Teresa Gimpera
Teresa Gimpera i Flaquer (21 September 1936 – 23 July 2024) was a Spanish film and television actress and model of the 1960s and 1970s.
Also recorded as Teresa Gimpera Flaquer
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- Birth Name
- Teresa Gimpera Flaquer
- Born
- 21 September 1936
- Birthplace
- Igualada, Spain
- Died
- 23 July 2024
- Place of death
- Barcelona, Spain
- Occupation
- Actress
- Full name
- Teresa Gimpera i Flaquer.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Fields
- film, television, acting and entrepreneurship.
- Honours
- Saint George's Cross and President Macià Medal.
- Languages
- Catalan and Spanish.
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Teresa Gimpera i Flaquer (21 September 1936 – 23 July 2024) was a Spanish film and television actress and model of the 1960s and 1970s.
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• Birth Name — Teresa Gimpera Flaquer • Born — 21 September 1936 • Birthplace — Igualada, Spain • Died — 23 July 2024 • Place of death — Barcelona, Spain • Children — 3 • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1963–2024
Biography
Biography
Teresa Gimpera Flaquer was born in Igualada, province of Barcelona, on 21 September 1936. Her parents were both teachers, and grew up in the Sant Andreu neighbourhood of Barcelona. Her first job was with Leopoldo Pomés as an advertisement model. She later made her film debut in Fata Morgana (1965). She went on to star in numerous films throughout the 1960s and 1970s. She married Octavio Sarsanedas, who worked in advertising at the Seix Barral publishing house. They had three children, Marc, Job, and Joan. In 1990, she married U.S. actor Craig Hill; he had moved to Barcelona, Spain where he had found work in Spaghetti Westerns. They were married for 24 years until Hill's death in April 2014. Gimpera died in Barcelona on 23 July 2024, at the age of 87 from a cancer.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Lucky, the Inscrutable (1966) • Black Box Affair (1966) • Wanted (1967) • Tuset Street (1968) • El extraño caso del doctor Fausto (1969) • Eagles Over London (1969) • The Exquisite Cadaver (1969) • Macabre (1969) • Twenty Thousand Dollars for Seven (1969) • The Legend of Frenchie King (1971) • The Rebellious Novice (1971) • Naked Girl Killed in the Park (1972) • The Night of the Devils (1972) • Hannah, Queen of the Vampires (1973) • The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) • Those Dirty Dogs (1973) • El vicio y la virtud (1975) • English Striptease (1975) • Course Completed (1987) • The Long Winter (1992)
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
Teresa Gimpera was recorded at birth as Teresa Gimpera i Flaquer. Her recorded languages were Catalan and Spanish. She married Craig Hill and Octavi Sarsanedas i Vives.
Identity
Identity
Teresa Gimpera is recorded as having received Saint George's Cross and President Macià Medal.
Teresa Gimpere a l'acte de presentació dels nominats dels IV premis Gaudí de Cinema Teresa Gimpere in the event of presentation of the nominees of the IV Gaudí Awards
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1936
Teresa Gimpera born at Igualada.
2024
Teresa Gimpera died at Barcelona.
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- 1.Mira p. 146
- 2.Bassas, Antoni. Teresa Gimpera: "A los jóvenes les digo que sean valientes. Es lo que he hecho yo en la vida. Ara. 20 February 2022.
- 3.Coca, César. Teresa Gimpera: «Con esta sonrisa he ganado mucho dinero». La Verdad. 18 January 2017.
- 4.Teresa Gimpera: Biografía y filmografía. August 2025.
- 5.Díaz, Fátima. Teresa Gimpera: La musa de la 'gauche divine' que se codeó con Hitchcock. Diario de Sevilla. 16 February 2022.
- 6.El País. Muere la actriz y modelo Teresa Gimpera a los 87 años. 23 July 2024.
- 7.Ruiz, Sara. Recordamos a Teresa Gimpera tras su muerte, que marca el fin de la saga de actrices de la España de los 60. Antena 3. 26 July 2024.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Mira, Alberto. The Cinema of Spain and Portugal. Wallflower Press, 2005.
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