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Elvira Quintana

Elvira Quintana

Acting

Biography

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 Movies

Acting

Poster for Diabolical Kidnapping
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Diabolical Kidnapping

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Diabolical Kidnapping
Tres Romeos y una JulietaMOVIE
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Tres Romeos y una Julieta

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Tres Romeos y una Julieta
Los años verdesMOVIE
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Los años verdes

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Los años verdes
Póker de reinasMOVIE
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Póker de reinas

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Póker de reinas
Poster for Los derechos de los hijos
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Los derechos de los hijos

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Los derechos de los hijos
Poster for La divina garza
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La divina garza

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La divina garza
Poster for Basket of Mexican Tales
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Basket of Mexican Tales

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Basket of Mexican Tales
Carmen Ochoa
Poster for 800 Leagues Over the Amazon
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800 Leagues Over the Amazon

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800 Leagues Over the Amazon
Minha
Poster for Se alquila marido
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Se alquila marido

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Se alquila marido
Rita
Poster for Gutierritos
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Gutierritos

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Gutierritos
Rosa

Gallery

Elvira Quintana portrait
Elvira Quintana portrait