
Mar
ía Jes
ús Mar
ín Rodr
íguez was born on August 16, 1941 in Palencia, Castilla y Le
ón, Spain. She worked as a model which opened the doors to her film debut in 1959 with "April in Portugal" credited as Mara Silva. She would continue to appear steadily in small roles in Spanish films until the early 1990s. She found greater fame in television in the late 1960s in the TV musical "Zaruela" directed by Juan de Ordu
ña. Mar
ía continue to make films but most of her career was spent in television in such series as "Juan y Manuela" (1973) and "Taller Mec
ánico" (1991) directed by Mariano Ozores. Known as Mar
ía Silva to Spaghetti western fans she appeared in 10 Euro-westerns from "The Terrible Sheriff" (1962) to ‘The Black Wolf" (1981). Her best remembered role was probably in 1967's "Kill the Wicked" as Judy Mary. Married to director Jos
é Gra
ñena, Mar
ía left films in 1991 to become an actor’s agent. Today we celberate Mar
ía Silva’s 70
th birthday.
Maria Silva died recently. I saw her in "Kill The Wicked" from 1967. May she rest in peace. She was beautiful. Her hometown was Palencia.
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