Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 10, 1928
Died
Apr 08, 2013
Place of Birth
Campo de Criptana, Ciudad Real, Spain
Credits
61 titles
Sara Montiel
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Known For
Filmography
Super Sara
Self (archive footage)
Trainsmoking
La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961)
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Todos los nombres de Sara
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Barefoot in the Kitchen
(archive footage)
Enrique Herreros
Self - Actress
Legends
Self
80s: El soundtrack de una generación
Self (archive footage)
Singing to the Gods: Mario Lanza
Self
Bad Education
Soledad (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sara, una estrella
Zero/infinito
(voice)
Asaltar los cielos
Sombras y luces: Cien años de cine español
De pé a pá
Self
La última cena... del 88
Self
Songs for After a War
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Canciones de nuestra vida
(archive footage)
Five Pillows for One Night
Rosa López / Ana
Varietés
La casa de los Martínez
Esa mujer
Soledad Romero Fuentes
Tuset Street
Violeta Riscal
La mujer perdida
Sara Fernán
La vida de Pedro Infante
(archive footage)
The Woman from Beirut
Isabel Llanos
Samba
Belén / Laura Monteiro
Casablanca, Nest of Spies
Teresa Vilar
Queen of the Chantecler
La bella Charito
The Lovely Lola
Lola
Pecado de amor
Magda Beltrán / Sor Belén
Mi último tango
Marta Andreu
The Devil Made a Woman
Carmen
The Violet Seller
Soledad Moreno
Run of the Arrow
Yellow Moccasin
The Last Couplet
Maria Luján
Where the Circle Ends
Isabel
Serenade
Juana Montes
Yo no creo en los hombres
María Caridad Robledo
Frente al Pecado de Ayer
Vera Cruz
Nina
Se solicitan modelos
Rosina
¿Por qué ya no me quieres?
Rosaura Moreno / Lilia
¡Yo soy gallo dondequiera!
Cinnamon Skin
Marucha
That Man from Tangier
Aixa
Ella, Lucifer y yo
Isabel
El enamorado
Rosario
Ahí viene Martín Corona
Rosario
Furia roja
María Stevens