Biography
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.
Filmography
all 46
Movies 46
Los años verdes (1967)
¡Viva Benito Canales! (1966)
Tintansón Cruzoe (1965)
Las tapatías nunca pierden (1965)
Me llaman el cantaclaro (1964)
Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s) (1964)
Tres muchachas de Jalisco (1964)
Los derechos de los hijos (1963)
Tres palomas alborotadas (1963)
La divina garza (1963)
Lástima de ropa (1962)
Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert) (1962)
Se alquila marido (1961)
Amor a balazo limpio (1961)
Bonitas las Tapatias (1961)
La muerte en el puente (1961)
Duelo indio (1961)
The Curse of the Doll People (1961)
El tiro de gracia (1961)
Una pasión me domina (1961)
Los laureles (1961)
Three Romeos and One Juliet (1961)
Dos hijos desobedientes (1960)
La ley de las pistolas (1960)
Las canciones unidas (1960)
Peligros de juventud (1960)
El siete de copas (1960)
Póker de reinas (1960)
Los tigres del ring (1960)
Pistolas invencibles (1960)
Gutierritos (1959)
Gutierritos (1959)
800 Leagues Over the Amazon (1959)
El vestido de novia (1959)
Bolero Inmortal (1958)
La mafia del crimen (1958)
El caudillo (1957)
Dios no lo quiera (1957)
Each child, a cross (1957)
Diabolical Kidnapping (1957)
Basket of Mexican Tales (1956)
Lo que le pasó a Sansón (1955)
The Cha Cha Cha Widows (1955)
El pueblo sin Dios (1955)
El vendedor de muñecas (1955)
El misterio del carro express (1953)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1935-11-07
Deathday1968-08-08 (32 years old)
Birth NameElvira Catalina Quintana Molina
Birth PlaceMontijo Spain, Spain
CitizenshipsMexico, Spain
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