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Sara Montiel
Campo de Criptana, Ciudad Real, Spain
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sara Montiel (also Sarita Montiel or Saritísima; 10 March 1928 – 8 April 2013) was a Spanish singer and actress. She was a naturalized citiz…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sara Montiel (also Sarita Montiel or Saritísima; 10 March 1928 – 8 April 2013) was a Spanish singer and actress. She was a naturalized citizen of Mexico. Montiel was born in Campo de Criptana in the region of Castile–La Mancha in 1928 as María Antonia Abad (complete name María Antonia Alejandra Vicenta Elpidia Isidora Abad Fernández). After her work in Juan de Orduña's El Último Cuplé in 1957, Montiel worked in Europe, Latin America and United States. Montiel's film Varietes was banned in Beijing in 1973. Her films El Último Cuple and La Violetera netted the highest gross revenues ever recorded for films made in the Spanish speaking movie industry during the 1950s/60s. She played the role of Antonia, the niece of Don Quixote, in the 1947 Spanish film version of Cervantes's great novel. She was portrayed in the Pedro Almodóvar film Bad Education by a male actor in drag (Gael García Bernal) as the cross-dressing character Zahara, and a film clip from one of her movies was used as well.
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2025
Super Sara
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2025
Trainsmoking
Movie
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2022
La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961)
Movie Self - Actress (archive footage)
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2019
Todos los nombres de Sara
Movie Self - Actress (archive footage)
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2013
Barefoot in the Kitchen
Movie (archive footage)
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2011
Enrique Herreros
Movie Self - Actress
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2006
Legends
TV show Self
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2006
80s: El soundtrack de una generación
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2005
Singing to the Gods: Mario Lanza
Movie Self
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2004
Bad Education
Movie Soledad (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2002
Sara, una estrella
Movie
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2002
Zero/infinito
Movie (voice)
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1997
Kety Won't Stop
TV show
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1996
Asaltar los cielos
Movie
- 1996
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1996
De pé a pá
TV show Self
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1988
La última cena... del 88
Movie Self
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1976
Songs for After a War
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1975
Canciones de nuestra vida
Movie (archive footage)
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1974
Five Pillows for One Night
Movie Rosa López / Ana
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1971
Varietés
Movie
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1971
La casa de los Martínez
Movie
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1969
Esa mujer
Movie Soledad Romero Fuentes
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1968
Tuset Street
Movie Violeta Riscal
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1966
La mujer perdida
Movie Sara Fernán
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1966
La vida de Pedro Infante
Movie (archive footage)
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1965
The Woman from Beirut
Movie Isabel Llanos
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1965
Samba
Movie Belén / Laura Monteiro
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1963
Casablanca, Nest of Spies
Movie Teresa Vilar
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1962
Queen of the Chantecler
Movie La bella Charito
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1962
The Lovely Lola
Movie Lola
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1961
Pecado de amor
Movie Magda Beltrán / Sor Belén
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1960
Mi último tango
Movie Marta Andreu
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1959
The Devil Made a Woman
Movie Carmen
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1958
The Violet Seller
Movie Soledad Moreno
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1957
Run of the Arrow
Movie Yellow Moccasin
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1957
The Last Couplet
Movie Maria Luján
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1956
Where the Circle Ends
Movie Isabel
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1956
Serenade
Movie Juana Montes
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1955
Yo no creo en los hombres
Movie María Caridad Robledo
