Elvira Quintana
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.
Known For
Credits
- 1967 · Los años verdes as
- 1966 · ¡Viva Benito Canales! as
- 1965 · Tintansón Cruzoe as
- 1965 · Las tapatías nunca pierden as Griselda Rios
- 1964 · Me llaman el cantaclaro as Amparo
- 1964 · Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s) as
- 1964 · Tres muchachas de Jalisco as Elvira
- 1963 · Los derechos de los hijos as
- 1963 · Tres palomas alborotadas as
- 1963 · La divina garza as
- 1962 · Lástima de ropa as
- 1962 · Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert) as
- 1961 · Se alquila marido as Rita
- 1961 · Amor a balazo limpio as Chabela
- 1961 · Bonitas las Tapatias as
- 1961 · Duelo indio as Marisela
- 1961 · The Curse of the Doll People as Karina
- 1961 · El tiro de gracia as
- 1961 · Una pasión me domina as
- 1961 · Three Romeos and One Juliet as
- 1960 · Dos hijos desobedientes as Elvira
- 1960 · La ley de las pistolas as
- 1960 · Las canciones unidas as
- 1960 · Peligros de juventud as
- 1960 · El siete de copas as
- 1960 · Póker de reinas as
- 1960 · Los tigres del ring as
- 1959 · Gutierritos as Rosa
- 1959 · 800 Leagues Over the Amazon as Minha
- 1959 · El vestido de novia as Rebeca Ponce
- 1958 · Bolero Inmortal as
- 1958 · La mafia del crimen as
- 1957 · El caudillo as
- 1957 · Dios no lo quiera as Rosa
- 1957 · Each child, a cross as
- 1957 · Diabolical Kidnapping as
- 1956 · Basket of Mexican Tales as Carmen Ochoa
- 1955 · Melodías de amor as Marta (no acreditado)
- 1955 · Lo que le pasó a Sansón as Myriam
- 1955 · The Cha Cha Cha Widows as
- 1955 · El pueblo sin Dios as Cabaretera
- 1955 · El vendedor de muñecas as
- 1953 · El misterio del carro express as