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Elvira Quintana
Born · November 7, 1935
Died · August 8, 1968 (32 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Montijo, Spain
Bio
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.
Los años verdes
5.0
1967
¡Viva Benito Canales!
5.0
1966
Tintansón Cruzoe
5.6
1965
Las tapatías nunca pierden
Griselda Rios
5.0
1965
Me llaman el cantaclaro
Amparo
5.0
1964
Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
5.2
1964
Tres muchachas de Jalisco
Elvira
5.0
1964
Los derechos de los hijos
5.0
1963
Tres palomas alborotadas
4.4
1963
La divina garza
5.0
1963
Lástima de ropa
6.2
1962
Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
5.5
1962
Se alquila marido
Rita
5.0
1961
Amor a balazo limpio
Chabela
5.0
1961
Bonitas las Tapatias
5.0
1961
Duelo indio
Marisela
5.0
1961
The Curse of the Doll People
Karina
6.3
1961
El tiro de gracia
5.0
1961
Una pasión me domina
5.0
1961
Three Romeos and One Juliet
5.0
1961
Dos hijos desobedientes
Elvira
5.2
1960
La ley de las pistolas
5.0
1960
Las canciones unidas
5.5
1960
Peligros de juventud
4.5
1960
El Siete de Copas
5.6
1960
Póker de reinas
5.0
1960
Los tigres del ring
5.0
1960
Gutierritos
Rosa
6.1
1959
800 Leagues Over the Amazon
Minha
5.0
1959
El vestido de novia
Rebeca Ponce
5.6
1959
Bolero Inmortal
6.8
1958
La mafia del crimen
4.3
1958
El caudillo
5.0
1957
Dios no lo quiera
Rosa
5.0
1957
Each child, a cross
5.0
1957
Diabolical Kidnapping
5.0
1957
Basket of Mexican Tales
Carmen Ochoa
6.8
1956
Melodías de amor
Marta (no acreditado)
5.0
1955
Lo que le pasó a Sansón
Myriam
6.9
1955
The Cha Cha Cha Widows
5.4
1955
El pueblo sin Dios
Cabaretera
5.0
1955
El vendedor de muñecas
4.8
1955
El misterio del carro express
5.0
1953