
Acting
Concha Velasco
Born — Died
1939-11-30 — 2023-12-02
Place of birth
Valladolid, Spain
Known for
Acting
Credits
77 titles
Concepción Velasco Varona (Valladolid, November 29, 1939 – Majadahonda, December 2, 2023), known as Conchita Velasco or Concha Velasco, was a Spanish film, theater, and television actress, singer, dancer, and television host.
Known for
4.7El Hormiguero is a Spanish television program with a live audience focusing on comedy, science, and politics running since September 2006. It is hosted and produced by screenwriter Pablo Motos. The show aired on Spain's Cuatro channel from launch until June 2011 and is now broadcast on Antena 3. Recurring guests on the show include Luis Piedrahita, Raquel Martos, Marron & "The Man in Black", and puppet ants Trancas and Barrancas. It has proved a ratings success, and has expanded from a weekly 120-minute show to a daily 40-minute show in its third season, which began on September 17, 2007. The show won the Entertainment prize at the 2009 Rose d'Or ceremony.
El hormiguero
2006
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
2017
7.8In 1920s Madrid, four women at the National Telephone Company ring in revolution as they deal with romance, envy and the modern workplace.
Cable Girls
2017
7.8A young man arrives at the Grand Hotel, an ideal place in the middle of the wilderness to investigate his sister's disappearance. What he ignores is that he's about to meet his greater love: the pretty and seductive daughter of the Hotel's owner. Between this young couple, of different social classes, a very passionate love will be born. A dangerous romance will be entwined with the mysteries and secrets hidden between the walls of the Grand Hotel. In The Grand Hotel no one is who we think it is, no one is free of hazards or suspicious. A complex web of lies, secrets and betrayal awaits...
Grand Hotel
2011
7.3No synopsis available yet.
Bajo sospecha
2015
6.4Malasaña neighborhood, Madrid, Spain, 1976. While political turmoil ravages the streets all over the country, the Olmedo family arrives in the big city and settles into their new apartment. They soon discover that they are not the only ones roaming its corridors.
32 Malasana Street
2020
Film credits
2020s · 3 titles
6.4Malasaña neighborhood, Madrid, Spain, 1976. While political turmoil ravages the streets all over the country, the Olmedo family arrives in the big city and settles into their new apartment. They soon discover that they are not the only ones roaming its corridors.
32 Malasana Street
2020
8.0She appeared when Spain was waking up from a long post-war period and crying with melodramas starring children, a child prodigy unlike any other; a girl who, in time, would become a symbol of freedom and a total artist. Actress, singer, friend, lover. This is the story of Ana Belén.
La corte de Ana
2020
NRAn account of the life and work behind the camera of Spanish filmmaker Pedro Olea, whose very personal viewpoint, interested in all kinds of subjects, approached in very different ways, but always with a very characteristic style, has analyzed the social and political life of Spain for more than five decades.
Olea… ¡Más alto!
2020
2010s · 4 titles
6.0What was the role of women in Spanish cinema from the 1930s to the present explained through fragments of different films, both fiction and non-fiction. (Followed by “Manda huevos,” 2016.)
Barefoot in the Kitchen
2013
4.0The 70th anniversary of the “Fotogramas” magazine comes in the shape of a sentimental voyage through the history of Spanish cinema thanks to a mosaic of voices represented by people who make films, those who write them and those who consume them. The documentary pays tribute to the readers of “Fotogramas” helped by the leading figures of Spanish cinema, who will read to the camera the most representative letters received at its offices in the history of the magazine.
Querido Fotogramas
2018
NRSpanish actress Concha Velasco shares with actor Josep Maria Pou her many memories, the fruit of a long artistic career, both in film and on stage.
Concha Velasco: memoria viva
2016
6.0A gentle portrait of the mythical Spanish actor Arturo Fernández (1929-2019) in the hour of his passing, in his own words, through his latest interviews, not previously broadcast, and the words of those who knew him thorough decades of charming and good performance on stage, his true home, as well as in cinema and television.
Yo soy Arturo Fernández
2019
2000s · 7 titles
5.8Victor works in a real estate agency in the well-known Chueca neighborhood of Madrid. He hides a terrible secret: he makes apartments available for sale by murdering the old ladies owners that live in them. Then, refurbishes and decorates the apartments to sell them to gay couples with high purchasing power. His ultimate objective is to transform Chueca into a kind of London Soho area.
Boystown
2007
6.4Located in Madrid's Plaza del Sol, Km. 0 is the point from which all distances in Spain are measured from the capital. In Km. 0, it is also the meeting point for a gallery of characters. Bored, affluent housewife Marga meets up with gigolo Miguel, who co-habitates with gay Benjamin. Sergio, a soon-to-be-married office clerk who can't wait to lose his virginity, makes the acquaintance of prostitute Tatiana, while gay dancer Bruno meets Maximo. Meanwhile, wannabe director Pedro arranges to meet up with Silvia, an actress who wants to work in musicals directed by Gerardo, and bartender Mario is caught between Amor, who wants to marry him, and her little sister Roma, who is truly in love with him.
Km. 0
2000
5.3Young couple Samuel and Eva move to Madrid and start living together when he finds work as a photographer. Although Samuel doesn't knows, Eva's expecting a baby.
Bienvenido a casa
2006
No synopsis available yet.
Los niños del jardín
2003
5.5In an odd destiny coincidence and hospital employee reiceives some important and confident information from a dying old man. He shares it with one friend and both start a crazy and extravangant adventure.
Moscow Gold
2003
5.6A romantic thriller about a construction worker in hiding for killing his foreman who hides in the mansion where his girlfriend works as a maid.
Rage
2009
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Las cerezas del cementerio
2005
1990s · 4 titles
5.8The frustration and vital weariness of Michel des Assantes, a prestigious plastic surgeon in Paris, is unbearable: he has a wife whom he does not love, a son who is foreign to him and friends whom he despises but, at the same time, he is incapable of taking his own life. One day, he buys a bike from a bizarre cyclist who was to make the Paris-Timbuktu route and sets out to make the journey: then, Timbuktu becomes for him the Promised Land.
París-Tombuctú
1999
5.0Palmira, a woman belonging to the Sevillian aristocracy, as well known for her decrepitude and hypocrisy as the rest of her population, enters into an emotional crisis when she reaches maturity.
Más allá del jardín
1996
5.4A divorcing couple remembers the best years of their lives.
I Get Off at the Next Stop, What About You?
1992
8.3No synopsis available yet.
Sombras y luces: Cien años de cine español
1996
1980s · 3 titles
4.6César and Pilar tour the Spanish countryside with their bus, showing films and doing magic spectacles in small villages. In one of these trips they find Saga, a beautiful young woman who starts to travel with them and changes their lives in unexpected ways.
The Witching Hour
1985
5.8In the 18th century in Madrid, the Marquess of Esquilache, King Charles III of Spain's former minister, bans on wearing the popular wide collar with a long coat and brimmed hat. Along with other measures provoke a massive riot in the city.
Esquilache
1989
6.4As in the novel of the same title from Camilo Jose Cela, "La Colmena" is a sad composition with the stories of many people in the Madrid of 1942, just the postwar of the spanish civil war. The main theme of the film is the contrast between the poets, surviving close to misery under the Franco's regime, and the winners of the war, the emerging class of the people that makes easy money with illegal business.
The Beehive
1982
1970s · 17 titles
5.7Ernesto is a young Italian Jew of the early 1900s who works in his uncle's factory in Trieste. Not entirely secure with his sexual orientation, Ernesto enters into an affair with one of his uncle's employees.
Ernesto
1979
6.3Spain, 1936. The Civil War breaks out. In a village near Barcelona, several families decide to continue living in their summer houses until the violence ends.
The Long Vacations of '36
1976
5.6Aurelio and Maruja are a couple who has a fancy restaurant. Both have to take care of his godson Miguel as his father, the cook of the restaurant, flees from justice after having killed his wife because she was unfaithful. Miguel, a handsome young man, tricks Maruja and leaves her pregnant.
Five Forks
1979
6.5Only a few months after arriving in a fishing village, Lola, a beautiful woman, is found murdered by the sea.
The Roosters of Dawn
1971
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Las señoritas de mala compañía
1973
4.2Luisa's daughter attempted suicide. While attending the clinic and, contemplating the state of his daughter, Luisa recalls the early happy years of her marriage to Pedro, a popular and friendly sports journalist. Soon after came the first deception of her husband.
Esposa y amante
1977
4.0After Paula's suicide, her best friend, Ana, recalls the circumstances that united both women in the past and how they lived a close relationship that could have become more than just a friendship if social conventions had not prevented it.
Check to the Queen
1979
5.5No synopsis available yet.
Me debes un muerto
1971
4.2Teresa hopes that her social climbing ambitions will be fulfilled by her young son, Jacy. When he learns that his mother has started an affair, Jacy leaves home and embarks on a series of short-term liaisons with several women. He ends up by marrying a retarded but incredibly rich woman. His mother's hopes have finally been realised. Meanwhile, Teresa has herself found love and happiness, with a schoolteacher.
The Lonely Woman
1973
7.2Four families intend to buy a flat. In one of them, Margarita wants to marry Ernesto, despite his reluctance. The purchase of the flat is a great inconvenience and he uses this to delay the wedding as much as possible.
Venta por pisos
1972
5.8No synopsis available yet.
Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar
1974
4.5No synopsis available yet.
La casa de los Martínez
1971
7.5No synopsis available yet.
El vikingo
1972
5.7A divorced woman is abandoned by her betrothed on the eve of her second marriage, and resigns herself to a humdrum life with her first husband.
Blanca's Weddings
1975
7.5Ricardo and Elena have been known in the clinic where he spent his last days their spouses. Now widowed, begin a passionate romance that leads them to marriage.
Love Starts at Midnight
1974
4.6On the same day, at the same time, several babies are born in a hospital.
Después de los nueve meses
1970
6.3No synopsis available yet.
El alma se serena
1970
1960s · 20 titles
NRSusana is a girl that is sent to work to a small coast village in the south of Spain. The women in the villages receive her with a cold shoulder. Susana finds out that they are resentful towards their husbands: before, they used to fish close to home and now they fish far away for months and months. Susana will give the women some lessons about living together, so the men would consider going back to old ways. This will make her fall in love again.
Susana
1969
6.7Film divided into two stories: 1. Cuando los gorilas hablan por teléfono 2. Una chica de fortuna
Historias de la televisión
1965
8.3Taxi driver Tadeo is about to encounter a busy shift. Throughout the day heterogeneous characters get into his taxi and the most varied situations arise. One of them leaves a baby in the taxi and Tadeo must find out where the little one belongs. He tackles this daunting task while keeping in the back of his mind that at the end of the day he has an appointment with a mysterious woman who apparently needs to tell him something very important.
El taxi de los conflictos
1969
5.2Eladio is in love with Ignacia, but she is determined to catch Antolin, the richest of the place. Although Eladio has no money, he is determined to win the heart of Ignacia. Meanwhile, Amparito wants to marry a serious and formal man and is torn between the love of Ramon and Saturninus, two typical Spanish men.
El arte de casarse
1966
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Viaggio di nozze all'italiana
1966
6.5Elisa, a seller of a fashion house, sends a model to the wrong address. For fear of being fired she decides to recover it on her own. She encounters Alberto, a guy whose wedding is at noon, going to the same place it. From the moment they meet, they begin to suffer all kinds of mishaps.
La boda era a las doce
1964
6.4Antonio and Elisa, a newlywed couple, go on honeymoon to a seaside hotel, where he, a crime reporter obsessed with uncovering a major crime, finds his big opportunity.
Crimen para recién casados
1960
5.8Afther their wedding ceremony, Fernanda and Cosme Martínez go to a luxury hotel to consummate. They receive there some gifts and they find one fabulous diamant bracalet with a note for Fernanda thanking her for unfforgetable nights. Cosme feel jelause and Fernanda offended and during their wedding night they go from one place to another to find out the misunderstanding.
Mi noche de bodas
1961
6.5Inspired by the classic novel by journalist and writer Emilio Romero. Shortly before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), a group of Phalangist friends, who dream of a revolution to transform Spain, are dedicated to spreading their ideas among the population. As war begins, one of them, Lopez, is about to be shot, but is saved by a Republican. Then he joins the national side. After the war, an old comrade encourages him to involve in an operation to destroy the maquis of Asturias. Although he is married and has children, he accepts the proposal, infiltrates among the guerrillas and convinces them that he will provide weapons to continue fighting.
La paz empieza nunca
1960
5.1No synopsis available yet.
Relaciones casi públicas
1968
7.6Cayetana, her boyfriend Paco and Venancio, her foster brother, commit small thefts and, from time to time, spend a few days in jail. Until they meet with Federico, a thief who has traveled abroad and convince them that using European methods success is guaranteed. Paco then decides to act scientifically and seizes a hospital surgical equipment. When they want to realize, poor Venancio is forced to give an injection to a dentistry patient and, even worse, Paco has to pull out a tooth. And all that, before entering the operating room
Los que tocan el piano
1968
7.5After getting married in a church in Madrid, four couples, who have already left behind the anxiety of the chaotic wedding preparations, face the joys and disappointments of the honeymoon trip.
Cuatro noches de boda
1969
5.8Juana and Francisca are serving at the Stevens house, an American couple. Both of them have a boyfriend, one is an egg-carrier and the other is a transporter with his own motorcycle. And both with a totally totalitarian and macho concept regarding male-female relations. The girls also have two American suitors assigned to the American Base of Torrejón, friends of their masters. Thus, without almost pretending, the two girls will find themselves in the midst of the jealous Spaniards and the beefy Yankees.
Las que tienen que servir
1967
5.2Antonio Torres, a serious singer of Spanish popular music, and Bárbara, a vivacious yé-yé singer, face off in a chaotic contest promoted by Rodolfo Sicilia, an overworked publicist.
Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos!
1967
5.0A gang of Spanish pickpockets decide to send one of them to Chicago to learn how to be a gangster...
Sabían demasiado
1962
NRNo synopsis available yet.
La dama del alba
1965
8.0An incredulous journalist witnesses how a gentleman in a portrait of the twenties comes out from the photo and becomes alive to discuss what has not progressed as much as he believed, and to confirme that living was better at his time
Hoy como ayer
1966
6.7In the resort of La Molina an international competition is held and ski racers from different countries come to Barcelona. They become friends, especially Nuria and Ramon, but Nuria already has a boyfriend
Amor bajo cero
1960
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Vida sin risas
1960
5.6Lola and Maria are two Spanish young ladies engaged to Franz and Pepe, all so eager to spend their honeymoon that the moment seems never to come, as all sorts of problems pave their way.
Martes y trece
1962
Series credits
4.7El Hormiguero is a Spanish television program with a live audience focusing on comedy, science, and politics running since September 2006. It is hosted and produced by screenwriter Pablo Motos. The show aired on Spain's Cuatro channel from launch until June 2011 and is now broadcast on Antena 3. Recurring guests on the show include Luis Piedrahita, Raquel Martos, Marron & "The Man in Black", and puppet ants Trancas and Barrancas. It has proved a ratings success, and has expanded from a weekly 120-minute show to a daily 40-minute show in its third season, which began on September 17, 2007. The show won the Entertainment prize at the 2009 Rose d'Or ceremony.
El hormiguero
2006
4.7El Hormiguero is a Spanish television program with a live audience focusing on comedy, science, and politics running since September 2006. It is hosted and produced by screenwriter Pablo Motos. The show aired on Spain's Cuatro channel from launch until June 2011 and is now broadcast on Antena 3. Recurring guests on the show include Luis Piedrahita, Raquel Martos, Marron & "The Man in Black", and puppet ants Trancas and Barrancas. It has proved a ratings success, and has expanded from a weekly 120-minute show to a daily 40-minute show in its third season, which began on September 17, 2007. The show won the Entertainment prize at the 2009 Rose d'Or ceremony.
El hormiguero
2006
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
2017
7.8In 1920s Madrid, four women at the National Telephone Company ring in revolution as they deal with romance, envy and the modern workplace.
Cable Girls
2017
7.8A young man arrives at the Grand Hotel, an ideal place in the middle of the wilderness to investigate his sister's disappearance. What he ignores is that he's about to meet his greater love: the pretty and seductive daughter of the Hotel's owner. Between this young couple, of different social classes, a very passionate love will be born. A dangerous romance will be entwined with the mysteries and secrets hidden between the walls of the Grand Hotel. In The Grand Hotel no one is who we think it is, no one is free of hazards or suspicious. A complex web of lies, secrets and betrayal awaits...
Grand Hotel
2011
7.3No synopsis available yet.
Bajo sospecha
2015
4.7No synopsis available yet.
Motivos personales
2005
5.0No synopsis available yet.
La Comedia Musical Española
1985
5.0No synopsis available yet.
La Comedia Musical Española
1985
5.0No synopsis available yet.
La Comedia Musical Española
1985
5.0No synopsis available yet.
La Comedia Musical Española
1985
5.8An account of the life of Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582), from her spiritual awakening to her final days, as she struggles to reform the Order of the Carmelites and with her own faith.
Teresa de Jesús
1984
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Sabias a lo que venías
2007
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Buenas noches y Buenafuente
2012
3.5No synopsis available yet.
Las chicas de Oro
2010
1.5Herederos is a Spanish television series which has been airing since September 25, 2007.
Herederos
2007
Spanish documentary series.
Imágenes perdidas
1991


