[1][2] Titled in piano at the Madrid Royal Conservatory, María del Puy also pursued declamation studies at the Royal Superior School of Dramatic Art [es] and at the Superior School of Cinema.
On the big screen she worked under Edgar Neville in My Street (1960),[4] with Luis César Amadori in My Last Tango (1960),[5] and Fernando Fernán Gómez in Yo la vi primero (1974).
[1] On stage, she played dozens of characters, in productions such as Duck in Orange Sauce [es] by William Douglas-Home (1972), Caimán [es] by Antonio Buero Vallejo (1981),[6] Un hombre en la puerta (1984), An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen (1985), La puerta del ángel [es] by José López Rubio and directed by Cayetano Luca de Tena [es] (1986),[7] Los tres etcéteras de Don Simón [es] by José María Pemán (1997),[8] and The Children's Hour, in a version by Fernando Méndez-Leite (2004).
[1][9] Beginning in 1956 she dubbed the voices of some of the most distinguished stars of international cinema, such as Shirley MacLaine, Liza Minnelli, Geraldine Chaplin, Ingrid Bergman, Jane Fonda,[1] Katharine Hepburn, and Jaclyn Smith in the first season of Charlie's Angels.
She had roles on dozens of classic shows such as Estudio 1 and Novela [es].