Chus Lampreave

Chus Lampreave

1930-12-11 Madrid, Spain 67 Credits

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.

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Me, the President

Me, the President

2015

Acting

Spain's recent election have alarmed europe. It's the second time blank votes win, plunging the country into chaos. The European Union decides to elec...

Torrente 5

Torrente 5

2014

as Reme

5.6
Acting

Crooked cop Torrente gets out of jail in the year 2018 to find a different Spain from the one he knew.

The Artist and the Model

The Artist and the Model

2012

as María

6.2
Acting

In occupied France in summer 1943, a world-weary famous sculptor finds the desire to work again with the arrival of a beautiful young Spanish refugee.

Broken Embraces

Broken Embraces

2009

as Concierge

7.1
Acting

Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, ...

Chef's Special

Chef's Special

2008

as Celia

5.7
Acting

Maxi thinks his life is perfect. He is a famous cook who owns a successful restaurant in Chueca and is living his life as a gay man without much compl...

Volver

Volver

2006

as Tía Paula

7.5
Acting

Three generations of women survive the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition and even death by means of goodness, lies and boundless vitality.

Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido!

Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido!

2005

as Self (archive footage)

6.9
Acting

Abandoned by her husband, a woman takes to the streets in search of money to feed her children. (Promotional short for the film What Have I Done to De...

Say I Do

Say I Do

2004

as Madre de Víctor

5.4
Acting

An unlikely couple fake a relationship to win a TV game show prize. Wannabe actress Estrella dreams of becoming a hostess on a romance reality-TV show...

Robbery at 3 O'clock… and Half

Robbery at 3 O'clock… and Half

2003

as Doña Vicenta

4.7
Acting

A German bank buys a small Spanish entity and announces to its employees that it will pre-retire them on January 1st. The cashier Galindo proposes his...

El florido pensil

El florido pensil

2002

as Doña Pepa

5.1
Acting

"El Florido Pensil" is a humorous reflection of the education of several generations of Spaniards from the 1940s to the 1960s. Based on the book of th...

Talk to Her

Talk to Her

2002

as Concierge

7.6
Acting

Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.

Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella

Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella

2001

as Reme

6.1
Acting

For this second film in the cult comedy series Torrente takes our fat police officer from Madrid to Marbella in Spain to investigate a villain’s plot ...

A Perfect Couple

A Perfect Couple

1998

Acting

Forty-two-year-old Lorenzo finds himself out of work. Through an ad placed in the local newspaper, he gets a job as a helping hand for an aging homose...

Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law

Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law

1998

as Reme

6.5
Acting

A former policeman enlists his nerdy friend to help bust drug traffickers moving heroin through a Chinese restaurant.

Mátame mucho

Mátame mucho

1998

as Josefa

Acting
On Earth as It Is in Heaven

On Earth as It Is in Heaven

1995

as Doña Asunción

5.4
Acting

Matacanes dies and goes to heaven just to discover that it was not as he expected, and everyone there is revolutionized lately. Peter explains that Go...

The Flower of My Secret

The Flower of My Secret

1995

as Madre de Leo

6.8
Acting

Leo is a middle-aged writer of popular romantic novels who writes under a pseudonym, since she despises her own work. At home, her husband, who works ...

Long Life Together

Long Life Together

1995

as Sofia

5.9
Acting

Petra and Matthias are a bad marriage. He works as a janitor at the school of anatomy. Petra has a bitter and uncompromising character, so that their ...

Casque bleu

Casque bleu

1994

as Alicia's Mother

5.3
Acting

Winegrower Patrick Ponsac comes close to ruining his marriage when he has an affair with another woman. By way of atonement, he takes his wife back to...

Everyone Off to Jail

Everyone Off to Jail

1993

as Chus

6.2
Acting

A prison in Valencia hosts an event recognizing political prisoners jailed during Franco’s reign. The reunion proves more raucous than the organizers ...

Supernova

Supernova

1993

as Avelina

3.2
Acting

Count Nado, is in love with Fénix, an intergalactic singer. Unable to achieve it with traditional methods, the evil Nado kidnaps the scientist Avelina...

Belle Époque

Belle Époque

1992

as Doña Asun

6.7
Acting

In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has...

La mujer inesperada

La mujer inesperada

1990

Acting

A man wakes up in a train to Malaga. A mysterious woman helps him get in time to his marriage, which is a few hours later.

I'm the One You're Looking For

I'm the One You're Looking For

1989

as Matilde

Acting

Natalia, a fashion model, is assaulted by a man one night, when she is returning from work. She decides to take revenge, and obsessively searches for ...

Going Down in Morocco

Going Down in Morocco

1989

as Doña Antonia

5.7
Acting

A girl who lives with her dealer cousin and her policeman boyfriend who is a policeman regularly transports drugs from Morocco for her cousin. As all ...

Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing

Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing

1989

as Álvarez

7.1
Acting

Teodoro, a Spanish engineer working as a professor in the United States, returns to Spain to enjoy a sabbatical year.

La última cena... del 88

La última cena... del 88

1988

as Self

Acting
Miss Caribe

Miss Caribe

1988

as Doña Petra

5.2
Acting

A woman's father dies in a Central American country and leaves her a bizarre inheritance: a ship which acts as a floating brothel under the appearance...

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

1988

as Jehovah's Witness Goalkeeper

7.4
Acting

Pepa resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her. Fortunately, she is interrupted by a deliciousl...

Wait for Me in Heaven

Wait for Me in Heaven

1988

as Emilia

6.4
Acting

Pepe Soriano plays a Madrid shopkeeper who is kidnapped by henchmen of Franco in this political comedy. After his kidnapping, he is forced to become t...

Moors and Christians

Moors and Christians

1987

as Antonia

5.7
Acting

A peculiar family, which owns a nougat factory, decides to set out on a trip to Madrid in order to advertise its products in a Food Fair. Besides the ...

The Impeccable Sinner

The Impeccable Sinner

1987

as Beni

4.5
Acting

Honorio Sigüenza is a man in his forties who has always lived under the yoke of his possessive mother. When his mother dies, he undergoes a radical tr...

Eulalia

1987

as Carmen

5.0
Acting
La vida alegre

La vida alegre

1987

as Vecina

6.0
Acting

Ana starts working as a Doctor in the S.T.I.U. (sexual transmission illnesses unit) at a Hospital. She begins meeting a lot of strange and bizarre cha...

Year of Enlightment

Year of Enlightment

1986

as Doña Tránsito

6.1
Acting

April, 1940. Manolo, 16 years old, and Jesus, who is just 8, are taken by their older brother Pepe, a lieutenant in the Army, to a sanatorium for chil...

Matador

Matador

1986

as Pilar

6.7
Acting

A conflicted youth confesses to crimes he didn't commit while a man and woman aroused by death become obsessed with each other.

Lulú de noche

Lulú de noche

1986

as Farmacéutica #2

3.7
Acting

German, a young theater director, tries to organize a theater play about Lulu, a prostitute that was killed in London by Jack the ripper. While lookin...

The House of Ulloa

The House of Ulloa

1985

Acting

Set in a crumbling Spanish mansion, this gloriously comic and gothic story follows the fortunes of an innocent young priest as he enters a world of mo...

Move Over, Mrs. Markham

Move Over, Mrs. Markham

1985

as Adela Mora

6.0
Acting

Pablo and Fernando, owners of a children's book publishing company about to go bankrupt, have managed through unorthodox means to contract the country...

The Chosen One

The Chosen One

1985

as Florita

5.8
Acting

Federico is a cashier in a bank. He is bored with his life. But one day a body falls on his car. The suspected suicide victim is collected by a group ...

Tatuaje

1985

Acting

A short film starring Pedro Almodóvar and Marisa Paredes, parodying a 1940s torch song, the famous Spanish copla "Tatuaje".

El rollo de septiembre

El rollo de septiembre

1985

as Doña Aurelia

3.0
Acting

It is the disastrous grades at the end of the school year that make several students from different places gather at the school to spend the whole sum...

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

1984

as María

5.0
Acting

A few days ago, Lucia (Assumpta Serna) receives anonymous letters in which he is forced to perform certain actions that she accepts without question. ...

What Have I Done to Deserve This?

What Have I Done to Deserve This?

1984

as Abuela

7.2
Acting

A henpecked housewife ekes out a meager existence, surrounded by a host of colorful characters: her ungrateful husband, her delinquent sons, her heads...

Bajo en nicotina

Bajo en nicotina

1984

as Puri

3.2
Acting

A film buff can't watch his videos in peace as he is disturbed by his clingy girlfriend and noisy neighbours. He will take drastic measures to get the...

Epilogue

Epilogue

1984

as Flo-Flo

4.8
Acting

The film tells the story of two writers in love with the same woman. For years, they have worked together. One day they separate. Ten years later and ...

Dark Habits

Dark Habits

1983

as Sor Rata de Callejón

6.7
Acting

After her drug pusher boyfriend overdoses on heroin, a cabaret singer finds refuge from the authorities in a convent for fallen women.

Total

Total

1983

as Álvarez

7.3
Acting

"Total" opens the trilogy that close "Amanece que no es poco" and "Así en el Cielo como en la Tierra" Year 2598. Three days ago, the world has come to...

National III

National III

1982

as Viti

6.0
Acting

In order to solve economic problems, "Leguineche" family decide to move to France with their limited belongings.

Cuentos para una escapada

Cuentos para una escapada

1981

Acting

With the help of drawings and comic strips. brings together short films, on children's themes, in which rights that children and adults should enjoy a...

National Heritage

National Heritage

1981

as Viti

7.0
Acting

After the death of General Franco, the Leguineche family leaves their estate of Los Tejadillos, where they have remained for decades in voluntary exil...

El erótico enmascarado

El erótico enmascarado

1980

as Doña Gertrudis

6.4
Acting

Manolo (Fernando Esteso) is a porn actor who no longer has any attraction towards women, having become "a decent man". But, of course, there is a horn...

The National Shotgun

The National Shotgun

1978

as Viti

6.8
Acting

A catalan manufacturer of intercoms travels to Madrid, accompanied by his mistress, to attend a hunt that he has organized. Its main purpose is to mix...

Nunca es tarde

Nunca es tarde

1977

as Manoli

5.0
Acting

Antonio and Teresa are a couple who live in a flat in San Sebastian. Ursula Michelena, an elderly woman over 70 years old, lives on the top floor. Urs...

El bengador gusticiero y su pastelera madre

El bengador gusticiero y su pastelera madre

1977

as Rosalinda

4.0
Acting
El monosabio

El monosabio

1977

as Clara

6.8
Acting

Juanito, a peaceful fan of bullfighting, has become picador's assistant to see from the same arena the show in which he brags he is one of the protago...

And They Lived Happily Ever After

And They Lived Happily Ever After

1976

as Aurora

5.0
Acting

Manoli and Fernando, a couple of communist ideas, want to live their love freely, fleeing from any bourgeois convention. At first, the couple rejects ...

Al fin solos, pero...

Al fin solos, pero...

1976

as Chus (as María Jesús Lampreave)

5.5
Acting
The Love of Captain Brando

The Love of Captain Brando

1974

as Mayor's Wife

5.5
Acting

During the last years of Franco's dictatorship, Fernando, an old republican exile, returns to his home in a small Castilian village and befriends Auro...

My Dearest Senorita

My Dearest Senorita

1972

as Sobrina de Chus

6.5
Acting

A woman living in a small town discovers after fifty years that she is actually a man. Will she change her sex and suffer the reaction of a narrow-min...

La Lola... dicen que no vive sola

La Lola... dicen que no vive sola

1970

2.0
Acting

A prostitute promises to the Virgin Mary not to practice her trade for a year if she heals her sick child.

Les Combinards

Les Combinards

1966

as (scenes deleted)

4.7
Acting

Léo and Claude, two penniless friends turned con artists, answer matrimonial classified ads to trap women. But one of the friends soon finds his own g...

The Executioner

The Executioner

1963

as Visiting Woman of the Work

7.6
Acting

An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after ...

La becerrada

La becerrada

1963

as Chus

Acting

San Ginés de la Sierra is a small village lost in the mountains in southern Spain. It is known throughout the region for two peculiar characteristics:...

The Wheelchair

The Wheelchair

1960

as Yolanda Proharán

6.8
Acting

Don Anselmo, a retired old man, decides to buy a motorized disabled stroller since all his pensioner friends own one. His family strongly refuses him ...

Streetcar for Sale

Streetcar for Sale

1959

as Marujita

7.0
Acting

This excellent short film written by the magnificent filmmaker duo of Luis García Berlanga and screenwriter Rafael Azcona was to be part of a series e...

The Little Apartment

The Little Apartment

1959

as Adelina - secretaria de Don Manuel (uncredited)

6.4
Acting

Rodolfo and Petrita each live in separate quarters in dilapidated Madrid, while looking to have a little apartment (or "pisito", in Spanish dialect). ...