Victoria Abril biography: ....(Born: July 14, 1959 - Madrid, Spain).....Bewitching brunette actress Victoria Abril launched her career in her native Spain in the late 1970s, appearing in stage productions and in such films as Mother, Dearly Loved (1979). By 1981, she had relocated to France, where she showed up in films like The Beehive (1981) and The Moon in the Gutter (1981). Victoria did some of her most fascinating work under the direction of the unpredictable Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar; as the doped-up porn actress in Almodovar's Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, Ms. Abril participated in one of the loudest sex scenes in movie history. On one of her rare forays to the Western Hemisphere, Victoria Abril played a combative LA street person in the 1994 Joe Pesci vehicle Jimmy Hollywood.

1999....Mon père, ma mère, mes frères et mes soeurs.....aka My Father, My Mother, My Sisters And My Brothers...
1998....Entre las piernas... aka Between the Legs
1997..... La Femme Du Cosmonaute
1996....Libertarias
1996....Trois vies et une seule mort...aka Three Lives and Only One Death
1995.... Gazon Maudit...aka French Twist (U.S. title)
1995....Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead
1994.... Jimmy Hollywoodbr> Victria played a combative LA street person in the 1994 Joe Pesci vehicle Jimmy Hollywood.
1994....Casque Bleu....aka Blue Helmet
1993....Kika
1993....Intruso
1992....Demasiado Corazon
1991....Amantes....aka Lovers (U.S. title)
1991.....High Heels
In Pedro Almodovar's melodrama/murder mystery High Heels, the flamboyant actress mother (Marisa Paredes) of a Madrid anchorwoman named Rebecca (Victoria Abril) re-enters her daughter's life when she comes to perform a concert. Rebecca is married to one of her mother's ex-lovers and when he winds up dead, she confesses to the murder during her newscas t-- but is she just trying to protect her mother? High Heels isn't one of Almodovar's best, yet it has several excellent attributes, including an off-beat sense of humor and strong performances.
1991.....Wonderful Times
1990.....Sandino
1990.....Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
As the doped-up porn actress in Almodovar's Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, Ms. Abril participated in one of the loudest sex scenes in movie history.
1989.....If They Tell You I Fell
1989.....Ada In The Jungle [1988]
1988....Without Fear or Blame
1988......Baton Rouge
1988.....The Most Amusing Game
1987.....The Pleasure of Killing
1987......Barrios Altos
1987....El Lute - Forge On Or Die
1986......Time of silence
Set at the end of the 1940s, this drama about Pedro (Imanol Arias), a medical researcher, and his relationships with his family and women underscores the mood of repression that dominated Spain during Franco's fascist regime. Pedro lives in a boardinghouse and is attracted to Dorita (Victoria Abril), his beautiful neighbor. He wiles away his time with a wealthy friend and generally leads a normal life until he tries to save the life of a young woman who has had an abortion that went tragically wrong. He fails, and the woman's boyfriend comes after him, believing that he killed her.
1986......Max, Mon Amour
1986.....Nini Terno-Secco
1985......Rouge Gorge
1985.....La Hora Bruja
An accomplished and "enchanting" fantasy-romance, this story of a couple's love for each other and a pixie's benevolent intervention in their lives is entertaining from beginning to end. Cesar (Francisco Rabal) is a fake sorcerer and travels with his wife Pilar (Concha Velasco) in a combination bus and house, performing magic shows for the public. One time when they are stuck in a ditch in the middle of nowhere, a beautiful young woman named Saga (Victoria Abril) helps them get out and back on the road again. It soon becomes clear by her actions that Saga is a friendly pixie-witch. She and her warlock cohort cause Cesar's fake magic to really work -- and that is just the beginning.
1985....After Darkness
1984.....Le Voyage
The emotional interplay between an arguing couple, in love but not happy with their relationship, is meant to be the sustaining force in this crime drama with little other action. Thomas (Christophe Malavoy) has been blackmailed into carrying a shipment of explosives in his Peugeot to Egypt, where the devices will be forwarded to guerrillas on Cyprus. He brings his lover Veronique (Victoria Abril) along for the dangerous ride from Switzerland to the south, knowing the explosives can be easily detonated by accident and enemy agents as well as government agents are out to capture him. Both protagonists have a short fuse themselves, and as they separate and then come back together, their final destination looms ever closer in more ways than one.
1984.....Our Father [1985]
1984.....Bicycles Are For The Summer
1984.....Río abajo
1984.....L'Addition
The script concerns a stage actor (Richard Berry) who gets arrested for trying to help a shoplifter (Victoria Abril) in a Paris supermarket. He is sent to jail for assault, falls in love with the shoplifter and inadvertently gets into more and more trouble while he's in prison. When he's sentenced to maximum security after an escape attempt, a sadistic guard allows him to be beaten by extortionists and implicated in a drug deal and does all he can to continue the actor's streak of bad luck.
1984......The Most Beautiful Night
1983......Le Batard
1983......The Moon in the Gutter (U.S. title)
1982.....Murder in the Central Committee
1982......The Bee-Hive
1982.......Sem Sombra de Pecado
1982.....I Married a Shadow (U.S. title)
1981.........Comin' at Ya!
1980......Mother, Dearly Beloved
1980........Mieux Vaut Etre Riche Et Bien Portant
197?........Esposa Y Amante
1979.......Girl with the Golden Panties
1977.....Doña Perfecta
1976........Robin and Marian
1976....... I Want to be a Woman
1976........La Puente

Montparnasse 19 (1957)
Dolce Vita, La (1960)
Lola (1961)
Sodom And Gomorrah (1962)
...8 1/2 (1963)
Homme Et Une Femme, Un (1966)
Tragédie D’un Homme Ridicule, La (1981)
Viva La Vie (1983)
Success Is The Best Revenge (1984)
Homme Et Une Femme: Vingt Ans Déjà, Un (1986)
Bethune: The Making Of A Hero (1990)
Il Y A Des Jours... Et Des Lunes (1990)
Marmottes, Les (1993)
Rupture(S) (1993)
Cent Et Une Nuits, Les (1994)
Ready-To-Wear (1994)

Promotion canapé (1990)
Arrivederci e grazie (1988)
Cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête, Les (1988)
Double face (1985)
Drôle de samedi (1985)
Liberté, égalité, choucroute (1985)
Tranches de vie (1985)
Schnüffler, Der (1983)
Associé, L' (1982)
... aka Associate, The (1982)
On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter (1980)
... aka Jupiter's Thigh (1980)
Nous maigrirons ensemble (1979)
... aka We'll Grow Thin Together (1979)
Cavaleur, Le (1978)
... aka Skirt Chaser, The (1978)
Tendre poulet (1977)
... aka Dear Detective (1977)
Incorrigible, L' (1975)

Attention Les Yeux (1975)
Aux Petits Bonheurs (1993)
Bidochon, Les (1996)
Coup De Jeune ! (1992)
Envoyez Les Violons (1989)
Grand Chemin, Le (1986)
Homme À Ma Taille, Un (1983)
I Love You (1986)
Je Vais Craquer (1980)
Ma Femme S'appelle Reviens (1981)
Mariage Du Siècle, Le (1985)
Marquise (1997)
Nanas, Les (1984)
Pas Très Catholique (1993)
Père Noël Est Une Ordure, Le (1982)
Péril En La Demeure (1985)
Petit Prince A Dit, Le (1992)
Pour Cent Briques, T'as Plus Rien (1982)
Quand Tu Seras Débloqué, Fais-Moi Signe (1981)
Quart D'heure Américain, Le (1982)
Tranches De Vie (1985)
Twisted Obsession (1989)
Viens Chez Moi, J'habite Chez Une Copine (1980)

Actress filmography
Embrasse-moi, c'est pour la vie (1993) (TV) .... Marie-Marie
Love & Human Remains (1993)
"Lance et compte III" (1989) (mini) TV Series

Colonel Chabert (1995).....Director: Yves Angelo, Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant,Fabrice Luchini, Romane Bohringer, Julie Depardieu........... Adapted from a Honore de Balzac novel, about the belated return of an officer supposedly killed in the Napoleonic wars and the effect it has on his so-called widow. Director Angelou is the esteemed cinematographer of TOUT LES MATINS DU MONDE and UN COEUR EN HIVER. Julie Depardieu is the actor's daughter.

Longest Day, The (1962)
Maxime (1958)
Un drôle de dimanche (1958)
Et ta soeur (1958)
Grand jeu, Le (1954)
Huis Clos (1954)
Portrait d'un assassin (1949)
Enfants du paradis, Les (1945)

Les Visiteurs Du Soir (1942)..... Director: Marcel Carne, Starring: Arletty....... Based on a medieval French legend, this poetic fantasy begins in a beautiful fairy tale setting, when Gilles and Dominique, two travelling minstrels, mysteriously appear at a grand castle. They proceed to entertain the guests at the wedding banquet for Renaud, a knight, and Anne, the baron's daughter. But their real purpose is a sinister one: they are Satan's envoys sent to Earth to destroy mankind's sense of morality. However, when Gilles seduces the bride, he falls in love with her, instead of completing his evil task -- and her devotion saves his soul. This film, which was produced in Occupied France, is meant to be an allegory for Hitler in his attempt to stifle the heart of France. Marcel Carne and Jacques Prevert collaborated on many films and their work, with its lyrical, surrealistic quality established the French cinematic style known as "poetic realism." Joseph Kosma composed one of the featured songs. Kosma, who was Jewish, lived in Nazi-occupied Paris during World War II, and worked under the pseudonym Georges Mouque. He also co-wrote several songs for other films with the screenwriter, Jacques Prevert.

Hôtel du Nord (1938)
Aloha, le chant des îles (1937)
Désiré (1937)
Garçonne, La (1936)
Un soir de réveillon (1933)