Ágata Lys

Actress b Valladolid Spain Dec 3 1953 After having studied simultaneously Philosophy and Art and Speech both careers remained unfinished she became a household name overnight as one of the pretty and bespectacled hostesses of the toprated TV contest 1 2 3 Responda Otra Vez where she popularized what was going to be her early screen persona platinum blondedyed hair provocative ways and a sensuality always ready to break out She made her film debut in 1972 at 19 and acquired an enormous popularity thanks to her tremendous sexappeal and a clever promotion campaign that exploited a certain similarity between her looks and those of the late Marilyn Monroe to the extent of making a successful movie named precisely The New Marilyn 1976 She kept this image for a while especially in her spectacular TV appearances in the mid70s but eventually got tired of it and decided to cut off her hair completely she did it herself with a pair of scissors borrowed from a filming kit and let it grow its natural dark colour again Blonde or brunette Lys grabbed a long string of femme fatale roles in films of each and every genre thrillers comedies dramas westerns etc and turned into some kind of domestic myth at that time She also had the advantage of owning a fine diction that matched her thoughtprovoking voice perfectly so unlike some other actresses of that era she didnt need to be dubbed Anyway after leading her bold image one step further in the late 70s she decided to stop making films and concentrate on her theatrical work that she had started in 1973 playing Dª Inés de Ulloa in Zorrillas Don Juan Tenorio with her own company In the 1980s she focused her activity on recording music which she did with real gusto and vocal dexterity performing in both musical shows and dramatic or comic plays in which she displayed an image far removed from the one that shot her to fame and even making more sporadic appearances on TV playing for example a splendid Portia on a smallscreen adaptation of Shakespeares The Merchant Of Venice The late 80s saw her returning to the movies and scoring some films of uneven success and quality although she has always risen to the occasion In any case she is still an underestimated actress though she has proved capable of giving such amusing characterizations as that of Avisa A Curro Jiménez 1978 where she seemed almost unrecognizable Now she leads a rather reclusive life when not working in contrast to the antics and eccentricities of her early career and although she has never married she enjoys a very stable relationship with Fernando her partner of some 20 years Hers is really one of those examples of bodywithabrainontoptomatch and hopefully she will still be around for a large number of years IMDb Mini Biography By alberto mallofré