Margarita Lozano

Margarita de las Flores Lozano Jiménez (14 February 1931 – 7 February 2022) was a Spanish actress known for her career in Italian films. She worked for Luis Buñuel in Viridiana, Sergio Leone in A Fistful of Dollars, Pier Paolo Pasolini in Pigsty, the Taviani brothers in The Night of the Shooting Stars, Kaos and Good Morning Babylon; Nanni Moretti in La messa è finita; and in Claude Berri's diptych Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources.

She worked with the theater director Miguel Narros in Fedra, by Miguel de Unamuno (1957); Three Sisters, by Anton Chekhov (1960); Fröken Julie, by August Strindberg (1961); La camisa, by Lauro Olmo (1962); El caballero de Olmedo, by Lope de Vega and La dama duende, by Pedro Calderón de la Barca.

She returned in 1988 with Miguel Narros in the plays Long Day's Journey into Night, by Eugene O'Neill, and La vita che ti diedi, by Luigi Pirandello. In 2007 she made her last appearance in the play La casa de Bernarda Alba, by Federico García Lorca, directed by Amelia Ochandiano.

Biography Margarita Lozano was born in Tetuán, at that time known as Spanish protectorate of Morocco. Lozano spent her childhood in Lorca (Murcia), where she later returned to establish her residence. She lived in multiple countries such as Germany, Madagascar, Italy, Senegal, and Africa. Lozano claimed that the only reason she left Africa was because her mother became ill and she had to care for her.

Theater and film At age 19 Lozano moved to Madrid to study fashion and design. However; she later abandoned this field to become an actress. She quickly became Miguel Narros' preferred actress and starred in multiple plays that were considered risky at the time, such as Fedra, by Miguel de Unamuno (1957); Three Sisters, by Anton Chekhov (1960); Fröken Julie, by August Strindberg (1961); La camisa, by Lauro Olmo (1962); El caballero de Olmedo, by Lope de Vega and La dama duende, by Pedro Calderón de la Barca.

Later life and death Lozano resided in Bagnaia, Viterbo. She died in Lorca on 7 February 2022, at the age of 90, one week before her 91st birthday.

Recognition In May 2015 she was named Doctor honoris causa by the Universidad de Murcia.

Prizes include: Best actress National Syndicate of the Show in Un ángel tuvo la culpa (1960). Best Supporting Actress ACE (New York) in La mitad del cielo (1986). Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes 2018, granted by the government of Spain.

Filmography

Younger Brother (1953) Manicomio (1954) High Fashion (1954) - Lina Rapsodia de sangre (1958) - Isabel Giovane canaglia (1958) - signorina Nicheli Diego Corrientes (1959) El Lazarillo de Tormes (1959) - Antona Un ángel tuvo la culpa (1960) Don Lucio y el hermano Pío (1960) - (uncredited) Viridiana (1961) - Ramona El hombre del expreso de Oriente (1962) Teresa de Jesús (1962) Los farsantes (1963) - Tina Noche de verano (1963) - Novia de Pedro El sol en el espejo (1963) - Engracia Los Tarantos (1963) - Isabel Un demonio con ángel (1963) - Sor Angustias Los felices sesenta (1963) El precio de un asesino (1963) - Beatriz Morales A Fistful of Dollars (1964) - Doña Consuelo Baxter Crimen (1964) - Doña Emilia Amador (1966) - (uncredited) Después del gran robo (1967) 15 Scaffolds for a Murderer (1967) - Mrs. Cook, the Widow Sardinia Kidnapped (1968) - Marras' mother Diary of a Schizophrenic Girl (1968) - Bianca The Lady of Monza (1969) - Sister Benedetta Homati That Splendid November (1969) - Amalia Pigsty (1969) - Madame Klotz Baltagul (1969) - Vitoria Lipan The President of Borgorosso Football Club (1970) - Erminia La vacanza (1971) - Ra Un día en la vida (1973) The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982) - Concetta Kaos (1984) - Mariagrazia (segment "L'altro figlio") The Mass Is Ended (1985) - Don Giulio's Mother Jean de Florette (1986) - Baptistine Half of Heaven (1986) - Abuela Manon des Sources (1986) - Baptistine The Moro Affair (1986) - Nora Moro Good Morning, Babylon (1987) - The Venetian Barbablù, Barbablù (1987) - Adele Burro (1989) - Madre di Burro The Sun Also Shines at Night (1990) - Sergio's Mother Mima (1991) - Grandma El infierno prometido (1992) - Remedios Luz Con gli occhi chiusi (1994) Nos miran (2002) - Luisa Octavia (2002) - Doña Napoleon and Me (2006) - Pascalina (final film role)