Asunción Balaguer

María Asunción Balaguer Golobart (8 November 1925 – 23 November 2019) was a Spanish actress. She appeared in more than 100 films and television shows from 1952 to 2016. In 1983, she played El barón, by Leandro Fernández de Moratín.[1] In 1984, she played La cena del rey Baltasar, by Pedro Calderón de la Barca.[2]

Asunción Balaguer
Balaguer in 2014
Born	María Asunción Balaguer Golobart 8 November 1925 Manresa, Barcelona, Spain
Died	23 November 2019 (aged 94) Cercedilla, Madrid, Spain
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1952–2016
Spouse(s)	Francisco Rabal ​ ​ (m. 1950; died 2001)​

She was married in 1951 to the actor Francisco Rabal, who died in 2001.[3] She died on 23 November 2019 in Cercedilla, Madrid at the age of 94 after a stroke suffered the previous week.[4] Her daughter Teresa Rabal is also an actress.

Selected filmography

• El canto del gallo (1955)
• La otra imagen (1973)
• The Witching Hour (1985)
• Lulú de noche (1986)
• El hermano bastardo de Dios (1986)
• The Bird of Happiness (1993)
• El evangelio de las maravillas (1998)
• Mine Alone (2001)

Television

• Polseres vermelles
• Merlí

References

1. López Sancho, Lorenzo (25 May 1983). "«El barón», discreta revisión moratinesca". Diario ABC (in Spanish). Vocento. p. 69. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
2. Calderón de la Barca, Pedro (1997). Arellano, Ignacio (ed.). Divinas y humanas letras: doctrina y poesía en los Autos sacramentales de Calderón : actas del congreso internacional, Pamplona, Universidad de Navarra, 26 Febrero-1 Marzo, 1997 (in Spanish). Edition Reichenberger. p. 155. ISBN 9783931887032.
3. Pérez Ródenas, Mariano (30 August 2001). "Dramática muerte de Paco Rabal a los 75 año". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2018.
4. Bravo, Julio (23 November 2019). "Muere Asunción Balaguer, la gran actriz que vivió a la sombra de Paco Rabal". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 November 2019.

External links

• Asunción Balaguer at IMDb