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Antonia Rey Biography (1927-)

Born Antonia Francesch, October 12, 1927, in Havana, Cuba; daughter of Antonio (a dentist) and Emilia (a nurse; maiden name, Rangel) Francesch; married Andres Castro (a director), December 17, 1958.

Nationality

Cuban

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

October 12, 1927

Havana, Cuba

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Mrs. Amador, Coogan's Bluff, 1968
• Mrs. Cruz, Popi, 1969
• Concha, Doc, 1971
• Waitress, Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name? (also known as Death of a Hooker), 1971
• Modesta, To Find a Man, 1972
• Mrs. Rosiello, The Lords of Flatbush, 1974
• Pearl, The Money, 1975
• Danitza Giorgio, King of the Gypsies, 1978
• Berger's mother, Hair, 1979
• Carmelita, Boardwalk, 1979
• Estancia, The Changeling (also known as L'Enfant du Diable), 1980
• Spanish woman, The Clairvoyant (also known as The Killing Hour), 1982
• Counter woman at McDonald's, Moscow on the Hudson, 1984
• Puerto Rican nurse, Garbo Talks, 1984
• Flora, Beat Street, 1984
• Aunt Sadie, Wise Guys, 1986
• Clara, Forever, Lulu! (also known as Crazy Streets), 1986
• Bandana's mother, Spike of Bensonhurst (also known as ThrowBack!), 1988
• Market woman, White Hot (also known as Crack in the Mirror), 1989
• Woman on subway, Jacob's Ladder (also known as Dante'sInferno), 1990
• Soledad, True Colors, 1991
• La Mama, I Was on Mars, 1991
• Jesus's mother, Chain of Desire, 1992
• Fortune teller, Only You (also known as Him and Just inTime), 1994
• Gypsy woman, It Runs in the Family (also known as My Summer Story), 1994
• Grandmother, Tarantella, 1995
• Made Men, 1996
• Josephina Zito, Kiss Me, Guido, Paramount, 1997
• Mrs. Ochoa, The Object of My Affection, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
• Tenant, Gloria, Columbia, 1999
• Television Appearances
• Movies
• Mrs. Profaci, Honor Thy Father, 1973
• Rita Alvarez, The Marcus-Nelson Murders (also known as Kojak: The Marcus-Nelson Murders), 1973
• Mrs. Terranova, Siege, 1978
• Lucy, The Last Tenant, 1978
• Grandma Perez, The Gentleman Bandit (also known as The Bandit Priest), 1981
• Mrs. Gomez, Dream House, 1981
• Out of the Darkness, 1985
• Episodic
• Naked City, 1962
• Mrs. Samaras, "New York News," New York News, CBS, 1995
• Other Television Appearances
• The Secret Storm (series), 1954
• Emma, Rappaccini's Daughter, PBS, 1980
• Taxi driver, One More Try (special), 1982
• CityKids (special), ABC, 1993
• Also appeared as Sophie, Ladies in Waiting, PBS.
• Stage Appearances
• (Stage debut) Numancia Cervantes, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba, 1948
• (New York debut) Lupa, Bajour, Shubert Theatre, 1964
• New York 1937, Jewish Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1990
• The Rose Tattoo, Circle in the Square, New York City, 1995
• Appeared as Mrs. Murino, 42 Seconds from Broadway, as Lucia, Mike Downstairs, and as a Mexican woman, A Streetcar Named Desire, all Broadway productions; as Madrecita, Camino Real, Lincoln Center Theatre, New York City; as prisoner, Poets from the Inside, and as Mamita, The Wonderful Year, both Public Theatre, New York City; as Fula Lopez, In the Summer House, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City; as Maria, Back Bog Beast, American Place Theatre; as mother, Blood Wedding, INTAR Theatre, New York City; as Ranevsky, The Cherry Orchard, in The Importance of Being Earnest, and as Mrs. Warren, Mrs. Warren's Profession, all Westside Repertory Theatre, New York City.
• Major Tours
• Appeared on tours of The Rose Tattoo and A Streetcar Named Desire, both U.S. cities.