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
The Curse of the Doll People
Karina
El vendedor de muñecas
Dos hijos desobedientes
Elvira
Gutierritos
Rosa
Tres Romeos y una Julieta
El caudillo
El pueblo sin Dios
Cabaretera
Each child, a cross
Tintansón Cruzoe
¡Viva Benito Canales!
Tres muchachas de Jalisco
Elvira
Tres palomas alborotadas
Bolero Inmortal
Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
The Cha Cha Cha Widows
Lástima de ropa
Se alquila marido
Rita
Las canciones unidas
800 Leagues Over the Amazon
Minha
El vestido de novia
Rebeca Ponce
El Siete de Copas
Rosa
Los tigres del ring
Bonitas las Tapatias
La mafia del crimen
Basket of Mexican Tales
Carmen Ochoa
Amor a balazo limpio
Chabela
Peligros de juventud
Duelo indio
Marisela
Dios no lo quiera
Rosa
El tiro de gracia
El misterio del carro express
The Law of Guns
María
Póker de reinas
Las tapatías nunca pierden
Griselda Rios
Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
La divina garza
Una pasión me domina
Los años verdes
Lo que le pasó a Sansón
Myriam
Diabolical Kidnapping
Me llaman el cantaclaro
Amparo
Melodías de amor
Marta (no acreditado)