Marta May

Marta May, born María Jesús Mayor Ávila (14 June 1939) is a Spanish actress.

Marta May
Marta May in Eyeball (1975)
Born
María Jesús Mayor Ávila

(1939-06-14) 14 June 1939
Santander, Cantabria
OccupationActress

In 1968 she was awarded by the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos for best actress in La piel quemada.[1][2]

In 1975 Esteban Durán directed Algo de ti en el arcoiris at the Teatro Don Juan in Barcelona, and it starred Alejandro Ulloa, Marta May, and Eduardo Criado.[3]

In 2010s she made paintings about great women in the 20th century and jazz artists.[4]

Filmography

Film
  • Twins from Texas (1964) as Betty
  • Doomed Fort (1964) as Mary
  • The Texican (1966) as Elena
  • Seven Pistols for a Gringo (1966) as Lily
  • La mujer del desierto (1966)
  • El primer cuartel (1967) as Asunción
  • La piel quemada (1967) as Juana
  • La respuesta (1969) as Renata
  • Twenty Paces to Death (1970)
  • Cabezas cortadas (1970) as Soledad
  • Metamorfosis (1970)
  • La mujer celosa (1970) as Sofía Durán
  • Presagio (1970) as Carla
  • Pulsus (1970, Short)
  • Pastel de sangre (1971) as Vampira (segment "Terror entre cristianos")
  • Las piernas de la serpiente (1972) as Blanca
  • Horror Story (1972) as Katia
  • Eyeball (1975) as Alma Burton
  • Metralleta 'Stein' (1975) as Margarita
  • La ciutat cremada (1976) as Desarrapada
  • El avispero (1976)
  • La ràbia (1978) as Professora de ciències
  • Companys, procés a Catalunya (1979) as Carme Ballester
  • Cara quemada (1980)
  • El vicari d'Olot (1981) as Senyora Maria
  • Putapela (1991)
  • Puny clos (1982, Short)
  • Pa d'àngel (1984)
  • Un, dos, tres... ensaïmades i res més (1985) as Vídua Leclero
  • Phoenix the Warrior (1988) as Prostitute
  • The Ages of Lulu (1990) as Madre de Lulú
  • La cruz de Iberia (1990) as Condesa

TV Series
  • Un encargo original (1983, Episode: "El arte de mirar")
  • La comedia (1983, Episode: "Sólo para hombres") as Valentina

References
  1. "Premios del CEC a la producción española de 1968". Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos (in Spanish). 1968. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. Schwartz, Ronald (5 September 2008). Great Spanish Films Since 1950. Scarecrow Press. p. 261. ISBN 9781461696612.
  3. Torres Nebrera, Gregorio (2006). García Ruiz, Víctor (ed.). Historia y antología del teatro español de posguerra (1940-1975). Editorial Fundamentos. p. 77. ISBN 9788424509965.
  4. Pascual Mayo, Nuria (12 May 2015). "Retratos obra de Marta Mayen la sala Alfonsa de la Torre". Escuellar (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2023.
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