Elvira Quintana
Born: Nov 7, 1935
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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.
Movie that she play too
Diabolical Kidnapping
50% Match1957
Tres Romeos y una Julieta
50% Match1961
Los años verdes
50% Match1967
Póker de reinas
50% Match1960
Los derechos de los hijos
50% Match1963
La divina garza
50% Match1963
Basket of Mexican Tales
68% Match1956
800 Leagues Over the Amazon
50% Match1959
Se alquila marido
50% Match1961
Gutierritos
61% Match1959
Dos hijos desobedientes
52% Match1960
The Law of Guns
50% Match1960
Tres muchachas de Jalisco
50% Match1964
El Siete de Copas
56% Match1960
Bolero Inmortal
68% Match1958
Me llaman el cantaclaro
50% Match1964
Lástima de ropa
62% Match1962
Duelo indio
50% Match1961
Una pasión me domina
50% Match1961
El caudillo
50% Match1957
El vendedor de muñecas
48% Match1955
The Curse of the Doll People
63% Match1961
Las tapatías nunca pierden
50% Match1965
Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
55% Match1962
Los tigres del ring
50% Match1960
El misterio del carro express
50% Match1953
The Cha Cha Cha Widows
54% Match1955
Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
52% Match1964
Bonitas las Tapatias
50% Match1961
Las canciones unidas
55% Match1960
Tintansón Cruzoe
56% Match1965
Tres palomas alborotadas
44% Match1963
Amor a balazo limpio
50% Match1961
¡Viva Benito Canales!
50% Match1966
El vestido de novia
56% Match1959
Peligros de juventud
45% Match1960
Each child, a cross
50% Match1957
Dios no lo quiera
50% Match1957
El tiro de gracia
50% Match1961
La mafia del crimen
43% Match1958
El pueblo sin Dios
50% Match1955
Lo que le pasó a Sansón
69% Match1955
Melodías de amor
50% Match1955