Manolita Saval
Actor
Biography
Manolita Saval (5 February 1914 Paris, France – 23 August 2001 Mexico City, Mexico) was a Spanish actress and singer.
She studied music and drama in Spain, and began her career performing the opera Marina in Valencia. As a lyric interpreter, she toured Latin 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 in Paris of Spanish parents and named 'Juana María Saval'. She was the mother of the actor Manuel Saval, and the niece of the Spanish opera singer Vicente Ballester Aparício. Saval died in Mexico City on August 23, 2001 of cardiac arrest due to thrombosis.
Filmography
El baisano Jalil
1942
Dos Criados Malcriados
1960
Los miserables
1943
Santa
1969
María Eugenia
as Raquel 1943
El Capitan Aventurero
as Carmina 1939
El capitán Malacara
1945
Pobre diablo
as Maruja 1940
Esa mujer es la mía
1942
Del suelo no paso
1959
Fantasía ranchera
1947
Arrabalera
as Ana María 1951
La Guerra de los Pasteles
as Tía de Suzette 1979
Adios Juventud
1943
Esta noche no
as Mama Sara 1966