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Elvira Quintana

Actress / Film Actress / Television Actress / Stage Actress / Poet / Penwoman | * 11/07/1935 († 32, 08/08/1968) | Montijo (Spain)
Elvira Catalina Quintana Molina (7 November 1935 – 8 August 1968) was a Spanish-Mexican actress and singer. ()

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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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Music

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Citizenships: Spain, Mexico
Born: Thursday, 11/07 1935 (November) in Montijo (Spain)
Died: Thursday, 08/08 1968 (August) in Mexico City (aged: 32)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: Spanish (ES, native language)
Record Label: Columbia Records
Other names for Elvira Quintana (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Elvira Catalina Quintana Molina"
Elvira Quintana frequently works together with these people:
Emma Roldán (6x, Actress)
Julián de Meriche (6x, Actor)
Benito Alazraki (6x, Crew)
Crox Alvarado (6x, Actor)
Julio Alejandro (5x, Crew)
Chano Urueta (5x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:543992, Added: 10/09/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024