Miroslava

Miroslava(February 26, 1925 – March 9, 1955) was aCzechoslovakian-bornMexicanfilmactress who appeared in thirty two films. BornMiroslava ŠternováinPrague,Czechoslovakia(now theCzech Republic), Miroslava moved toMexicoas a child with her adoptive parents in the late 1930s, seeking to escape war in their native country. After winning a nationalbeauty contest, Miroslava began to study acting. She appeared in a fewHollywoodand Mexicanfilms. She was offered a role inEnsayo de un crimen(Rehearsal for a Crime) in 1955, directed byLuis Buñuel. Soon after the final wrap of the film, Miroslava committedsuicideby overdosing on sleeping pills.[2]Her body was found lying outstretched over her bed, she had a portrait of bullfighterLuis Miguel Dominguínin one hand. Her friends stated her suicide was due to unrequited love for Dominguín, who had recently marriedItalian actressLucia Bosé. Bosè would go on to star in Buñuel's next movie,Cela s'appelle l'aurore(1956). The Mexican and Hollywood starKaty Juradoclaimed to be one of the first people to find the body of Mexican actressMiroslava Sternafter her tragic suicide. According to Katy, the picture that Miroslava had between her hands wasCantinflas, but the artistic manager Fanny Schatz exchanged the photo to that of the Spanish bullfighterLuis Miguel Dominguín. In his 1983 autobiography,Mon dernier soupir("My Last Breath"), Buñuel recalls the irony of Miroslava's cremation following her suicide, when compared to a scene inEnsayo de un crimen, her last film, in which the protagonist cremates a wax reproduction of Stern's character. Her life is the subject of a short story byGuadalupe Loaeza,which was adapted by Alejandro Pelayo for his 1992Mexican filmcalledMiroslava, starringArielle Dombasle.