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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.
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1935-11-07
- event Death Date 1968-08-08
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 2.2
- info Birth Place Montijo, Spain
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Elvira Quintana
5
Diabolical Kidnapping
1957-01-01
5
Three Romeos and One Juliet
1961-01-01
5
Los años verdes
1967-01-01
5
Póker de reinas
1960-05-19
5
Los derechos de los hijos
1963-10-17
5
La divina garza
1963-06-28
6.8
Basket of Mexican Tales
1956-05-17
5
800 Leagues Over the Amazon
1959-09-03
5
Se alquila marido
1961-11-30
6.1
Gutierritos
1959-09-09
5.2
Dos hijos desobedientes
1960-10-27
5
La ley de las pistolas
1960-10-26
5
Tres muchachas de Jalisco
1964-01-30
5.6
El Siete de Copas
1960-07-07
6.8
Bolero Inmortal
1958-11-20
5
Me llaman el cantaclaro
1964-09-03
6.2
Lástima de ropa
1962-11-01
5
Duelo indio
1961-05-12
5
Una pasión me domina
1961-02-02
5
El caudillo
1957-07-10
4.8
El vendedor de muñecas
1955-03-03
6.3
The Curse of the Doll People
1961-04-13
5
Las tapatías nunca pierden
1965-09-22
5.5
Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
1962-01-03
5
Los tigres del ring
1960-03-30
5
El misterio del carro express
1953-07-22
5.4
The Cha Cha Cha Widows
1955-09-15
5.2
Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
1964-05-14
5
Bonitas las Tapatias
1961-08-14
5.5
Las canciones unidas
1960-09-15
5.6
Tintansón Cruzoe
1965-09-30
4.4
Tres palomas alborotadas
1963-09-05
5
Amor a balazo limpio
1961-11-10
5
¡Viva Benito Canales!
1966-09-08
5.6
El vestido de novia
1959-06-18
4.5
Peligros de juventud
1960-07-26
5
Each child, a cross
1957-05-09
5
Dios no lo quiera
1957-05-30
5
El tiro de gracia
1961-02-15
4.3
La mafia del crimen
1958-01-01
5
El pueblo sin Dios
1955-03-17
6.9
Lo que le pasó a Sansón
1955-10-06
5
Melodías de amor
1955-11-16