Elvira Quintana
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 7, 1935
- Died
- August 8, 1968 (aged 32)
- Birthplace
- Montijo, Spain
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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Filmography
Los años verdes
Movie
¡Viva Benito Canales!
Movie
Las tapatías nunca pierden
Movie · as Griselda Rios
Tintansón Cruzoe
Movie
Tres muchachas de Jalisco
Movie · as Elvira
Me llaman el cantaclaro
Movie · as Amparo
Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
Movie
Los derechos de los hijos
Movie
La divina garza
Movie
Tres palomas alborotadas
Movie
Lástima de ropa
Movie
Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
Movie
Tres Romeos y una Julieta
Movie
Se alquila marido
Movie · as Rita
Duelo indio
Movie · as Marisela
Una pasión me domina
Movie
The Curse of the Doll People
Movie · as Karina
Bonitas las Tapatias
Movie
Amor a balazo limpio
Movie · as Chabela
El tiro de gracia
Movie
De hombre a hombre
Movie · as Lucha
Los laureles
Movie · as Rosita
Enterrado vivo
Movie · as Marisela
Póker de reinas
Movie
Dos hijos desobedientes
Movie · as Elvira
The Law of Guns
Movie · as María
El 7 de Copas
Movie · as Rosa
Los tigres del ring
Movie
Las canciones unidas
Movie
Peligros de juventud
Movie
Pistolas invencibles
Movie · as Carmen Montenegro
Revolver en guardia
Movie · as Luz María
El torneo de la muerte
Movie · as Minerva
800 Leagues Over the Amazon
Movie · as Minha
Gutierritos
Movie · as Rosa
El vestido de novia
Movie · as Rebeca Ponce
Bolero Inmortal
Movie
La mafia del crimen
Movie · as Linda
Un vago sin oficio
Movie
Diabolical Kidnapping
Movie
El caudillo
Movie
Every Child a Cross to Bear
Movie
Dios no lo quiera
Movie · as Rosa
El buen ladrón
Movie
Furias desatadas
Movie · as Minerva
Basket of Mexican Tales
Movie · as Carmen Ochoa
New faces
Movie
The Cha Cha Cha Widows
Movie
El pueblo sin Dios
Movie · as Cabaretera
Lo que le pasó a Sansón
Movie · as Myriam
Melodías de amor
Movie · as Marta (no acreditado)
La mujer X
Movie · as Invitada a fiesta (uncredited)
El túnel 6
Movie · as Luz María novia de Ramón
El vendedor de muñecas
Movie · as Secretaria de Roberto