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- Birth nameMaría Victoria Casares Pérez
- María Casares was born on November 21, 1922 in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. She was an actress, known for Les enfants du paradis (1945), Orphée (1950) and Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945). She was married to André Schlesser. She died on November 22, 1996 in Alloue, Charente, France.
- SpouseAndré Schlesser(1978 - February 15, 1985) (his death)
- ParentsSantiago Casares Quiroga,Gloria Pérez
- She published her autobiography, Résidente privilégiée (Privileged Resident) in 1980, in which she discusses her 16-year affair with Camus.
- Daughter of Santiago Casares Quiroga, President (Prime Minister) of the Spanish Republic in 1936.
- She worked as a nurse during the Spanish Civil War. Exiled -- along with her father -- after the war, she studied at the Paris Conservatoire and subsequently made her name as a classical actress on the French stage.
- Though she gave some excellent screen performances, she was known to prefer the stage.
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