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Sara Montiel

Acting Born Mar 10, 1928 Campo de Criptana, Ciudad Real, Spain 24 credits

Biography

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Sara Montiel (also Sarita Montiel or Saritísima; 10 March 1928 – 8 April 2013) was a Spanish singer and actress. She was a naturalized citizen of Mexico. Montiel was born in Campo de Criptana in the region of Castile–La Mancha in 1928 as María Antonia Abad (complete name María Antonia Alejandra Vicenta Elpidia Isidora Abad Fernández). After her work in Juan de Orduña's El Último Cuplé in 1957, Montiel worked in Europe, Latin America and United States. Montiel's film Varietes was banned in Beijing in 1973. Her films El Último Cuple and La Violetera netted the highest gross revenues ever recorded for films made in the Spanish speaking movie industry during the 1950s/60s. She played the role of Antonia, the niece of Don Quixote, in the 1947 Spanish film version of Cervantes's great novel.

She was portrayed in the Pedro Almodóvar film Bad Education by a male actor in drag (Gael García Bernal) as the cross-dressing character Zahara, and a film clip from one of her movies was used as well.

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Known for

De pé a pá

as Self
Film

Bad Education

as Soledad (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film

Vera Cruz

as Nina

Full filmography

  • Legends (2006) as Self
  • De pé a pá (1996) as Self
  • Bad Education (2004) as Soledad (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Vera Cruz (1954) as Nina
  • Super Sara (2025) as Self (archive footage)
  • Tuset Street (1968) as Violeta Riscal
  • Run of the Arrow (1957) as Yellow Moccasin
  • Locura de amor (1948) as Aldara
  • Serenade (1956) as Juana Montes
  • Ahí viene Martín Corona (1952) as Rosario
  • Queen of the Chantecler (1962) as La bella Charito
  • Pecado de amor (1961) as Magda Beltrán / Sor Belén
  • Mi último tango (1960) as Marta Andreu
  • Don Quixote (1947) as Antonia
  • Varietés (1971)
  • The Devil Made a Woman (1959) as Carmen
  • That Man from Tangier (1953) as Aixa
  • La vida de Pedro Infante (1966) as (archive footage)
  • Casablanca, Nest of Spies (1963) as Teresa Vilar
  • Pequeñeces (1950) as Monique
  • El capitán Veneno (1950)
  • The Woman from Beirut (1965) as Isabel Llanos
  • The Violet Seller (1958) as Soledad Moreno
  • Barefoot in the Kitchen (2013) as (archive footage)