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Elvira Quintana
Montijo, Spain
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…
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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.
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1967
Los años verdes
Movie
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1966
¡Viva Benito Canales!
Movie
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1965
Tintansón Cruzoe
Movie
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1965
Las tapatías nunca pierden
Movie Griselda Rios
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1964
Me llaman el cantaclaro
Movie Amparo
- 1964
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1964
Tres muchachas de Jalisco
Movie Elvira
- 1963
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1963
Tres palomas alborotadas
Movie
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1963
La divina garza
Movie
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1962
Lástima de ropa
Movie
- 1962
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1961
Se alquila marido
Movie Rita
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1961
Amor a balazo limpio
Movie Chabela
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1961
De hombre a hombre
Movie Lucha
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1961
Bonitas las Tapatias
Movie
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1961
Duelo indio
Movie Marisela
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1961
The Curse of the Doll People
Movie Karina
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1961
El tiro de gracia
Movie
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1961
Una pasión me domina
Movie
- 1961
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1960
Dos hijos desobedientes
Movie Elvira
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1960
The Law of Guns
Movie María
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1960
Las canciones unidas
Movie
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1960
Peligros de juventud
Movie
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1960
El 7 de Copas
Movie Rosa
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1960
Póker de reinas
Movie
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1960
Los tigres del ring
Movie
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1959
Gutierritos
Movie Rosa
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1959
800 Leagues Over the Amazon
Movie Minha
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1959
El vestido de novia
Movie Rebeca Ponce
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1958
Bolero Inmortal
Movie
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1958
La mafia del crimen
Movie Linda
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1957
El caudillo
Movie
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1957
Dios no lo quiera
Movie Rosa
- 1957
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1957
Diabolical Kidnapping
Movie
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1956
Basket of Mexican Tales
Movie Carmen Ochoa
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1955
Melodías de amor
Movie Marta (no acreditado)
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1955
Lo que le pasó a Sansón
Movie Myriam
