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.
Known For
Secuestro diabolico
Tres Romeos y una Julieta
Los años verdes
Póker de reinas
Los derechos de los hijos
La divina garza
Carmen Ochoa
Canasta de Cuentos Mexicanos
Minha
800 leguas por el Amazonas
Rita
Se alquila marido
Rosa
Gutierritos
Elvira
Dos hijos desobedientes
María
La ley de las pistolas
Elvira
Tres muchachas de Jalisco
El Siete de Copas
Bolero Inmortal
Amparo
Me llaman el cantaclaro
Lástima de ropa
Marisela
Duelo indio
Una pasión me domina
El caudillo
El vendedor de muñecas
Karina
Muñecos infernales
Griselda Rios
Las tapatías nunca pierden
Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
Los tigres del ring
El misterio del carro express
Las viudas del cha-cha-cha
Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
Bonitas las Tapatias
Las canciones unidas
Tintansón Cruzoe
Tres palomas alborotadas
Chabela
Amor a balazo limpio
¡Viva Benito Canales!
Rebeca Ponce
El vestido de novia
Peligros de juventud
Cada hijo, una cruz
Rosa
Dios no lo quiera
El tiro de gracia
La mafia del crimen
Cabaretera
El pueblo sin Dios
Myriam
Lo que le pasó a Sansón
Marta (no acreditado)
Melodías de amor
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
43
Gender
Female
Birthday
1935-11-07
Place of Birth
Montijo, Spain
Also Known As