Blanca Estrada

Blanca Estrada (born 1950) is a Spanish retired actress and presenter best known for her roles throughout the 1970s and 1980s in 20 films classified as .

Biography Sister of the actress Gloria Estrada and cousin of Susana Estrada, Blanca became known in 1972 as the "hostess" or "secretary" of the first season of the Televisión Española contest Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez, along with such popular faces as Ágata Lys and Yolanda Ríos. The next year she went to work as a presenter of the Valerio Lazarov variety show

Her subsequent cinematic career focused on a series of films of high erotic content, among which stand out Una vela para el diablo (1973), El libro de buen amor (1975, with Patxi Andión, considered by Ya newspaper film critic Pascual Cebollada as "a broad sample of masculine and feminine nudity, in front and behind, and a constant tension or demonstration of eroticism illustrated with obscenities"), Metralleta Stein (1975), Dios bendiga cada rincón de esta casa (1977, with Lola Gaos, based on the novel Cousin Bazilio by Eça de Queirós), El francotirador (1977), (1979), and The Cantabrians (1980), in which the young star had frequent nude and "bed scenes", which made her one of the most celebrated actresses of the moment.

She also went "a little undressed" in many magazines such as Play-Lady, "where she appeared in vivid leathers," , Interviú, and especially Fotogramas, where she was on the cover five times in the mid-70s.

At the end of 1976, Estrada took part in the chapter of the Antonio Gala series dedicated to Mariana Pineda, broadcast by Televisión Española on 13 December.

In 1982, she returned to acting under the direction of Narciso Ibáñez Serrador, this time in a new chapter of the series Historias para no dormir ("El fin empezó ayer"), along with , which premiered on Spanish Television on 20 September.

Separated from Luis Bastarrica, whom she had married in 1970, she has had two romantic relationships, with the Radio Nacional de España broadcaster Joaquín Ocio, who died in 1994, and the journalist , who disappeared in 2008 at age 71.

After living for a while in the United States, Estrada currently resides in Málaga, completely away from the artistic world.

Filmography Films YearTitleRoleDirector 1973 Una vela para el diablo Norma Eugenio Martín 1974 Odio mi cuerpo Elena León Klimovsky The Ghost Galleon Kathy Amando de Ossorio Open Season Alice Rennick Peter Collinson La noche de la furia Sue 1975 Ana El libro de buen amor Doña Endrina Tomás Aznar Todos los gritos del silencio Michelle Ramón Barco Sensualidad Lucy 1976 Kilma, reina de las amazonas Kilma Miguel Iglesias Sábado, chica, motel… ¡qué lío aquél! Teresa José Luis Merino El taxista de señoras Sergio Bergonzelli A mí qué me importa que explote Miami Manuel Caño 1977 Dios bendiga cada rincón de esta casa Lucía Chumy ChúmezEl francotirador Ángela Carlos Puerto 1978 Las locuras de Jane Joaquín Coll Espona 1979 Psiquiatra El caminante Madre Elvira Paul Naschy Father Cami's Wedding Luisa González Rafael Gil Las siete magníficas y audaces mujeres Eva Darío Herreros 1980 Spoiled Children Alicia Ortega Rafael Gil Un cero a la izquierda Poli Gabriel Iglesias The Cantabrians Turenia Paul Naschy 1981 Misterio en la isla de los monstruos Dominique Blanchard Juan Piquer Simón

Television YearTitleChapterRoleDirector 1976 "Mariana Pineda" Mariana Pineda 1977 Curro Jiménez "El prisionero de Arcos" Camila Mario Camus 1979 Estudio 1 "El caso de la mujer asesinadita" Raquel Federico Ruiz 1982 Historias para no dormir "El fin empezó ayer" Narciso Ibáñez Serrador