Terele Pávez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ruiz and the second or maternal family name is Penella.

Teresa Marta Ruiz Penella (29 July 1939 – 11 August 2017), better known as Terele Pávez, was a Spanish actress.^[1] She appeared in more than ninety films since 1954.

Terele Pávez
Pávez in May 2017
Born	Teresa Marta Ruiz Penella (1939-07-29)29 July 1939 Bilbao, Spain
Died	11 August 2017(2017-08-11) (aged 78) Madrid, Spain
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1954–2017
Children	1
Father	Ramón Ruiz Alonso
Relatives	Emma Penella (sister) Elisa Montés (sister) Antonio Ozores (brother-in-law) Manuel Penella Moreno (grandfather)

Life and career

Teresa Marta Ruiz Penella was born in Bilbao on 29 July 1939 but she was raised in Madrid.^[2][3] She was the daughter of CEDA politician Ramón Ruiz Alonso and Magdalena Penella Silva and the niece of actress Teresita Silva [es].^[4][5] Composers Manuel Penella Moreno and Manuel Penella Raga [es] were, respectively, her grandfather and great-grandfather.^[2] She was the aunt of actress Emma Ozores [es].^[6] Two out of her three sisters also pursued an acting career, under the artistic names of Emma Penella and Elisa Montés, reneging on the paternal surname.^[2][7] She took her artistic name after the second family name of her grandmother on her mother side, Emma Silva Pávez, of Chilean background.^[7][8] She made her big screen debut in Boyfriend in Sight.^[4]

He starred as witch-procuress Celestina in La Celestina (1996). She reportedly was surprised at being offered a leading role instead of the supporting role to which she was used to, and claimed to be afraid of diving into the psychology of an extremely manipulative and dark character.^[9] She had already experience in Fernando de Rojas' work as she had played Celestina's pupil Elicia in a 1978 play.^[10] Her work earned her an Actors Union Award for Best Leading Performance in a Film.^[11]

Pávez had one son (Carolo) with publisher José Benito Alique.^[12]

She died on 11 August 2017 at the Hospital de La Paz in Madrid due to a stroke at the age of 78.^[13][14]

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1954	Novio a la vista (Boyfriend in Sight)	Pecas	Feature film debut	[15]
1959	Las dos y media y... veneno [es]			[16]
	15 bajo la lona [es]			[16]
1961	Tenemos 18 años [es]	Pili		[17]
	Salto mortal			[16]
1962	La boda era a las doce [es]			[16]
1968	No somos de piedra [es]			[18]
1970	Fortunata y Jacinta [es]	Mauricia la Dura		[19]
1974	La revolución matrimonial (The Marriage Revolution)	Secretaria		[20]
1975	Malocchio [es] (Evil Eye)			[21]
1976	Tatuaje [es] (Tattoo)	La Andaluza		[22]
	La espada negra [ca]	Reina Madre		[23]
1978	Carne apaleada [es]			[24]
	Oro rojo (Red Gold)			[25]
1984	Los santos inocentes (The Holy Innocents)	Régula		[26][27]
1985	Réquiem por un campesino español (Requiem for a Spanish Peasant)	La Jerónima		[28]
	La noche de la ira			[29]
1986	El hermano bastardo de Dios (The Bastard Brother of God)	Ramona		[30]
1987	Laura, del cielo llega la noche [ca] (Laura)			[31]
1988	El Lute II: mañana seré libre (El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll be Free)			[32]
	Diario de invierno (Winter Diary)	Madre ('mother')		[33]
	El aire de un crimen (Scent of a Crime)			[34]
1990	Los días del cometa			[35]
1993	El laberinto griego (The Greek Labyrinth)	Remei		[36]
1995	El día de la bestia (The Day of the Beast)	Rosario		[37]
1996	La Celestina	Celestina		[38]
1997	99.9: La frecuencia del terror (99.9)	Dolores		[39]
2000	La comunidad (Common Wealth)	Ramona		[40]
2002	800 balas (800 Bullets)	Rocío		[41]
2003	Nudos			[42]
2004	Mala uva			[43]
2007	Café solo o con ellas (Love Expresso)	Paca		[44]
	Los Totenwackers [eu]	Doña Sabrina		[45]
2010	Balada triste de trompeta (The Last Circus)	Dolores		[46]
2013	Las brujas de Zugarramurdi (Witching & Bitching)	Maritxu		[47]
2015	Las aventuras de Moriana [ca]			[48]
	Mi gran noche (My Big Night)	Dolores		[49]
2016	La puerta abierta (The Open Door)	Antonia		[50]
2017	El bar (The Bar)	Amparo		[19]
	Incerta glòria (Uncertain Glory)	Molinera		[51]
2019	¡Ay, mi madre! [es]	Petra	Posthumous work	[52]
2020	Caribe, todo incluido		Posthumous work	[53]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1977	Curro Jiménez	Lola		[54]
1978	Cañas y barro	Samaruca		[54]
1979	La barraca			[19]
1985	La huella del crimen	Pilar Prades Expósito		[54]
2002	Cuéntame cómo pasó	Doña Pura	Introduced in season 2	[55][56]
2006	Manolo y Benito Corporeision [es]	Antonia		[54]
2016	Buscando el norte [es]	Nines		[54]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
1988	2nd Goya Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Laura	Nominated	[57]
1989	3rd Goya Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Winter Diary	Nominated	[57]
1997	6th Actors Union Awards	Best Film Performance in a Leading Role	La Celestina	Won	[11]
2001	15th Goya Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Common Wealth	Nominated	[57]
2011	25th Goya Awards	Best Supporting Actress	The Last Circus	Nominated	[57]
2014	1st Feroz Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a Film	Witching & Bitching	Won	[58]
	28th Goya Awards	Best Supporting Actress		Won	[59]
2016	25th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role	Las aventuras de Moriana	Nominated	[60][61]
2017	4th Feroz Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a Film	The Open Door	Nominated	[62]
	31st Goya Awards	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[63]
	26th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role		Nominated	[64][65]