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
- Terra de canons
- A Paradise Under the Stars as Olivia
1997
- Women as Maria
1996
- Pictures as Rosa
- Family as Carmen
- Lycantropus: The Moonlight Murders as Dra. Mina Westenra
1993
- La intrusa as Gracia
1990
- The Black Moon as Lilit
1989
- Sabbath as Lilit
1987
- In the Shade as Helena
- Los invitados as La Catalana
- Al acecho as Marta
1986
- Lulú de noche as Nina
- Love Ravings as Angélica Durán (segment "Delirio 1")
1985
- La reina del mate as Cristina
1984
- El balcón abierto as La Mujer
1983
- Sexo contra sexo as Widow #1
- Todo un hombre as Laura Monteros
- Se me sale cuando me río
- Wild Beauty
1982
- El diablo en persona as Lupita
- El gran mogollón as María Ángeles
- Si las mujeres mandaran (o mandasen) as Agustina
- Hablamos esta noche as Clara
1981
- The Great Victory
- The Seven Cucas as Cuca's Daughter Crescencia
- The Minister's Wife as Teresa
- Como México no hay dos as Silvia Escandon
- Trágala, perro as Sor Patrocinio
1980
- Dedicated to... as Clara
- Memorias de un Visitador Médico as Magdalena
1979
- The Gambler as Alejandra
- Presto Agitato as María del Rosario
- Mama Turns 100 as Natalia
- L'anello matrimoniale as Alba
1977
- Acto de posesión as Berta
- Del amor y de la muerte as Elena
1976
- The Other Bedroom as Diana
- Mauricio, mon amour as Doctora Verónica Anglada
- 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