María Isbert
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María Isbert was a Spanish
Spain
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 actress whose credits included more than 250 Spanish films during her career. Isbert worked with most major Spanish film actors and directors, including Luis García Berlanga and Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel Portolés was a Spanish-born filmmaker — later a naturalized citizen of Mexico — who worked in Spain, Mexico, France and the US..-Early years:...

. Isbert, whose credits included films, television and theater work, was most active from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Isbert was born in Madrid
Madrid
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, Spain, on 21 April 1917. She was the daughter of Pepe Isbert, a popular Spanish film actor whose major roles included Welcome Mr. Marshall!
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
Welcome Mr. Marshall! is a 1953 Spanish comedy film directed by Luis García Berlanga and considered one of the masterpieces of Spanish cinema...

. Maria Isbert was the mother of seven children, including actor Tony Isbert.

Isbert received numerous awards for her work, including the Silver Bellas Artes Medal in 1987. She was also named an Honorary Academic of the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España
Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España
The Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España is a Spanish professional organisation dedicated to the promotion and development of Spanish cinema...

 in 2008.

Maria Isbert died at the Villarrobledo Hospital in Villarrobledo
Villarrobledo
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, Albacete province, Castile-La Mancha
Castile-La Mancha
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, Spain, on 25 April 2011, at the age of 94. A memorial was held at the Teatro Circo in Albacete.

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