Fernando Fernández Gómez OAXS, MMT (28 August 1921 – 21 November 2007) better known as Fernando Fernán Gómez was a Spanish actor, screenwriter, film director, theater director, novelist, and playwright. Prolific and outstanding in all these fields, he was elected member of the Royal Spanish Academy in 1998. He was born in Lima, Peru while his mother, Spanish actress Carola Fernán-Gómez, was making a tour in Latin America. He would later use her surname for his stage name when he moved to Spain in 1924. Fernán Gómez was regarded as one of Spain's most beloved and respected entertainers. He received two Silver Bears for Best Actor at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts, the National Theater Award, the Gold Medal of the Spanish Film Academy, and six Goya Awards, among other honours. He appeared in 200 films between 1943 and 2006, which included The Spirit of the Beehive (1973), Ana and the Wolves (1973), Mama Turns 100 (1979), Belle Époque (1992), ()