What is Berta Riaza?
{{Infobox person | name = Berta Riaza | birth_name = Berta Riaza Gómez | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|7|27|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Madrid]], [[Spain]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|7|24|1927|7|27|df=y}} | death_place = Madrid, Spain | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1947&ndash;2003 }} '''Berta Riaza Gómez''' (27 July 1927 – 24 July 2022) was a Spanish actress. She was in over 100 movies and 60 stage shows during her near-60 year career. ==Life== Born in [[Madrid]], she began her career in 1947 on a stage play titled ''[[Historia de una casa]]''. In 1959, she made her movie debut with ''[[Diez fusiles esperan]]''. Her best known movie roles include: ''[[Entre tinieblas]]'' (1983), ''[[Luces de bohemia]]'' (1985), ''[[El placer de matar]]'' (1988) and ''El Puzzle'' (2000). Her career mainly was focused on movies and stage roles. However, she appeared in a few television shows with [[Televisión Española]]. In 1980, she starred as Doña Guillermina in the miniseries ''[[Fortunata y Jacinta]]''. In 2003, Riaza retired saying that the only roles she was getting were in unpopular stage plays.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://elpais.com/diario/2004/08/09/ultima/1092002401_850215.html|title= ''Me retiro. Estoy cansada, necesito disfrutar trabajando'' |newspaper= El País |editor= [[El País]] |language=es |date= 9 August 2004|access-date= 13 November 2012}}</ref> Riaza died on 24 July 2022 in [[Madrid]], three days before her 95th birthday.<ref>[https://www.elmundo.es/cultura/teatro/2022/07/24/62dd3297fdddffb0898b4573.html Muere a los 94 años la actriz Berta Riaza] {{in lang|es}}</ref> ==Awards== * [[National Theater Award (Spain)|National Theater Award]] (1992) * [[Union of Actors Award for Best Secondary Theater Performance]] (1995) * [[Union of Actors Lifetime Award]] (1997) * [[Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (Spain)|Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts]] (2007) ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0722703}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Riaza, Berta}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Cat