Ágata Lys

Ágata Lys (born Margarita García San Segundo; 3 December 1953 – 12 November 2021) was a Spanish film, television and theatre actress, associated with the cinema of the destape (sexploitation) during the Spanish transition to democracy.

Early life Lys was born in Valladolid. She studied Philosophy and Letters at the University of Valladolid before moving to Madrid to study Dramatic Art.

Filmography (selection) Fuzzy the Hero (1973) Cabaret Woman (1974) Pasqualino Cammarata, Frigate Captain (1974) English Striptease (1975) El transexual (1977) The Frenchman's Garden (1978) The Holy Innocents (1984) The Return of the Musketeers (1989) – Duchesse de Longueville* Familia (1996) Taxi (1996) Kill Me Tender (2003) Mala uva (2004)

Theatre (selection) Don Juan Tenorio (1971) The Merchant of Venice (1981) La Lola se va a los puertos (1987) Life Is a Dream (1988) Un golpe de suerte (1995)

Television (selection) Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez (1972) Don Juan (1974) La saga de los Rius (1976) The Merchant of Venice (1981) Ocho mujeres (1989) Puerta con puerta (1999) Amar en tiempos revueltos (2005-2006)