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
- Las tapatías nunca pierden as Griselda Rios
- Tintansón Cruzoe
1964
1961
- Una pasión me domina
- Amor a balazo limpio as Chabela
- El tiro de gracia
- The Curse of the Doll People as Karina
- Duelo indio as Marisela
- De hombre a hombre as Lucha
- Tres Romeos y una Julieta
- Se alquila marido as Rita
- Bonitas las Tapatias
1960
- El 7 de Copas as Rosa
- Los tigres del ring
- Póker de reinas
- Dos hijos desobedientes as Elvira
- The Law of Guns as María
- Peligros de juventud
- Las canciones unidas
1959
- El vestido de novia as Rebeca Ponce
- 800 Leagues Over the Amazon as Minha
- Gutierritos as Rosa
1958
- La mafia del crimen as Linda
- Bolero Inmortal
1956
- Basket of Mexican Tales as Carmen Ochoa
1955
- El pueblo sin Dios as Cabaretera
- Lo que le pasó a Sansón as Myriam
- La mujer X as Invitada a fiesta (uncredited)
- Melodías de amor as Marta (no acreditado)
- The Cha Cha Cha Widows