Alfonso Paso

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1926-09-12

Deathday 1978-07-10 (51 years old)

Place of Birth Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Alfonso Paso

Biography

Alfonso Paso (12 September 1926 – 10 July 1978) was a Spanish dramatist. He wrote over a hundred plays, mainly light comedies, sometimes laced with black humour and tragedy. There were also police dramas and examples of what he called "social theatre". He was known for the well crafted complexity of his plots and for the originality of his situations and characters. Alfonso Paso Gil was born into a "theatre dynasty" in Madrid. His father was the Zarzuela playwright and librettist Antonio Paso y Cano (1878–1950). His mother was the actress Juana Gil. Early on he abandoned a career as an aeronautical engineer and turned to the study of Philosophy and Literature, graduating in 1952 and focusing on American History and Archeology. Later he studied Medicine and Psychiatry, then switching again, this time to journalism. He would continue to work as a journalist until the mid-1970s. He married Evangelina Jardiel, daughter of Enrique Jardiel Poncela (1901–1952). Their children included the actress Paloma Paso Jardiel. Although he often worked as an actor, his more lasting notability results from his work as a writer.

Known For

Writer

1977
1977
1973
El canto de la cigarra

as Theatre Play

1973
1973
1972
Ligue Story

as Screenplay

1970
1970
1970
1970
Alta comedia

as Theatre Play

1969
Españolear

as Screenplay

1969
Cuatro noches de boda

as Screenplay

1968
Este cura

as Story

1968
1967
Si quiero

as Writer

1967
1967
1966
Life is formidable

as Theatre Play

1966
1966
1965
1965
Fiebre de primavera

as Theatre Play

1964
1964
The Palomos

as Story

1963
1963
1962
1962
Salto mortal

as Writer

1961
1961
1960
Navidades en junio

as Screenplay

1959
1958
1957
Susanna and Me

as Writer

1955
Blocked paths

as Writer

1955
1954
Merry Christmas

as Writer

1954
1948

Actor

1976
Mauricio, mon amour

as Enfermo en la clínica

1974
Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar

as Alfonso Paso, miembro del jurado (uncredited)

1973
El abuelo tiene un plan

as Dr. Juan G. Bolt

1972
Ligue Story

as Señor del anuncio (uncredited)

1967
Amor a la española

as Van Criep

1966

Director

1972
Ligue Story

as Director

1970
1970
La otra residencia

as Director

1969

Crew

1957
Un tesoro en el cielo

as Additional Dialogue

1956
La fierecilla domada

as Additional Dialogue