little Apartment	Adelina - secretaria de Don Manuel (uncredited)

Year	TV Show	Role
2012	Fenómenos	Amelia
1998	Hermanas	Madre Fundadora
1993	¿De parte de quién?	Doña Rosa
1985	Los Pazos de Ulloa	Bibiana
1985	Pagina de Sucesos	Araceli
1984	Teresa de Jesús	Criada