Sara Montiel
Actor
Biography
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Sara Montiel (also Sarita Montiel or Saritísima; 10 March 1928 – 8 April 2013) was a Spanish singer and actress. She was a naturalized citizen of Mexico. Montiel was born in Campo de Criptana in the region of Castile–La Mancha in 1928 as María Antonia Abad (complete name María Antonia Alejandra Vicenta Elpidia Isidora Abad Fernández). After her work in Juan de Orduña's El Último Cuplé in 1957, Montiel worked in Europe, Latin America and United States. Montiel's film Varietes was banned in Beijing in 1973. Her films El Último Cuple and La Violetera netted the highest gross revenues ever recorded for films made in the Spanish speaking movie industry during the 1950s/60s. She played the role of Antonia, the niece of Don Quixote, in the 1947 Spanish film version of Cervantes's great novel.
She was portrayed in the Pedro Almodóvar film Bad Education by a male actor in drag (Gael García Bernal) as the cross-dressing character Zahara, and a film clip from one of her movies was used as well.
Filmography
Vera Cruz
as Nina 1954
Run of the Arrow
as Yellow Moccasin 1957
El enamorado
as Rosario 1952
Ahí viene Martín Corona
as Rosario 1952
The Violet Seller
as Soledad Moreno 1958
I Need Money
1951
Serenade
as Juana Montes 1956
Don Quixote
as Antonia 1947
Samba
as Belén / Laura Monteiro 1965
The Last Couplet
as Maria Luján 1957
Locura de amor
as Aldara 1948
Cárcel de Mujeres
as Dora 1951
Songs for After a War
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1976
Pequeñeces
as Monique 1950
Queen of the Chantecler
as La bella Charito 1962
¡Yo soy gallo dondequiera!
1953