Elvira Quintana
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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
Credits
Una pasión me domina (1961)
Actor
Las tapatías nunca pierden (1965)
as Griselda Rios
¡Viva Benito Canales! (1966)
Actor
El pueblo sin Dios (1955)
as Cabaretera
Póker de reinas (1960)
Actor
Se alquila marido (1961)
as Rita
Melodías de amor (1955)
as Marta (no acreditado)
Amor a balazo limpio (1961)
as Chabela
The Curse of the Doll People (1961)
as Karina
La divina garza (1963)
Actor
Lástima de ropa (1962)
Actor
Basket of Mexican Tales (1956)
as Carmen Ochoa
El tiro de gracia (1961)
Actor
Dos hijos desobedientes (1960)
as Elvira
Peligros de juventud (1960)
Actor
Tres muchachas de Jalisco (1964)
as Elvira
El vestido de novia (1959)
as Rebeca Ponce
Every Child a Cross to Bear (1957)
Actor
Gutierritos (1959)
as Rosa
Me llaman el cantaclaro (1964)
as Amparo
Tres palomas alborotadas (1963)
Actor
El caudillo (1957)
Actor
Lo que le pasó a Sansón (1955)
as Myriam
El Siete de Copas (1960)
as Rosa
Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert) (1962)
Actor
Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s) (1964)
Actor
Tintansón Cruzoe (1965)
Actor
Los derechos de los hijos (1963)
Actor
Los tigres del ring (1960)
Actor
800 Leagues Over the Amazon (1959)
as Minha
The Cha Cha Cha Widows (1955)
Actor
Bonitas las Tapatias (1961)
Actor
Bolero Inmortal (1958)
Actor
Las canciones unidas (1960)
Actor
Dios no lo quiera (1957)
as Rosa
La mafia del crimen (1958)
as Linda
Los años verdes (1967)
Actor
De hombre a hombre (1961)
as Lucha
Diabolical Kidnapping (1957)
Actor
Tres Romeos y una Julieta (1961)
Actor
Duelo indio (1961)
as Marisela
The Law of Guns (1960)
as María