Acting · Andújar, Jaén, Spain · Born July 10, 1951
María Purificación Josefa Cantudo Porcel, known as María José Cantudo (Andújar, Jaén, July 10, 1951), is a Spanish actress and vedette. The hotelier businessman Carlos del Val encourages and supports her so that she can start an artistic career in Madrid. Her beginnings in 1971-1972 are as an advertising model and photo novel actress, a genre in which she acquires certain popularity. She began her film career in 1973 with the films El espanto surge de la tumba and Autopsia, but achieved her first success under Jorge Grau in La trastienda (1976), where she starred in the first female full nude (seen through a mirror) of Spanish cinema. In 1973 she married the singer and actor Manolo Otero, father of her only son, Manuel (b. 1974). Separated in 1978, she has been romantically linked to actor Pedro Ruiz and artistic entrepreneur Enrique Cornejo. In 2013 she is designated an honorary member of UNESCO for her philanthropic work.
MovieLa ópera rock Jesucristo Superstar: un hito en la historia del musical español
2018
as Self
TVDani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
2017
as Self - Interviewee
MovieThe Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
2010
as Self
TVLa que se avecina
2007
as María José Cantudo
TVCuéntame cómo pasó
2001
as Susana de Ramírez Sañudo
TVLa Comedia Musical Española
1985
as Emérita
MovieSangre en el Caribe
1985
as Julia
MoviePiernas cruzadas
1984
as Lucerito Rioja / Rosario de la Mota
MovieInseminación artificial
1984
as Alicia Jordán
MovieLove Is a Strange Game
1983
MovieLife, Love and Death
1982
as Flavia
MovieLas chicas del bingo
1982
as María
MovieThe Ambitious Lover
1982
as Anna
MovieBordello
1981
as Esther
MovieThe Frenchman's Garden
1978
as Andrea
MovieMarked by Men
1977
as Carmen
MoviePasión
1977
as Isabel
MovieThe Kidnapping
1976
as Marisa
MovieThe Shameful Secret of a Good Boy
1976
as Ana
MovieSeñoritas de uniforme
1976
as Manuela
MovieLas delicias de los verdes años
1976
as Herminia
MovieBlood and Passion
1976
as Juana Ríos
MovieLos hijos de...
1976
as Rocío
MovieThe Lively Vampires of Vögel
1975
as Laura
MovieThe Killer Is Not Alone
1975
as Sara
MovieSeven Jackals
1974
MovieEl último proceso en París
1974
as Dennis
MovieAutopsy
1973
as Mrs. Vincent
MovieHorror Rises from the Tomb
1973
as Chantal
MovieDon Quijote cabalga de nuevo
1973
as (uncredited)
MovieLos días de Cabirio
1971
as Chica de la boîte Perversión (uncredited)
