Lina Morgan

Excelentísima Señora Doña Lina Morgan OAXS MML
Born	María de los Ángeles López Segovia (1936-03-20)20 March 1936 Madrid, Spain
Died	19 August 2015(2015-08-19) (aged 79) Madrid, Spain
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1949-2008

María de los Ángeles López Segovia OAXS MML (20 March 1936 – 19 August 2015), better known as Lina Morgan, was a Spanish film, theatre and television actress and showgirl.

Biography

Morgan was born to Emilio López Roldán and Julia García Segovia, and was their fourth child. When she was 16, Morgan began working as a showgirl. She received her first major role in 1956 with the movie Mujeres or Diosas, replacing actress Mercedes Llofriu. It was during this time that she adopted her screen name of "Lina Morgan".

Awards

• Best Actress at the TP de Oro (1995, won for Compuesta y sin novio)
• Best TV Actress at the Fotogramas de Plata (1995, nominated for Compuesta y sin novio)
• Best Actress at the TP de Oro (1997, won for Hostal Royal Manzanares)
• Best Actress at the TP de Oro (1998, won for Hostal Royal Manzanares)
• Special Jury Award - Television at the Ondas Awards (1998, won)
• Best TV Actress at the Fotogramas de Plata (1998, nominated for Hostal Royal Manzanares)
• Best Actress at the TP de Oro (1999, nominated for Hostal Royal Manzanares)
• Best Acting at the Atv Awards (1999, nominated for Hostal Royal Manzanares)
• Best Actress at the TP de Oro (2002, nominated for Academia de baile Gloria)

Filmography

Film

• El pobre García (1961)
• Vampiresas 1930 (1962)
• Una tal Dulcinea (1963)
• Objetivo: las estrellas (1963)
• Julieta engaña a Romeo (1965)
• La cesta (1965)
• Algunas lecciones de amor (1966)
• ¿Qué hacemos con los hijos? (1967)
• Las que tienen que servir (1967)
• Los subdesarrollados (1968)
• Unmarried and Mother in Life (1969)
• The Complete Idiot (1970)
• La graduada (1971)
• Dos chicas de revista (1972)
• La descarriada (1973) as Nati García
• La llamaban La Madrina (1973)
• Una monja y un Don Juan (1973)
• Señora doctor (1974)
• Una pareja... distinta (1974)
• Fin de semana al desnudo (1974)
• Los pecados de una chica casi decente (1975)
• Imposible para una solterona (1976)
• Ésta que lo es... (1977)
• Un día con Sergio (1977)

Television

• Sábado 64 (1965, 1 episode)
• Estudio 1 (1966, 1 episode)
• Nosotros (1968, 1 episode)
• La risa española (1969, 1 episode)
• Vaya par de gemelas (1983)
• Sí al amor (1986)
• El último tranvía (1990)
• Fin de año con Lina Morgan (1992)
• Celeste... no es un color (1993)
• Compuesta y sin novio (1994, 13 episodes)
• Hostal Royal Manzanares (1996 - 1998, 67 episodes)
• Una de dos (1998-1999, 19 episodes)
• Academia de baile Gloria (2001, 17 episodes)
• ¿Se puede? (2004, 11 episodes)
• El show de la 3 (2005)
• Aquí no hay quien viva (2005, 1 episode)
• A tortas con la vida (2005-2006, 7 episodes)
• Escenas de matrimonio (2007-2008, 54 episodes)

Honours

• Spain: Gold Medal of Merit in Labour (20 June 1984).
• Spain: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Dos de Mayo (02 May 2010).
• Spain: Dame Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise (Posthumous, 28 August 2015).

External links

• Lina Morgan site
• Lina Morgan at IMDb