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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 7, 1935
Died
August 8, 1968
Place of Birth
Montijo, Spain
Elvira Quintana
0.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
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5.0
Los años verdes
1967
5.0
¡Viva Benito Canales!
1966
5.6
Tintansón Cruzoe
1965
5.0
Griselda Rios
Las tapatías nunca pierden
1965
5.0
Amparo
Me llaman el cantaclaro
1964
5.2
Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
1964
5.0
Elvira
Tres muchachas de Jalisco
1964
5.0
Los derechos de los hijos
1963
4.4
Tres palomas alborotadas
1963
5.0
La divina garza
1963
Credits
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Los años verdes
1967
5.0
¡Viva Benito Canales!
1966
5.0
Tintansón Cruzoe
1965
5.6
Las tapatías nunca pierden
as Griselda Rios
1965
5.0
Me llaman el cantaclaro
as Amparo
1964
5.0
Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
1964
5.2
Tres muchachas de Jalisco
as Elvira
1964
5.0
Los derechos de los hijos
1963
5.0
Tres palomas alborotadas
1963
4.4
La divina garza
1963
5.0
Lástima de ropa
1962
6.2
Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
1962
5.5
Se alquila marido
as Rita
1961
5.0
Amor a balazo limpio
as Chabela
1961
5.0
De hombre a hombre
as Lucha
1961
4.2
Bonitas las Tapatias
1961
5.0
Duelo indio
as Marisela
1961
5.0
The Curse of the Doll People
as Karina
1961
6.3
El tiro de gracia
1961
5.0
Una pasión me domina
1961
5.0
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Tres Romeos y una Julieta
1961
5.0
Dos hijos desobedientes
as Elvira
1960
5.2
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The Law of Guns
as María
1960
5.0
Las canciones unidas
1960
5.5
Peligros de juventud
1960
4.5
El Siete de Copas
as Rosa
1960
5.6
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Póker de reinas
1960
5.0
Los tigres del ring
1960
5.0
Gutierritos
as Rosa
1959
6.1
800 Leagues Over the Amazon
as Minha
1959
5.0
El vestido de novia
as Rebeca Ponce
1959
5.6
Bolero Inmortal
1958
7.0
La mafia del crimen
as Linda
1958
4.3
El caudillo
1957
5.0
Dios no lo quiera
as Rosa
1957
5.5
Each child, a cross
1957
5.0
Diabolical Kidnapping
1957
5.0
Basket of Mexican Tales
as Carmen Ochoa
1956
7.0
Melodías de amor
as Marta (no acreditado)
1955
5.0
Lo que le pasó a Sansón
as Myriam
1955
7.0
The Cha Cha Cha Widows
1955
5.4
El pueblo sin Dios
as Cabaretera
1955
6.3
El misterio del carro express
1953
5.0