Embody step

Born in Madrid on March 25, 1931, María Encarnación Paso Ramos belonged to a family closely related to the theater, since her father was the playwright Antonio Paso Díaz (“La veneciana”, “La mancha de la mora”), and his uncle the successful Alfonso Paso . 

He made his debut in the Arte Nuevo company, before studying at the Madrid Conservatory. He then joined the Milagros Leal company , triumphing with productions of works such as “Things of men and women”, by Eduardo Manzanos. He made his film debut in 1948, with a small role in Anchor Button . It is followed by well-known titles such as Locura de amor, Vuelve San Valentín , Cousin Angélica or Family Portrait . On television, he appears in the legendary program  Estudio 1 and in series such as Segunda Enseñanza and Ramón y Cajal . 

Although she dedicates herself above all to the theater, triumphing with “El comprador de horas”, “La muerte de un viajante” or “El pato silvestre”, she achieved the peak of her popularity when José Luis Garci offered her the main female role in 1981. Start over . She plays Elena, the youthful love of an exiled Literature professor who has won the Nobel Prize for Literature ( Antonio Ferrandis ). ” Encarna Paso is a revelation of Spanish cinema”, declared the director. After the film won the Academy Award, he was offered larger roles, in titles like Demonios en el jardín , by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón , La colmena ,or The Animated Forest , by José Luis Cuerda . Garci retrieves it for Continuous Session .

She was linked to an artistic agent, father of her sons, the actors, Juan Calot  and Patricia Calot, and to a theater manager. She retired from the stage in 2005, after starring in “Yo, Claudio”, with Héctor Alterio . “She decided to retire then without big announcements. She had worked a lot and wanted to rest, be at home, walk, read. They called her many times to do things on television and in the theater, but she always said no,” says  Juan Calot  .