Queta Claver
{{Short description|Spanish actress, singer and dancer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Queta Claver
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1929|06|24}}
| birth_place = València, Spain
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2003|05|03|1929|06|24}}
| death_place = Madrid, Spain
| nationality = Spanish
| education = Conservatorio de València
| occupation = Spanish actress, singer, and dancer
| years_active = 1950–2000
| known_for = vedette roles in stage revues
| spouse = Paco Alba
| mother = Enriqueta Delás
| father =
| awards = Valladolid gold medal (2003)
National Syndicate of Spectacle: best actress (1975), best supporting actress (1972)
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Queta Claver (24 June 1929 – 3 May 2003) was a Spanish actress, singer, and dancer, known for her "vedette" roles in stage revues.
Early life
Enriqueta Claver Delás was born in València, Spain in 1929 (some sources give 1932). Her mother was actress Enriqueta Delás. Claver attended the Conservatorio de València.[http://www.revistamujer.cl/2011/05/22/01/contenido/20_2368_9.shtml/ "Queta Claver"] Revista Mujer (22 May 2011).
Career
Films featuring Queta Claver included La bella Mimí (1960), El vikingo (1972), Tamaño natural (1974), Los buenos días perdidos (1975), Los placeres ocultos (1977), El sacerdote (1978), El diputado (1978), La colmena (1982), El pico (1983), Tiempo de silencio (1986), Voyage to Nowhere (1986), Colegas (1987)"Film: 'Colegas' from Spain" New York Times (August 14, 1987): C15. via ProQuest Montoyos y Tarantos (1989), and Beltenebros (1991).Harris M. Lentz III, [https://books.google.com/books?id=sXrGCwAAQBAJ&dq=Queta+Claver+Obituary&pg=PA80 Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003] (McFarland 2004): 80. {{ISBN|9780786452088}}
Claver also appeared in plays and especially in revues, beginning with Un crimen vulgar (1950). She was also seen in Moreno tiene que ser, Doña Mariquita de mi corazón, ¡Cinco minutos nada menos!, A vivir del cuento, Ana María, La chacha, Rodríguez y su padre, Una jovencita de 800 años, Metidos en Harina, Tres eran tres... ¡los novios de Elena!, Un millón de dolares, ¡Ay, qué ladronas!. She specialized in "vedette" roles in the revue.
Her television roles came in such series as Suspiros de España (1974), Juanita, la Larga (1982), Goya (1982), Clase media (1987), Compuesta y sin novio (1994), Ada Madrina (1999) and Nada es para siempre (2000).
She won the Valladolid gold medal for her work in El sueño de la razón.[https://elpais.com/cultura/2003/05/05/actualidad/1052085604_850215.html "Fallece Queta Claver, una de las 'vedettes' más populares de los años 50"] El País (5 May 2003). She also won two acting prizes from the National Syndicate of Spectacle, in 1972 (best supporting actress) and 1975 (best actress).
Personal life
Queta Claver married dancer Paco Alba, but they were separated at the time of her death. She died in 2003, in Madrid age 73 years, from coronary disease.[http://www.diariodeleon.es/noticias/cultura/fallece-madrid-71-anos-actriz-queta-claver_80395.html "Fallece en Madrid a los 71 años la actriz Queta Claver"] Diario de León (6 May 2003).
References
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External links
- {{IMDB name|0165424}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20180617171338/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2ee89a5 Queta Claver on BFI].
- [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7414971 Queta Claver memorial] on Find a Grave.
- Juan José Montijano Ruiz, [http://editorialcirculorojo.com/queta-claver-y-no-te-olvides-nunca-de-ana-maria/ Queta Claver “…y no te olvides nunca, de Ana María…”] (Circulo Rojo Editorial 2015). {{ISBN|9788490952863}} (A recent biography.)
- [https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/the-spanish-singer-queta-claver-madrid-spain-news-photo/543638299#/the-spanish-singer-queta-claver-madrid-spain-picture-id543638299 A 1978 photograph of Queta Claver], at Getty Images.
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