Biography

María José Goyanes Muñoz (born 8 December 1948) is a Spanish actress. María José Goyanes belongs to a family with a long artistic tradition: her grandfather was the actor Alfonso Muñoz, her mother the actress Mimí Muñoz, and her sisters Vicky Lagos, Mara, and Concha Goyanes. She was married to the producer and theater director Manuel Collado Sillero. Their son, Javier Collado, is also an actor.She began working in the theater while still a child, performing with José María Rodero in El caballero de las espuelas de oro. She also made her debut in cinema and television when she was not yet 15. A dedicated theatrical actress, she formed her own company, staging works such as Chekhov's The Seagull.Goyanes was the subject of a scandal during the 1975 production of the play Equus. In her role, alongside José Luis López Vázquez and Juan Ribó, she appeared topless, the first time this had occurred in Spanish theater since the end of Francoist censorship.Her first big-screen appearance was in 1960's A Ray of Light by Luis Lucia, which also marked the debut of the prodigy Marisol. However her film career has not been extensive, comprising fewer than ten roles, almost all in the 1960s, including Megatón Ye-Ye (1965) by Jesús Yagüe, ¿Qué hacemos con los hijos? (1967), Los chicos del Preu (1967), and Novios 68 (1967), the last three by Pedro Lazaga.

She has had a more prominent presence on television, appearing on dozens of Televisión Española (TVE) shows, such as Novela and Estudio 1, notably her two interpretations of Doña Inés in Don Juan Tenorio (1968 and 1973) and of Paula in Tres sombreros de copa (1978).She is also known for acting in the series El olivar de Atocha (1988), Yo, una mujer with Concha Velasco (1996), Yo soy Bea as Alicia Echegaray (2008–2009), and Hospital Central. In 2016 and 2017 she played Ana María, marquise of Madrigales, in Amar es para siempre.