María Purificación Josefa Cantudo Porcel, known as María José Cantudo (Andújar, Jaén, July 10, 1951), is a Spanish actress and vedette. The hotelier businessman Carlos del Val encourages and supports her so that she can start an artistic career in Madrid. Her beginnings in 1971-1972 are as an advertising model and photo novel actress, a genre in which she acquires certain popularity. She began her film career in 1973 with the films El espanto surge de la tumba and Autopsia, but achieved her first success under Jorge Grau in La trastienda (1976), where she starred in the first female full nude (seen through a mirror) of Spanish cinema. In 1973 she married the singer and actor Manolo Otero, father of her only son, Manuel (b. 1974). Separated in 1978, she has been romantically linked to actor Pedro Ruiz and artistic entrepreneur Enrique Cornejo. In 2013 she is designated an honorary member of UNESCO for her philanthropic work.
Known For
La ópera rock Jesucristo Superstar: un hito en la historia del musical español
Self
2018
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
Self - Interviewee · (1 episode)
2017
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
Self
2010
La que se avecina
María José Cantudo · (1 episode)
2007
Cuéntame cómo pasó
Susana de Ramírez Sañudo · (10 episodes)
2001
La Comedia Musical Española
Emérita · (1 episode)
1985
La Comedia Musical Española
Fifí · (1 episode)
1985
La Comedia Musical Española
(1 episode)
1985
Sangre en el Caribe
Julia
1985
Piernas cruzadas
Lucerito Rioja / Rosario de la Mota
1984
Inseminación artificial
Alicia Jordán
1984
El amor es un juego extraño
1983
Life, Love and Death
Flavia
1982
Las chicas del bingo
María
1982
The Ambitious Lover
Anna
1982
Bordello
Esther
1981
The Frenchman's Garden
Andrea
1978
Marked by Men
Carmen
1977
Pasión
Isabel
1977
The Kidnapping
Marisa
1976
The Shameful Secret of a Good Boy
Ana
1976
Señoritas de uniforme
Manuela
1976
Las delicias de los verdes años
Herminia
1976
Blood and Passion
Juana Ríos
1976
Los hijos de...
Rocío
1976
The Lively Vampires of Vögel
Laura
1975
The Killer Is Not Alone
Sara
1975
Seven Jackals
1974
El último proceso en París
Dennis
1974
Autopsy
Mrs. Vincent
1973
Horror Rises from the Tomb
Chantal
1973
Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo
(uncredited)
1973
Los días de Cabirio
Chica de la boîte Perversión (uncredited)
1971