She was born María del Carmen Porcel Bares in Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Spain, on December 16th 1902. She was the older sister of actor Pedro Porcel and the aunt of actors Marisa and Jorge Porcel. Carmen was married to actor Luis Vilar, and they had 2 children who also became actors, José and Lola Vilar.[1]
IMDb lists one title from 1941 which I have been unable to confirm. Besides that, her known film career commenced in 1953 and she worked steadily until the end of the 1960's. Spanish cinema had an abundance of perennially-middle-aged actresses, of which Carmen was a typical example, who would play the supporting roles of mothers, governesses, landladies and town gossips, there to cast a disapproving eye over the behaviour of the younger generation. In addition to her film work she is reported to have also been a theatre actress.
Carmen died in Lima, Peru in 1984, date unknown.
- Bella, la salvaje .... Viviana (credited)
1954 - Amor sobre ruedas .... Taxi passenger (credited)
1956 - La chica del barrio .... Dress shop customer (credited)
1957 - El hombre que viajaba despacito .... Telegraph office clerk (credited)
- Fulano y Mengano .... Generous woman (credited)
1958 - El inquilino .... Receptionist (credited)
- Las chicas de la Cruz Roja .... Landlady (credited)
- Su desconsolada esposa .... Soledad Martínez (credited)
1959 - Música de ayer .... Señora Tomasa (credited)
- Y después del cuplé .... Gossiping woman at the fair (credited)
1960 - Días de feria .... Mayor's wife (credited)
- Don Lucio y el hermano Pío .... Cook (credited)
- La reina del Tabarín .... Onlooker in the street (credited)
- Un ángel tuvo la culpa .... Neighbour (credited)
- Un bruto para Patricia .... Landlady (credited)
1961 - Fray Escoba .... Mother Superior (credited)
1962 - ¿Chico o chica? .... Tita (credited)
- Aprendiendo a morir .... Lucia (credited)
- Gritos en la noche .... Madame Gold (credited)
- La reina del Chantecler .... Maid (uncredited)
- Sabían demasiado .... Margarita's mother (credited)
- Teresa de Jesús .... Housekeeper (credited)
1963 - La pandilla de los once .... Gangster wife (credited)
- La revoltosa .... Laundry mistress (credited)
- La Tela de araña .... Señora Gomez (credited)
- Se necesita chico .... Señora de Linarejo (credited)
1964 - La chica del gato .... Doña Chuncha (credited as "Carmen Porcell")
1965 - El cálido verano del Sr. Rodríguez .... Neighbour (credited)
- El proscrito del río Colorado .... Housekeeper (credited)
- Un vampiro para dos .... Woman waiting to use the toilet (uncredited)
1966 - Acompáñame .... Radio actress (credited)
- Jugando a morir .... Doña Manuela (credited)
- La busca .... Witness to the killing (credited)
1967 - El hombre que mató a Billy el Niño .... Mrs. Patterson (credited)
1970 - Don Erre que erre .... Woman in the bank (credited)
- Los hombres las prefieren viudas .... Leader of the jealous wives (credited)
- Polizón a bordo (1941) IMDb
- La mestiza (1956) IMDb
- Ángeles sin cielo (1957) IMDb as Encarna
- Familia provisional (1958) IMDb
- Llovidos del cielo (1962) EdCE
- El timido (1965) IMDb
- Crisis mortal (1970) IMDb as Desmond's mother
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