Teresa Gimpera Flaquer was born in
Igualada,
province of Barcelona, on 21 September 1936. Her parents were both teachers, and grew up in the Sant Andreu neighbourhood of
Barcelona. Her first job was with
Leopoldo Pomés as an advertisement model. She later made her film debut in
Fata Morgana (1965). She went on to star in numerous films throughout the 1960s and 1970s. She married
Octavio Sarsanedas, who worked in advertising at the
Seix Barral publishing house. They had three children, Marc, Job, and Joan. In 1990, she married U.S. actor
Craig Hill; he had moved to Barcelona, Spain where he had found work in
Spaghetti Westerns. They were married for 24 years until Hill's death in April 2014. Gimpera died in Barcelona on 23 July 2024, at the age of 87 from a
cancer. ==Selected filmography==