# Terele Pávez

Teresa Marta Ruiz Penella (29 July 1939 – 11 August 2017), better known as Terele Pávez, was a Spanish actress. She appeared in more than ninety films since 1954.

## Life and career

Teresa Marta Ruiz Penella was born in Bilbao on 29 July 1939 but she was raised in Madrid. She was the daughter of CEDA politician Ramón Ruiz Alonso and Magdalena Penella Silva and the niece of actress Teresita Silva [es]. Composers Manuel Penella Moreno and Manuel Penella Raga [es] were, respectively, her grandfather and great-grandfather. She was the aunt of actress Emma Ozores [es]. Two out of her three sisters also pursued an acting career, under the artistic names of Emma Penella and Elisa Montés, reneging on the paternal surname. She took her artistic name after the second family name of her grandmother on her mother side, Emma Silva Pávez, of Chilean background. She made her big screen debut in Boyfriend in Sight.
He starred as witch-procuress Celestina in La Celestina (1996). She reportedly was surprised at being offered a leading role instead of the supporting role to which she was used to, and claimed to be afraid of diving into the psychology of an extremely manipulative and dark character. She had already experience in Fernando de Rojas' work as she had played Celestina's pupil Elicia in a 1978 play. Her work earned her an Actors Union Award for Best Leading Performance in a Film.
Pávez had one son (Carolo) with publisher José Benito Alique.
She died on 11 August 2017 at the Hospital de La Paz in Madrid due to a stroke at the age of 78.

## Selected filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1954 | Novio a la vista (Boyfriend in Sight) | Pecas | Feature film debut |
| 1959 | Las dos y media y... veneno [es] | | |
| 1959 | 15 bajo la lona [es] | | |
| 1961 | Tenemos 18 años [es] | Pili | |
| 1961 | Salto mortal | | |
| 1962 | La boda era a las doce [es] | | |
| 1968 | No somos de piedra [es] | | |
| 1970 | Fortunata y Jacinta [es] | Mauricia la Dura | |
| 1974 | La revolución matrimonial (The Marriage Revolution) | Secretaria | |
| 1975 | Malocchio [es] (Evil Eye) | | |
| 1976 | Tatuaje [es] (Tattoo) | La Andaluza | |
| 1976 | La espada negra [ca] | Reina Madre | |
| 1978 | Carne apaleada [es] | | |
| 1978 | Oro rojo (Red Gold) | | |
| 1984 | Los santos inocentes (The Holy Innocents) | Régula | |
| 1985 | Réquiem por un campesino español (Requiem for a Spanish Peasant) | La Jerónima | |
| 1985 | La noche de la ira | | |
| 1986 | El hermano bastardo de Dios (The Bastard Brother of God) | Ramona | |
| 1987 | Laura, del cielo llega la noche [ca] (Laura) | | |
| 1988 | El Lute II: mañana seré libre (El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll be Free) | | |
| 1988 | Diario de invierno (Winter Diary) | Madre ('mother') | |
| 1988 | El aire de un crimen (Scent of a Crime) | | |
| 1990 | Los días del cometa | | |
| 1993 | El laberinto griego (The Greek Labyrinth) | Remei | |
| 1995 | El día de la bestia (The Day of the Beast) | Rosario | |
| 1996 | La Celestina | Celestina | |
| 1997 | 99.9: La frecuencia del terror (99.9) | Dolores | |
| 2000 | La comunidad (Common Wealth) | Ramona | |
| 2002 | 800 balas (800 Bullets) | Rocío | |
| 2003 | Nudos | | |
| 2004 | Mala uva | | |
| 2007 | Café solo o con ellas (Love Expresso) | Paca | |
| 2007 | Los Totenwackers [eu] | Doña Sabrina | |
| 2010 | Balada triste de trompeta (The Last Circus) | Dolores | |
| 2013 | Las brujas de Zugarramurdi (Witching & Bitching) | Maritxu | |
| 2015 | Las aventuras de Moriana [ca] | | |
| 2015 | Mi gran noche (My Big Night) | Dolores | |
| 2016 | La puerta abierta (The Open Door) | Antonia | |
| 2017 | El bar (The Bar) | Amparo | |
| 2017 | Incerta glòria (Uncertain Glory) | Molinera | |
| 2019 | ¡Ay, mi madre! [es] | Petra | Posthumous work |
| 2020 | Caribe, todo incluido | | Posthumous work |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1977 | Curro Jiménez | Lola | |
| 1978 | Cañas y barro | Samaruca | |
| 1979 | La barraca | | |
| 1985 | La huella del crimen | Pilar Prades Expósito | |
| 2002 | Cuéntame cómo pasó | Doña Pura | Introduced in season 2 |
| 2006 | Manolo y Benito Corporeision [es] | Antonia | |
| 2016 | Buscando el norte [es] | Nines | |

## Accolades

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 1988 | 2nd Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Laura | Nominated |
| 1989 | 3rd Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Winter Diary | Nominated |
| 1997 | 6th Actors Union Awards | Best Film Performance in a Leading Role | La Celestina | Won |
| 2001 | 15th Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Common Wealth | Nominated |
| 2011 | 25th Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Last Circus | Nominated |
| 2014 | 1st Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Film | Witching & Bitching | Won |
| 2014 | 28th Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Witching & Bitching | Won |
| 2016 | 25th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role | Las aventuras de Moriana | Nominated |
| 2017 | 4th Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Film | The Open Door | Nominated |
| 2017 | 31st Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Open Door | Nominated |
| 2017 | 26th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role | The Open Door | Nominated |