Manolita Saval
Born: 1914-02-05 in Paris, France
Died: 2001-08-23
Known For: Acting
Biography
Manolita Saval (5 February 1914 Paris, France – 23 August 2001 Mexico City, Mexico) was a Spanish actress and singer. She studied music and drama in Spain, and began her career performing the opera Marina in Valencia. As a lyric interpreter, she toured Latin America, eventually settling in Mexico in 1938. Over the course of her career, she appeared in over 30 films and television programs, as well as in plays, operettas, and operas. She was born in Paris of Spanish parents and named 'Juana María Saval'. She was the mother of the actor Manuel Saval, and the niece of the Spanish opera singer Vicente Ballester Aparício. Saval died in Mexico City on August 23, 2001 of cardiac arrest due to thrombosis.
Filmography
1991
- Madres egoístas as Rosario Urióstegui
1982
- Vivir enamorada as Merceditas
1979
- La Guerra de los Pasteles as Tía de Suzette
1976
- The Minister and Me as Estrellita
1969
1966
- Esta noche no as Mama Sara
1959
1951
- Arrabalera as Ana María
1947
1946
- La culpable as Margarita
1945
1943
- Los miserables as Cosetta Ponchelevan
- María Eugenia as Raquel
- Adiós juventud as Juanita
1942
1940
- Pobre diablo as Maruja
1939
- El Capitan Aventurero as Carmina