Amparo Muñoz
Born: 1954-06-21 in Vélez-Málaga, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain
Died: 2011-02-27
Known For: Acting
Biography
Amparo Muñoz y Quesada (21 June 1954 – 27 February 2011) was a Spanish actress, model and beauty queen who won the Miss Universe 1974 competition in Manila, Philippines, being the first and only Spaniard Miss Universe titleholder to date. Muñoz surrendered both the title and crown after six months due to refusal to follow the rules and regulations of the Miss Universe Organization. During that time, no successor was willing nor assigned to officially take her vacated placement. After her shortened reign, Muñoz became a popular actress in Spain and starred in several comedies, including Mama Turns 100, and in the dramas Clara es el Precio, The Other Bedroom and Dedicatory. Her personal life was often shrouded in notorious events and public controversies. She died on 27 February 2011 due to cerebral aneurysm complications and was cremated and buried at the Roman Catholic cemetery of Saint Michael in Málaga, Spain.
Filmography
2000
- A Paradise Under the Stars as Olivia
- Terra de canons
1997
- Women as Maria
1996
- Lycantropus: The Moonlight Murders as Dra. Mina Westenra
- Pictures as Rosa
- Family as Carmen
1993
- La intrusa as Gracia
1990
- The Black Moon as Lilit
1989
- Sabbath as Lilit
1987
- In the Shade as Helena
- Al acecho as Marta
- Los invitados as La Catalana
1986
- Love Ravings as Angélica Durán (segment "Delirio 1")
- Lulú de noche as Nina
1985
- La reina del mate as Cristina
1984
- El balcón abierto as La Mujer
1983
- Sexo contra sexo as Widow #1
- Se me sale cuando me río
- Todo un hombre as Laura Monteros
- Wild Beauty
1982
- Hablamos esta noche as Clara
- El diablo en persona as Lupita
- Si las mujeres mandaran (o mandasen) as Agustina
- El gran mogollón as María Ángeles
1981
- The Minister's Wife as Teresa
- Como México no hay dos as Silvia Escandon
- The Seven Cucas as Cuca's Daughter Crescencia
- The Great Victory
- Trágala, perro as Sor Patrocinio
1980
- Memorias de un Visitador Médico as Magdalena
- Dedicated to... as Clara
1979
- The Gambler as Alejandra
- Mama Turns 100 as Natalia
- L'anello matrimoniale as Alba
- Presto Agitato as María del Rosario
1977
- Del amor y de la muerte as Elena
- Acto de posesión as Berta
1976
- Mauricio, mon amour as Doctora Verónica Anglada
- The Other Bedroom as Diana
- Volvoreta as Volvoreta
1975
- Clara es el precio as Clara Valverde
- Sensualidad as Ana
1974
- Tocata y fuga de Lolita as Lolita Villar
- Vida conyugal sana as Modelo publicitaria / Fantasía obsesiva de Enrique
1955
- Miss Universe as Miss Spain 1974