{{Short description|Spanish actress (1929–2019)}} {{family name hatnote|Paso|Ramos|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox person | name = Encarna Paso | image = Fabia, de El Caballero de Olmedo.jpg | caption = Paso in 2016 | birth_name = María de la Encarnación Paso Ramos | birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|03|25|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Madrid]], [[Spain]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|08|18|1931|03|25|df=y}} | death_place = Madrid, Spain | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1948–2019 }}
'''María de la Encarnación Paso Ramos ''' (25 March 1929 – 18 August 2019), better known as '''Encarna Paso''', was a Spanish film and television actress.<ref>Schwartz p.183</ref>
== Biography == Daughter of playwright Antonio Paso Díaz, granddaughter of Antonio Paso y Cano and niece granddaughter of [[Manuel Paso|Manuel Paso Cano]], niece of Enrique Paso, Manuel Paso and [[Alfonso Paso]], also playwrights, and actresses Mercedes Paso, Maruja Paso, Elisa Paso and Soledad Paso. Mother of actor Juan Calot (together with the late actress Yolanda Ríos) and Patricia Calot, dedicated to cultural management. Grandmother of the actors Alicia Calot and Edgar Calot.
She died on 18 August 2019 in Madrid at the age of 88 from [[pneumonia]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/gente/20190818/464140520619/muere-actriz-encarna-paso.html |title=Muere la actriz Encarna Paso |date=18 August 2019 |access-date=18 August 2019 |newspaper=[[La Vanguardia]] |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.es/play/cine/noticias/abci-muere-encarna-paso-actriz-protagonista-mitica-volver-empezar-201908181618_noticia.html |title=Muere Encarna Paso, la actriz protagonista de la mítica "Volver a empezar" |author=EFE |author-link=EFE |date=18 August 2019 |access-date=18 August 2019 |newspaper=[[ABC (Spain)|ABC]] |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/08/18/actualidad/1566129622_750158.html |title=Muere la actriz Encarna Paso a los 88 años |first=Margot |last=Molina |date=18 August 2019 |access-date=18 August 2019 |newspaper=[[El País]] |language=es |location=Madrid |publisher=[[Prisa]]}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== * ''[[The Curious Impertinent]]'' (1953) * ''[[Queen of The Chantecler]]'' (1962) * ''[[The Mustard Grain]]'' (1962) * ''[[The Glass Ceiling (film)|The Glass Ceiling]]'' (1971) * ''[[Retrato de Familia (film)|Retrato de Familia]]'' (1976) * ''[[Begin the Beguine (film)|Begin the Beguine]]'' (1982), first Spanish film to win an [[Academy Award]]. * ''[[La colmena (film)|La colmena]]'' (1982) * ''[[Sesión continua]]'' (1984)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Bibliography== * Ronald Schwartz. ''Great Spanish Films Since 1950''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0664661}}
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