José María
Tasso Tena was born on February 7, 1934 in Madrid, Spain. After the Spanish
Civil War, in which his father died, ‘Tachuela’ as he was popularly known,
along his mother had to flee to France with the other four children. Returning
to Spain he began a career in the world of cinema, becoming very popular in the
1960s with supporting roles in films with Marisol and Rocio Durcal, which was
highlighted by his peculiar form of a hearty blows and bangs. Tasso
Participated in hit movies like “Canción de juventud”,” Tombola”,
“Ha llegado un angel”, and
“La verbena
de la Paloma” angel or La verbena de la Paloma”. Though his appearances on
screen were little more than sporadic, he never left the world of acting. For
nearly thirty years he combined his acting with running a catering
establishment in La Granja de San Ildefonso, in Segovia, with a very innovative
hospitality concept. At that time he participated in film with Átame and Pedro
Almodóvar TV series such as ‘Brigada Central’, ‘Farmacia de Guarcia’, ‘Policías’,
‘Aladina’ and ‘Raquel busca su sitio’. Besides his work as a performer José
María Tasso lavished on dubbing films and series such as cartoon such as ‘Loca
academia de policía’, and the series ‘Davadavadá’. There were also numerous
collaborations in musical programs, and the work he did with his cousin, Carlos
Tena. In recent years the Madrid actor was very selective his appearances on
screen, which he limited himself to jobs which required some of his friends,
such as Luis García Berlanga. Tasso lavished himself with comic roles during
his early years in film which substantially conditioned his career. He was
typecast in comic roles, though he was a great actor who could have reached a
much higher degree of stardom. Tasso appeared in only one Euro-western as a
padre in “I Came, I Saw, I Shot” in 1968. He died after an operation for
peritonitis which developed after a battle with colon cancer on February 9,
2003.
Today we remember José María Tasso on what would have been his 80th birthday.
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