---
name: "María Casares"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/maria-casares"
fi1m_id: "maria-casares"
imdb_id: "nm0143018"
tmdb_id: 25156
wikidata_id: "Q270834"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 November 1922"
died: "22 November 1996"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T04:49:39.884588+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# María Casares

## Identity

María Casares

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/maria-casares
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** maria-casares
- **IMDb ID:** nm0143018
- **TMDB ID:** 25156
- **Wikidata ID:** Q270834
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Casares, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270834, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0143018/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/25156

Actor. Born 22 November 1922 in La Coruña, Galicia, Spain. Died 22 November 1996.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 November 1922, La Coruña, Galicia, Spain
- **Died:** 22 November 1996
- **Also known as:** Maria Casarès
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Casares, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270834, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0143018/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/25156

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Orpheus*](https://film.one/film/orpheus.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

María Casares was a Spanish-born French actress. Born María Victoria Casares y Pérez in A Coruña, Galicia, she studied at the Paris Conservatoire and began her career on the French stage in the early 1940s, appearing in productions including works by Albert Camus.

She made her film debut in Marcel Carné’s *Les Enfants du Paradis* (1945) as Nathalie and appeared the same year in Robert Bresson’s *Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne* as Hélène. For Jean Cocteau she played Death in *Orphée* (1950) and appeared in *Le Testament d’Orphée* (1960). Other screen roles include *La Chartreuse de Parme* (1948) and *La Lectrice* (1988). She was nominated for a César Award for Best Supporting Actress for the latter.

Casares took French nationality in 1975 and was married to actor André Schlesser from 1978 until his death in 1985. She died in Alloue, France, in 1996.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Orpheus* (1950), Fi1m 82, as Death — [page](https://film.one/film/orpheus.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Someone Else's America* (1995), as Alonsova majka
- *Les chevaliers de la table ronde* (1990), as Viviane
- *Les Nuits révolutionnaires* (1989), series, as « la Murène », la maquerelle
- *La Lectrice* (1988), as la veuve de Général
- *Sand and Blood* (1988), as Dolores
- *Blanche and Marie* (1985), as Louise
- *Les Bonnes* (1985), as Madame
- *Peer Gynt* (1981), as Ase, la mère
- *Peer Gynt* (1981), as Ase
- *Flavia the Heretic* (1974), as Sister Agatha
- *Testament of Orpheus* (1960), as La princesse
- *Macbeth* (1959), as Lady Macbeth
- *Les Énigmes de l'Histoire* (1956), series, Actor
- *Varsovie, quand même...* (1954), Actor
- *Shadow and Light* (1951), as Caroline Bessier
- *Guernica* (1951), Actor
- *Orpheus* (1950), as Death — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/orpheus.md)
- *The Man Who Returns from Afar* (1950), Actor
- *Wench* (1948), as Carmelle
- *The Charterhouse of Parma* (1948), as la duchesse Gina de San Severina
- *The Seventh Door* (1947), as Léila
- *Love Around the House* (1947), as Thérèse
- *The Revenge of Roger* (1946), as Julia de Terrenoire
- *Roger the Disgrace* (1946), as Julia de Noirville
- *Les Dames du bois de Boulogne* (1945), as Hélène
- *Children of Paradise* (1945), as Nathalie

## Gallery

- ![María Casares](https://film.one/media/person/3867988/gallery-2706bbbf8609.jpg) María Casares — Studio Harcourt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Casar%C3%A8s_Harcourt_1944b.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![María Casares](https://film.one/media/person/3867988/gallery-05103b51526b.jpg) María Casares — Image via TMDB
- ![María Casares](https://film.one/media/person/3867988/gallery-e66800b2957a.jpg) María Casares — Image via TMDB
- ![María Casares](https://film.one/media/person/3867988/gallery-86bb54dff8fc.jpg) María Casares — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won, 1 nominated

- Officer of the National Order of Merit 1994: Officer of the National Order of Merit (won)
- César Award for Best Supporting Actress 1989: César Award for Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *The Reader*
- Castelao Medal 1988: Castelao Medal (won)
- Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts 1987: Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (won)
- Prix du Brigadier 1961: Prix du Brigadier (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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