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
El 7 de Copas (1960)
as Rosa
Las tapatías nunca pierden (1965)
as Griselda Rios
Lo que le pasó a Sansón (1955)
as Myriam
El pueblo sin Dios (1955)
as Cabaretera
Basket of Mexican Tales (1956)
as Carmen Ochoa
Every Child a Cross to Bear (1957)
Actor
Los tigres del ring (1960)
Actor
Amor a balazo limpio (1961)
as Chabela
800 Leagues Over the Amazon (1959)
as Minha
Una pasión me domina (1961)
Actor
Tres Romeos y una Julieta (1961)
Actor
Dios no lo quiera (1957)
as Rosa
El tiro de gracia (1961)
Actor
Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert) (1962)
Actor
Los derechos de los hijos (1963)
Actor
De hombre a hombre (1961)
as Lucha
Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s) (1964)
Actor
Tres muchachas de Jalisco (1964)
as Elvira
Me llaman el cantaclaro (1964)
as Amparo
El vestido de novia (1959)
as Rebeca Ponce
The Cha Cha Cha Widows (1955)
Actor
Se alquila marido (1961)
as Rita
La mafia del crimen (1958)
as Linda
La divina garza (1963)
Actor
Póker de reinas (1960)
Actor
¡Viva Benito Canales! (1966)
Actor
Lástima de ropa (1962)
Actor
The Law of Guns (1960)
as María
La mujer X (1955)
as Invitada a fiesta (uncredited)
The Curse of the Doll People (1961)
as Karina
Tintansón Cruzoe (1965)
Actor
Tres palomas alborotadas (1963)
Actor
Gutierritos (1959)
as Rosa
El caudillo (1957)
Actor
Dos hijos desobedientes (1960)
as Elvira
Melodías de amor (1955)
as Marta (no acreditado)
Diabolical Kidnapping (1957)
Actor
Duelo indio (1961)
as Marisela
Las canciones unidas (1960)
Actor
Bolero Inmortal (1958)
Actor
Bonitas las Tapatias (1961)
Actor
Los años verdes (1967)
Actor
Peligros de juventud (1960)
Actor