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Ágata Lys

Ágata Lys

Actor · Died November 12, 2021, aged 67 · Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain

Actress (b. Valladolid, Spain, Dec. 3, 1953). After having studied simultaneously Philosophy and Art and Speech (both careers remained unfinished), she became a household name overnight as one of the pretty and "bespectacled" hostesses of the top-rated TV contest "1, 2, 3, Responda Otra Vez", where she popularized what was going to be her early screen persona: platinum blonde-dyed hair, provocative ways and a sensuality always ready to break out. She made her film debut in 1972, at 19, and acquired an enormous popularity thanks to her tremendous sex-appeal and a clever promotion campaign that exploited a certain similarity between her looks and those of the late Marilyn Monroe to the extent of making a successful movie named precisely "The New Marilyn" (1976). She kept this image for a while (especially in her spectacular TV appearances in the mid-70s), but eventually got tired of it and decided to cut off her hair completely (she did it herself with a pair of scissors borrowed from a filming kit) and let it grow its natural dark colour again. Blonde or brunette, Lys grabbed a long string of femme fatale roles in films of each and every genre (thrillers, comedies, dramas, westerns, etc.) and turned into some kind of domestic myth at that time. (She also had the advantage of owning a fine diction that matched her thought-provoking voice perfectly, so, unlike some other actresses of that era, she didn't need to be dubbed.) Anyway, after leading her bold image one step further in the late 70s, she decided to stop making films and concentrate on her theatrical work, that she had started in 1973 playing Dª Inés de Ulloa in Zorrilla's "Don Juan Tenorio" with her own company. In the 1980s she focused her activity on recording music (which she did with real gusto and vocal dexterity), performing in both musical shows and dramatic or comic plays in which she displayed an image far removed from the one that shot her to fame and even making more sporadic appearances on TV (playing, for example, a splendid Portia on a small-screen adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Merchant Of Venice"). The late 80s saw her returning to the movies and scoring some films of uneven success and quality, although she has always risen to the occasion. In any case, she is still an underestimated actress, though she has proved capable of giving such amusing characterizations as that of "Avisa A Curro Jiménez" (1978), where she seemed almost unrecognizable. Now she leads a rather reclusive life when not working (in contrast to the antics and eccentricities of her early career) and, although she has never married, she enjoys a very stable relationship with Fernando, her partner of some 20 years. Hers is really one of those examples of body-with-a-brain-on-top-to-match, and hopefully she will still be around for a large number of years. - IMDb Mini Biography By: alberto mallofré

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 3, 1953
Died
November 12, 2021 (aged 67)
From
Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain
Works as
Actor
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 52 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 6% in 30 days

What are Ágata Lys' films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
32%
Power
22%
Bonds
20%
Self
20%
Society
6%
Justice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 0

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
2
Absurd
1
Thrilling
1
Warm
2
Contemplative
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Fun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ágata Lys' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ágata Lys' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

52 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Barefoot in the Kitchen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as (archive footage)

  • Love in Difficult Times (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 202 episodes · as Eulalia de la Torre de Ayala

  • Mala uva (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Puri

  • Kill Me Tender(2003)

    as Pastora

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Corazón de bombón (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Marga

  • Puerta con puerta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 13 episodes · as Josefina

  • Pintadas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Tania

  • An Internal Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Viuda Anglada

  • Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Sole

  • Taxi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Reme

  • Curro Jiménez, the Return of a Legend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 3 episodes · as Condesa

  • The Return of the Musketeers(1989)

    as Duchesse de Longueville

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Holy Innocents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Doña Pura

  • Una mujer y un cobarde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Actor

  • Trauma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Veronica

  • Avisa a Curro Jiménez(1978)

    as Henriette

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Deseo carnal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Margot

  • The Frenchman's Garden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Charo

  • Pasión inconfesable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Adela

  • The Transsexual (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Lona

  • Las marginadas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Cristina

  • Las desarraigadas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Andrea Ray

  • Sexy... amor y fantasía (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Ángela

  • El erotismo y la informática (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Adela Martínez

  • The Waitresses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Susana

  • La saga de los Rius (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 13 episodes · as Lula

  • La nueva Marilyn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Teresa

  • Sábado, chica, motel ¡qué lío aquel! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Elisa

  • Fango (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Marion

  • La iniciación en el amor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Licenia

  • Al fin solos, pero... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Actor

  • La noche de los cien pájaros (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Mónica

  • The Lively Vampires of Vögel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Ethel

  • El último tango en Madrid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Actor

  • Valley of the Dancing Widows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as María

  • Strip-tis a la inglesa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Actor

  • Una mujer de cabaret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Laura

  • Sex o no sex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Chica sexy

  • Bloody Vacation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Sharon

  • Los fríos senderos del crimen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Helen

  • Pasqualino Cammarata... capitano di fregata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Novella Ferraris

  • Los Kalatrava contra el imperio del karate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Ágata

  • El último viaje (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Cati

  • Onofre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Asunción

  • The Deadly Triangle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Margot

  • Ella (Trágica obsesión) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Actor

  • Me has hecho perder el juicio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Charo

  • Three Supermen of the West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Yolanda / Agata

  • Tequila! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Ingrid Cogan

  • Knife of Ice(1972)

    as (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Masked Thief(1971)

    as Antonietta Pickford

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • De espaldas a la puerta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Princesa

Career shape

Star power in the 86th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 52 titles from 1959 to 2013; peak year 1996.

Biggest box office

Kill Me Tender (2003)

$731K worldwide

Most popular right now

Avisa a Curro Jiménez (1978)

Film career

19592013

Peak 1996 · their film career is on the way up. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1972Screen debut· Knife of Ice
  • 1978First top-billed film· Trauma

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting52 of 52: 52 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score36th

By decade

1950s1 · acting1970s38 · acting1980s2 · acting1990s6 · acting2000s4 · acting2010s1 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 17% of 6 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Ágata Lys' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 36th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 41st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

21stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 3 are Broadly Agreed.

  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed2

Most loved · actor

Kill Me Tender (2003)

Midcredits 39th · 40% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Ágata Lys work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ágata Lys' MovieCove titles; Francisco Sanz shares the most, 2.