Elvira Quintana
Born: 1935-11-07 in Montijo, Spain
Died: 1968-08-08
Known For: Acting
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
1967
1965
- Tintansón Cruzoe
- Las tapatías nunca pierden as Griselda Rios
1964
1961
- The Curse of the Doll People as Karina
- Duelo indio as Marisela
- Tres Romeos y una Julieta
- De hombre a hombre as Lucha
- Una pasión me domina
- El tiro de gracia
- Se alquila marido as Rita
- Amor a balazo limpio as Chabela
- Bonitas las Tapatias
1960
- El Siete de Copas as Rosa
- Póker de reinas
- Los tigres del ring
- Peligros de juventud
- The Law of Guns as María
- Dos hijos desobedientes as Elvira
- Las canciones unidas
1959
- 800 Leagues Over the Amazon as Minha
- Gutierritos as Rosa
- El vestido de novia as Rebeca Ponce
1958
- Bolero Inmortal
- La mafia del crimen as Linda
1956
- Basket of Mexican Tales as Carmen Ochoa
1955
- El pueblo sin Dios as Cabaretera
- Melodías de amor as Marta (no acreditado)
- The Cha Cha Cha Widows
- Lo que le pasó a Sansón as Myriam