Elvira Quintana
Biography
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
Las tapatías nunca pierden
Una pasión me domina
Melodías de amor
La divina garza
El vestido de novia
Los tigres del ring
Gutierritos
Tintansón Cruzoe
All Movies (42)
- Los años verdes1967
- ¡Viva Benito Canales!1966
- Tintansón Cruzoe1965
- Las tapatías nunca pierden1965 · as Griselda Rios
- Me llaman el cantaclaro1964 · as Amparo
- Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)1964
- Tres muchachas de Jalisco1964 · as Elvira
- Los derechos de los hijos1963
- Tres palomas alborotadas1963
- La divina garza1963
- Lástima de ropa1962
- Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)1962
- Se alquila marido1961 · as Rita
- Amor a balazo limpio1961 · as Chabela
- De hombre a hombre1961 · as Lucha
- Bonitas las Tapatias1961
- Duelo indio1961 · as Marisela
- The Curse of the Doll People1961 · as Karina
- El tiro de gracia1961
- Una pasión me domina1961
- Tres Romeos y una Julieta1961
- Dos hijos desobedientes1960 · as Elvira
- The Law of Guns1960 · as María
- Las canciones unidas1960
- Peligros de juventud1960
- El Siete de Copas1960 · as Rosa
- Póker de reinas1960
- Los tigres del ring1960
- Gutierritos1959 · as Rosa
- 800 Leagues Over the Amazon1959 · as Minha
- El vestido de novia1959 · as Rebeca Ponce
- Bolero Inmortal1958
- La mafia del crimen1958 · as Linda
- El caudillo1957
- Dios no lo quiera1957 · as Rosa
- Every Child a Cross to Bear1957
- Diabolical Kidnapping1957
- Basket of Mexican Tales1956 · as Carmen Ochoa
- Melodías de amor1955 · as Marta (no acreditado)
- Lo que le pasó a Sansón1955 · as Myriam
- The Cha Cha Cha Widows1955
- El pueblo sin Dios1955 · as Cabaretera