Elvira Quintana
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.
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Full filmography
- Amor a balazo limpio (1961) as Chabela
- El pueblo sin Dios (1955) as Cabaretera
- Se alquila marido (1961) as Rita
- ¡Viva Benito Canales! (1966)
- Una pasión me domina (1961)
- Las tapatías nunca pierden (1965) as Griselda Rios
- La divina garza (1963)
- The Curse of the Doll People (1961) as Karina
- Melodías de amor (1955) as Marta (no acreditado)
- Póker de reinas (1960)
- El tiro de gracia (1961)
- Gutierritos (1959) as Rosa
- Lástima de ropa (1962)
- El Siete de Copas (1960) as Rosa
- Every Child a Cross to Bear (1957)
- De hombre a hombre (1961) as Lucha
- Basket of Mexican Tales (1956) as Carmen Ochoa
- Tres palomas alborotadas (1963)
- El vestido de novia (1959) as Rebeca Ponce
- Bolero Inmortal (1958)
- Duelo indio (1961) as Marisela
- Dos hijos desobedientes (1960) as Elvira
- Dios no lo quiera (1957) as Rosa
- Las canciones unidas (1960)