María Casares was born on November 21, 1922 in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain as María Victoria Casares Pérez. She is known for her work on Les enfants du paradis (1945), Orphée (1950) and Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945). She was married to André Schlesser. She died on November 22, 1996 in Alloue, Charente, France.