Manolita Saval

Manolita Saval(5 February 1914Paris,France– 23 August 2001Mexico City,Mexico) was aSpanishactress and singer.She studied music and drama in Spain, and began her career performing theoperaMarinainValencia. As a lyric interpreter, she touredLatin America, eventually settling in Mexico in 1938.Over the course of her career, she appeared in over 30 films and television programs, as well as in plays, operettas, and operas. She was born inParisof Spanish parents and named 'Juana María Saval'. She was the mother of the actorManuel Saval,and the niece of the Spanish opera singer Vicente Ballester Aparício. Saval died inMexico Cityon August 23, 2001 of cardiac arrest due to thrombosis.