Rafaela Aparicio

Rafaela Díaz Valiente MML (9 April 1906 – 9 June 1996) better known as Rafaela Aparicio was a famous Spanish film and theatre actress.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Valiente.

Excelentísima Señora Doña Rafaela Aparicio MML
Born	Rafaela Díaz Valiente (1906-04-09)9 April 1906 Marbella (Málaga), Spain
Died	9 June 1996(1996-06-09) (aged 90) Madrid, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1935–1996
Spouse	Erasmo Pascual (1936-1975; his death)
Children	1

She made more than 100 films. The most remembered are Carlos Saura's Anna and the Wolves, Mama Turns 100 and Fernando Fernán Gómez's El extraño viaje. She died of a stroke in Madrid in a retirement home.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1935	Juan Simón's Daughter	Gregoria
1956	The Big Lie	La Molina neighbour
1957	The Last Torch Song	Singer
1958	La vida por delante
1959	La vida alrededor
1960	The Football Lottery
1962	Atraco a las tres
1962	The Mustard Grain
1963	The Daughters of Helena
	La becerrada	Sor Inmaculada
1964	El extraño viaje	Paquita Vidal
1965	Television Stories	Don Marcelino's maid
1966	He's My Man!	Mrs. Calixta
1967	Love in Flight
1967	Another's Wife
1967	Sor Citroën	Sister Rafaela
1968	Cristina Guzmán	Balbina
1973	Anna and the Wolves	The mother
1977	Change of Sex	Pilar
1979	Mama Turns 100	The mother
1983	The South	Milagros
1985	Padre nuestro
1986	Year of Enlightment	Rafaela
1989	The Sea and the Weather	Grandmother

Honours

• Gold Medal of Merit in Labour (Kingdom of Spain, 23 April 1976).^[1]