Elvira Quintana
Acting
1935-11-07 · 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 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.
Filmography
Los años verdes
1967 · Movie
¡Viva Benito Canales!
1966 · Movie
Tintansón Cruzoe
1965 · Movie
Las tapatías nunca pierden
1965 · Movie
Me llaman el cantaclaro
1964 · Movie
Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
1964 · Movie
Tres muchachas de Jalisco
1964 · Movie
Los derechos de los hijos
1963 · Movie
Tres palomas alborotadas
1963 · Movie
La divina garza
1963 · Movie
Lástima de ropa
1962 · Movie
Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
1962 · Movie
Se alquila marido
1961 · Movie
Amor a balazo limpio
1961 · Movie
De hombre a hombre
1961 · Movie
Bonitas las Tapatias
1961 · Movie
Duelo indio
1961 · Movie
The Curse of the Doll People
1961 · Movie
El tiro de gracia
1961 · Movie
Una pasión me domina
1961 · Movie
Tres Romeos y una Julieta
1961 · Movie
Dos hijos desobedientes
1960 · Movie
The Law of Guns
1960 · Movie
Las canciones unidas
1960 · Movie
Peligros de juventud
1960 · Movie
El 7 de Copas
1960 · Movie
Póker de reinas
1960 · Movie
Los tigres del ring
1960 · Movie
Gutierritos
1959 · Movie
800 Leagues Over the Amazon
1959 · Movie
El vestido de novia
1959 · Movie
Bolero Inmortal
1958 · Movie
La mafia del crimen
1958 · Movie
El caudillo
1957 · Movie
Dios no lo quiera
1957 · Movie
Every Child a Cross to Bear
1957 · Movie
Diabolical Kidnapping
1957 · Movie
Basket of Mexican Tales
1956 · Movie
Melodías de amor
1955 · Movie
Lo que le pasó a Sansón
1955 · Movie
The Cha Cha Cha Widows
1955 · Movie
El pueblo sin Dios
1955 · Movie