Elvira Quintana

Elvira Quintana (32)

1935-11-07 - 1968-08-08 | Montijo, Spain

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.

On Movies

  • Las tapatías nunca pierden
  • Me llaman el cantaclaro
  • Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
  • Se alquila marido
  • Amor a balazo limpio
  • The Curse of the Doll People
  • El Siete de Copas
  • 800 Leagues Over the Amazon
  • El vestido de novia
  • Bolero Inmortal
  • El caudillo
  • Dios no lo quiera
  • Each child, a cross
  • Basket of Mexican Tales
  • Lo que le pasó a Sansón
  • The Cha Cha Cha Widows
  • El pueblo sin Dios
  • El vendedor de muñecas
  • El misterio del carro express

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