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person_profile-Elvira Quintana

Elvira Quintana Died at age: 32

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Nov 07, 1935

Country of birth:

Spain

Died:

Aug 08, 1968

Biography of

Elvira Quintana

    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.

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Elvira Quintana

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Filmography of

Elvira Quintana

Found 32 Movies in total

Las tapatías nunca pierden

Griselda Rios ( Actor )

... 1965

Me llaman el cantaclaro

Amparo ( Actor )

... 1964

... 1964

... 1963

... 1962

Se alquila marido

Rita ( Actor )

... 1961

Amor a balazo limpio

Chabela ( Actor )

... 1961

Duelo indio

Marisela ( Actor )

... 1961

... 1961

... 1961

Dos hijos desobedientes

Elvira ( Actor )

... 1960

... 1960

... 1960

Gutierritos

Rosa ( Actor )

... 1959

... 1959

El vestido de novia

Rebeca Ponce ( Actor )

... 1959

... 1958

... 1958

... 1957

Dios no lo quiera

Rosa ( Actor )

... 1957

... 1957

Basket of Mexican Tales

Carmen Ochoa ( Actor )

... 1956

Melodías de amor

Marta (no acreditado) ( Actor )

... 1955

... 1955

El pueblo sin Dios

Cabaretera ( Actor )

... 1955