Esperanza Roy

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Esperanza Roy
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Roy in 2001
Born
Esperanza Fuentes Roy

(1935-11-22) November 22, 1935 (age 88)
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
OccupationActress
Years active1953–2010

Esperanza Fuentes Roy (born 22 November 1935) is a Spanish actress. [1]

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Career

Roy began acting with revue shows before she debuted in film in 1962. Prior to acting, Roy had trained professionals as a dancer. [1] [2] In the 1970s, Roy would appear in several horror films, including Jesús Franco's thriller X-312: Flight to Hell (1971), A Candle for the Devil (1973) opposite Aurora Bautista and Judy Geeson, the zombie film Return of the Blind Dead (1973) and erotic movie La Zorrita en Bikini (1976), directed by Ignacio F. Iquino. [1]

Personal life

Her husband is the Basque film director Javier Aguirre Fernández.

Filmography

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Esperanza Roy". AlohaCriticón (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  2. Aguilar, José (12 October 2015). "Esperanza Roy: 'Pedro Almodóvar me cambió por otra'". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2017.