Aurora Redondo

Aurora Redondo
c. 1930
Born	Aurora Redondo Pérez 1 January 1900 Barcelona, Spain
Died	9 July 1996 (aged 96) El Escorial (Madrid), Spain
Resting place	Cementerio de la Almudena
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1907–1993
Spouse	Valeriano León (1925–1955)
Awards	National Theater Prize (1962) Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (1993)

Aurora Redondo Pérez (1 January 1900 – 9 July 1996) was a Spanish actress.

Biography

Aurora Redondo began her theatrical career at age 7. She debuted at the Teatro Romea with the play Doncell qui cerca Muller. After some performances in Barcelona, she traveled to Madrid, where she performed at the Teatro de la Comedia, in plays such as Que viene mi marido (1918), Los caciques (1920), and Es mi hombre (1921), all by Carlos Arniches. In 1937 she appeared at the Teatro Cómico of Buenos Aires in 400 performances of El Padre Pitillo by the same author. Arniches, in addition, was the best man of her wedding with actor Valeriano León in 1925.

The two worked together on many occasions, interpreting works by the Quintero brothers, Pedro Muñoz Seca, Jacinto Benavente, and Carlos Arniches, among others. The death of her husband in 1955 made Redondo continue her solo career with Las buenas personas, Aventura en lo gris (1963), Cita en Senlis (1963), Ninette y un señor de Murcia (1965), Buenos días condesita (1965), Un millón en la basura (1966), La vil seducción (1967), La pereza (1968), Petra regalada (1980), Las tormentas no vuelven (1982), The House of Bernarda Alba (1984), Don Juan Tenorio (1987), Maribel and the Strange Family (1989), and Peaches in Syrup, her last performance, which she gave at age 93.

Despite her dedication to theater, she also made inroads into film and television, notably her role in the 1983 series Anillos de oro.

Throughout her career she received many awards and recognitions, including the National Theater Prize (1962), the Silver Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (1986), the Toda Una Vida award from the Spanish Actors Union (1991), the Segismundo Award from the Association of Stage Directors (1991), the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (1993), and the Mayte Award (1994).

Aurora Redondo died from natural causes on 9 July 1996 at age 96. Her body was incinerated in the crematorium of the Cementerio de la Almudena the next day, and the urn with her ashes was interred in the family vault at the same cemetery.

Selected roles

Theater

Film

Television