Elvira Quintana
Acting
Born 1935-11-07
Died 1968-08-08
Montijo, Spain
42 credits
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Spanish-born Mexican actress, singer, and poet. her family migrated to Mexico when she was 5 years old. She began her career working in theatre and later participated in films as an extra. Her first important role was as Carmen Ochoa in "Una solución inesperada", a segment of the drama film Canasta de cuentos mexicanos (1956). She then enrolled in the National Association of Actors' theatre and film institute (Instituto Teatral y Cinematográfico). She was given her first starring role in El buen ladrón (1957) before her breakthrough in Bolero inmortal (1958), in which she debuted as a singer; the film's soundtrack album, for which she recorded songs, was a commercial success throughout Hispanic America. She starred opposite Pedro Armendáriz, her favorite actor, in Dos hijos desobedientes (1960). Greatly admired by audiences for her beauty and talent, she became one of the most popular Mexican performers of the 1960s.
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Filmography
Acting
20 credits
Las tapatías nunca pierden
El pueblo sin Dios
800 Leagues Over the Amazon
Melodías de amor
Amor a balazo limpio
Se alquila marido
El vestido de novia
Basket of Mexican Tales
Gutierritos
Me llaman el cantaclaro
The Curse of the Doll People
La mafia del crimen
Duelo indio
El Siete de Copas
Dos hijos desobedientes
Dios no lo quiera
De hombre a hombre
Tres muchachas de Jalisco
Lo que le pasó a Sansón
The Law of Guns
Other credits
22 credits
Póker de reinas
Una pasión me domina
¡Viva Benito Canales!
La divina garza
Lástima de ropa
Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
Los tigres del ring
Every Child a Cross to Bear
The Cha Cha Cha Widows
Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
Peligros de juventud
Tintansón Cruzoe
Tres palomas alborotadas
El caudillo
Las canciones unidas
El tiro de gracia
Los años verdes
Bonitas las Tapatias
Diabolical Kidnapping
Los derechos de los hijos
Bolero Inmortal
Tres Romeos y una Julieta
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