A career woman. Actress and chemist. It was not usual in Spain in the first half of the 20th century, but this particularly charming woman showed drive and determination that undoubtedly caught her attention at her time.

María de Lourdes Gómez-Pamo López del Fresno was artistically known as Maruchi Fresno. She inherited artistic inclinations from her father, Fernando Fresno, a cartoonist and actor.

His film debut came at the age of 18, at the hands of Eusebio Fernández Ardavín , in El agua en el suelo (1934). She, but she was a responsible woman, she studied Chemistry at the same time, becoming one of the first university graduates of the time. She spent the years of the Spanish civil war in Argentina, maintaining her acting activity in the theater.

Back in Spain, he would become a very popular face in Spanish cinema with titles such as Tierra y cielo (1940), again with Fernández Ardavín, Nostalgia (1942) and Spanish Serenade (1947), by Juan de Orduña , Altar mayor ( 1943), by Gonzalo Delgrás, Reina santa (1946), by Rafael Gil , Criminal Brigade (1950) and Historia de una escalera (1950), by Ignacio F. Iquino , and Balarrasa (1950) and Catalina de Inglaterra (1951), by Jose Antonio Nieves Conde. Thanks to her Catalina, he won the Medal of the Circle of Cinematographic Writers and the Fotogramas de Plata. He worked for Ana Mariscal in El camino (1963), and his last major film was La Regenta (1975), by Gonzalo Suárez .

She was married to the author and theater director Juan Guerrero, father of her only child. She worked on television in the legendary program “Estudio 1”, and on stage she did numerous works such as “The Miracle of Ana Sullivan”, “Fedra”, “Satin Shoe”, “Medea”, “Eagle of Blazon” .. .

Among his recognitions and distinctions, the Silver Medal for Merit in Fine Arts and the Medal of Artistic Merit from the Madrid City Council stand out. The Union of Actors gave him an award in 1994 for his entire career.