Sara Montiel
Biography
Sara Montiel was a Spanish singer and actress. Born as María Antonia Abad on March 10, 1928, in Campo de Criptana, Castile–La Mancha, Spain. Montiel worked in the film industry, appearing in notable films such as El Último Cuplé and La Violetera, which achieved high box office revenues in the Spanish-speaking movie industry. Her film Varietes was banned in Beijing in 1973. Montiel's career spanned multiple continents, including Europe, Latin America, and the United States. She was a naturalized citizen of Mexico. Montiel passed away on April 8, 2013, at the age of 85.
Career overview
Sara Montiel was a Spanish singer and actress who worked in various countries including Europe, Latin America, and the United States. After her work in Juan de Orduña's El Último Cuplé in 1957, Montiel began her international career. Her film Varietes was banned in Beijing in 1973.
Montiel's films, including El Último Cuple and La Violetera, achieved significant commercial success, becoming the highest grossing films in the Spanish-speaking movie industry. The details of her specific acting credits are not provided, but it is known that she appeared in numerous films and possibly television shows throughout her career.
Montiel was a naturalized citizen of Mexico and was born in Campo de Criptana, Spain in 1928. She passed away in 2013 at the age of 85. The specific titles of her films, such as Špatná výchova, Necesito dinero, and Cárcel de mujeres, are mentioned in separate sources, but their relation to Montiel's career is not explicitly stated in the provided information.
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- Trainsmoking (2025)
- Super Sara (2025) as Self (archive footage)
- La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961) (2022) as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- Todos los nombres de Sara (2019) as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- Barefoot in the Kitchen (2013) as (archive footage)
- Enrique Herreros (2011) as Self - Actress
- Legends (2006) as Self
- 80s: El soundtrack de una generación (2006) as Self (archive footage)
- Singing to the Gods: Mario Lanza (2005) as Self
- Bad Education (2004) as Soledad (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Sara, una estrella (2002)
- Zero/infinito (2002) as (voice)
- De pé a pá (1996) as Self
- Asaltar los cielos (1996)
- Sombras y luces: Cien años de cine español (1996)
- La última cena... del 88 (1988) as Self
- Songs for After a War (1976) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Canciones de nuestra vida (1975) as (archive footage)
- Five Pillows for One Night (1974) as Rosa López / Ana
- La casa de los Martínez (1971)
- Varietés (1971)
- Esa mujer (1969) as Soledad Romero Fuentes
- Esa mujer (1969) Producer
- Tuset Street (1968) as Violeta Riscal
- Tuset Street (1968) Producer
- La vida de Pedro Infante (1966) as (archive footage)
- La mujer perdida (1966) as Sara Fernán
- The Woman from Beirut (1965) as Isabel Llanos
- Samba (1965) as Belén / Laura Monteiro
- Casablanca, Nest of Spies (1963) as Teresa Vilar
- The Lovely Lola (1962) as Lola
- 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
- The Devil Made a Woman (1959) as Carmen
- The Violet Seller (1958) as Soledad Moreno
- Run of the Arrow (1957) as Yellow Moccasin
- The Last Couplet (1957) as Maria Luján
- Serenade (1956) as Juana Montes
- Where the Circle Ends (1956) as Isabel
- Yo no creo en los hombres (1955) as María Caridad Robledo
- Frente al Pecado de Ayer (1955)
- Vera Cruz (1954) as Nina
- Se solicitan modelos (1954) as Rosina
- ¿Por qué ya no me quieres? (1954) as Rosaura Moreno / Lilia
- That Man from Tangier (1953) as Aixa
- Ella, Lucifer y yo (1953) as Isabel
- Cinnamon Skin (1953) as Marucha
- ¡Yo soy gallo dondequiera! (1953)
- Ahí viene Martín Corona (1952) as Rosario
- El enamorado (1952) as Rosario
- Cárcel de mujeres (1951) as Dora
- I Need Money (1951) as María Teresa
- Furia roja (1951) as María Stevens
- El capitán Veneno (1950)
- Pequeñeces (1950) as Monique
- Locura de amor (1948) as Aldara
- La mies es mucha (1948) as Guyerati
- Alhucemas (1948) as María Luisa Pereira
- Don Quixote (1947) as Antonia
- Mariona Rebull (1947) as Lula
- Bambú (1945) as Yoyita
- Empezó en boda (1944)