Rosa Maria Sardà
Rosa María Sardà i Támaro (30 July 1941 – 11 June 2020) was a Spanish actress. Her career in theater ranks her as one of the leading actresses of the Spanish scene.
Also recorded as Rosa Maria Sarda
Rosa Maria Sardà

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- Name
- Rosa María Sardà
- Birth Name
- Rosa María Sardà Támaro
- Born
- 30 July 1941
- Birthplace
- Barcelona, Spain
- Died
- 11 June 2020
- Occupation
- Actress
- Full name
- Rosa Maria Sardà i Tàmaro.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Honours
- Saint George's Cross, Miquel Porter Gaudí Honorary Award, Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress, FAD Sebastià Gasch Award, Fotogramas de Plata and Premis Internacionals Terenci Moix.
- Languages
- Spanish and Catalan.
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Rosa María Sardà i Támaro (30 July 1941 – 11 June 2020) was a Spanish actress. Her career in theater ranks her as one of the leading actresses of the Spanish scene.
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Rosa Maria Sardà (1941–2020) was a Spanish actor, actress and comedian, among other activities. Born Rosa Maria Sardà i Tàmaro in Barcelona, the actor died in Barcelona.
Languages used include Catalan, Spanish and Valencia. Rosa Maria Sardà received Butaca Award for best Catalan film actress, Butaca Award for best theater actress and FAD Sebastià Gasch Award, among others.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Rosa María Sardà • Birth Name — Rosa María Sardà Támaro • Born — 30 July 1941 • Birthplace — Barcelona, Spain • Died — 11 June 2020 • Place of death — Barcelona, Spain • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1969–2020
Early life
Early life
Sardà was born in Barcelona in 1941, and grew up in the Sant Andreu district of the capital, where her career as a stage actress began. She was the elder sister of the journalist and writer Xavier Sardà.
Career
Career
Self-taught, Sardà began to do amateur theater in her hometown, Horta. In 1962, she made the leap to professional theater in the Dora Santacreu and Carlos Lucena company with the play Cena de matrimonios by Alfonso Paso; she then moved to the Alejandro Ulloa company and, later, to that of Pau Garsaball, with the work En Baldiri de la Costa. In the 1970s, she starred in various theatre productions, such as The House of Bernarda Alba. Later, she worked in television, in 1975, starring in Una vella, coneguda olor, by Josep Maria Benet i Jornet and in 1979, leading the program Festa amb Rosa Maria Sardà. She also started doing movies with El vicari d'Olot (1981), by Ventura Pons. During the 1980s, she presented the television show Ahí te quiero ver. In 1993, she starred in Why Do They Call It Love When They Mean Sex?, for which she won the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress. The next year she was awarded the Creu de Sant Jordi, but she later returned it in 2017 (see personal life section). In 2001, she starred in No Shame, for which she again won the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress. The next year, she starred in the comedy My Mother Likes Women. In 2005, she starred in the television series Abuela de verano. Her son, Pol Mainat, starred alongside her. In 2010, she was awarded a Gold Medal from the Spanish Film Academy. In 2016, she was awarded the Feroz de Honor (Feroz of Honour). She was due to receive the Fotogramas de Plata award in 2020, but the ceremony was cancelled. She hosted the Goya Awards gala three times throughout her career. Critic Javier Zurro has considered her the best host in the history of the awards.
Personal life
Personal life
Sardà was married to Josep Maria Mainat, a member of the comedy group La Trinca. In 1975 they had a son Pol Mainat, who also become an actor. Sardà and Mainat divorced circa 2002. Sardà was always a politically committed person. She defined herself as “radically republican, federalist and socialist." In 2017, Sardà returned her Creu de Sant Jordi award, one of the highest decorations of the Catalonian Government, due to her opposition to the Catalan "procés" and the corruption scandal of former Catalan president Jordi Pujol. In 2014, Sardà was diagnosed with lymphoma, and later took a hiatus from acting. She died from the disease on 11 June 2020 in Barcelona, aged 78.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Reference • 1993 — ¿Por qué lo llaman amor cuando quieren decir sexo? — Sole • 1994 — Alegre ma non troppo — Asun • 1995 — Suspiros de España y Portugal — Angelica • 1997 — Airbag — Aurora • 1998 — La niña de tus ojos — Rosa Rosales • 1999 — Todo sobre mi madre — Rosa's mother • 2001 — Anita no pierde el tren — Anita • 2001 — Sin vergüenza — Ronda • 2002 — A mi madre le gustan las mujeres — Sofía • 2015 — Ocho apellidos catalanes — Roser • 2016 — La reina de España — Rosa Rosales
Theatre
Theatre
Her career at theatre was prolific, below some notable works:
Actress
Actress
• 1964: Los cinco minutos de Margot by Louis Verneuil. Premiered at Teatre Guimerà (Barcelona). • 1968: Las noches bajas de Ana o mi marido tiene un turca, by Rafael Richart. At Teatre Victòria (Barcelona). • 1976: Roses roges per a mi by Sean O'Casey • 1976: Terra baixa by Àngel Guimerà • 1978: Tot esperant Godot by Samuel Beckett • 1978: Sopa de pollastre amb ordi by Arnold Wesker • 1979: Quan la ràdio parlava de Franco by Josep Maria Benet i Jornet • 1980: El balcó by Jean Genet • 1982: Duet per a un sol violí by Tom Kempinski. • 1982: Yo me bajo en la próxima, ¿y usted? by 'Adolfo Marsillach • 1985: Mare Coratge by Bertolt Brecht • 1992: L'hostal de la Glòria by Josep Maria de Sagarra • 2004: Wit by Margaret Edson • 2009: La casa de Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca • 2012: Dubte by John Patrick Shanley
Director
Director
• 1989: Ai carai, by Josep Maria Benet i Jornet • 1994: Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell • 1994: Fugaç by Josep Maria Bernet i Jornet • 1996: El visitant by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt • 1999: Cantonada Brossa, jointly with Josep Maria Mestres, Josep Muntanyès i Lluís Pasqual. Crítica de Barcelona award
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1941
Rosa Maria Sardà born at Barcelona.
2020
Rosa Maria Sardà died at Barcelona.
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q272435: Rosa Maria Sardà
Reputable secondary · Wikidata
- “Rosa Maria Sardà”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
scholarly publication
- Ventura Pons and Rosa Maria Sardà: Acting, the nation and cinema as totality1, Studies in Spanish & Latin American Cinemas, 2022
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2022
Awards and honors
• Year — Award — Category — Work — Result — Reference • 1979 — FAD Sebastià Gasch Prizes — FAD Sebastià Gasch Prize — Rosa i Maria • 1980 — Margarida Xirgu award — id. — Rosa i Maria & El balcó • 1993 — Goya Awards — Best Supporting Actress — ¿Por qué lo llaman amor cuando quieren decir sexo? • 1994 — Creu de Sant Jordi — id. — Returned • 1995 — Premios Ondas — Special Jury Prize as Best Host — Una hora amb Vittorio Gassman (TV) — | • 2001 — Goya Awards — Best Supporting Actress — Sin vergüenza • 2003 — Fotogramas de Plata — Best Theatre Actress — Wit • 2010 — Spanish Film Academy — Gold Medal • 2015 — Max Awards — Honorary Award • 2016 — Premios Feroz — Feroz de Honor • 2016 — Gaudí Awards — Honorary Gaudí Award – Miquel Porter

Monumento conmemorativo dedicado a Rosa María Sardá en el Paseo de la Fama de Málaga, Málaga, España. La inscripción, junto a la impronta de las manos de Rosa María Sardá, dice: «Decimotercer / Festival de Málaga / Cine español / Rosa María / Sardá / Premio Málaga "Sur" 2010».
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- 1.Rosa María Sardà, su vida familiar: un exmarido indepe, un hijo actor y su relación con Xavier. El Español. 11 June 2020.
- 2.Rosa Maria Sardà. Institut del Teatre.
- 3.Rosa Maria Sardà, "Honorato, ¿apagamos la tele?". La Vanguardia. 11 June 2020.
- 4.Rosa Maria Sardà i Tàmaro. Enciclopèdia catalana.
- 5.Ahí te quiero ver. RTVE.es. 16 November 2015.
- 6.Televisor apagado, telón bajado, fundido a negro.¡Ha muerto la Sardà!. RTVE.es. 11 June 2020.
- 7.Muere la actriz Rosa María Sardá a los 78 años. RTVE.es. 11 June 2020.
- 8.Abuela de verano – Web oficial. RTVE.es.
- 9.Sánchez, Javi. Pol Mainat, el único hijo de Rosa María Sardà: actuó con ella, la dirigió, y estuvo a su lado hasta el final. Vanity Fair. 11 June 2020.
- 10.Rosa María Sardá recibe la Medalla de Oro de la Academia de Cine de España. RTVE.es. 8 July 2010.
- 11.Rosa María Sardá, la mejor presentadora de la historia de los Premios Goya. El Español. 11 June 2020.
- 12.In a 2016 El Pais profile it is stated that it was a marriage "without papers".
- 13.La discreta vida privada de Rosa María Sardà: su hijo Pol Mainat, la muerte de su hermano Juan y su divorcio. ElHuffPost. 11 June 2020.
- 14.Sorolla, José A. Rosa Maria Sardà: republicana, socialista, federalista y beligerante contra el 'procés'. El periódico. 11 June 2020.
- 15.Coixet, Isabel. Tribuna Rosa y Sant Jordi. El País. 19 November 2017. 1134-6582.
- 16.Torres, Rosana. Entrevista Rosa María Sardá: "Tengo más sentido del humor que del honor". El País. 4 December 2018. 1134-6582.
- 17.Román, Manuel. El cáncer que apartó de todo a Rosa María Sardá. Chic. 14 April 2020.
- 18.Muere la actriz Rosa María Sardà a los 78 años de edad víctima de un cáncer que padecía. Castilla-La Mancha 24.
- 19.Rosa Maria Sardà works and awards (pdf in Spanish)
- 20.Premis FAD Sebastià Gasch d'Arts Parateatrals. www.premisfadsebastiagasch.org.
- 21.Premi memorial Margarida Xirgu. margaritaxirgu.es.
- 22.DECRET 100/1994, de 3 de maig, de concessió de les Creus de Sant Jordi de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Portal Jurídic de Catalunya. 11 May 1994.
- 23.Awards Gestmusic. www.gestmusic.es.
- 24.Europa Press. Laia Marull, Luis Tosar, Loles León, Antonio Resines, Rosa María Sardá y Javier Camará, ganadores de Fotogramas de Plata. 9 March 2004.
- 25.Rosa María Sardà, Max de Honor 2015. Publico.es. 25 March 2015.
- 26.Honorary Gaudí Award – Miquel Porter 2016. Academia del cinema.
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References
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scholarly publication
Ventura Pons and Rosa Maria Sardà: Acting, the nation and cinema as totality1, Studies in Spanish & Latin American Cinemas, 2022Crossref registry
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