Sara Montiel
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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.
Known for
Legends
Self
Super Sara
Self (archive footage)
Vera Cruz
Nina
Locura de amor
Aldara
Bad Education
Soledad (archive footage) (uncredited)
El enamorado
Rosario
La última cena... del 88
Self
Serenade
Juana Montes
Run of the Arrow
Yellow Moccasin
Don Quixote
Antonia
Carmen from Ronda
Carmen
The Violet Seller
Soledad Moreno
Queen of the Chantecler
La bella Charito
Tuset Street
Violeta Riscal
Women's prison
Dora
The Last Couplet
Maria Luján
Ahí viene Martín Corona
Rosario
Todos los nombres de Sara
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Songs for After a War
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mariona Rebull
Lula
The Woman from Beirut
Isabel Llanos
Samba
Belén / Laura Monteiro
Barefoot in the Kitchen
(archive footage)
La vida de Pedro Infante
(archive footage)
El capitán Veneno
The Lovely Lola
Lola
Pequeñeces
Monique
Pecado de amor
Magda Beltrán / Sor Belén
Casablanca, Nest of Spies
Teresa Vilar
Yo no creo en los hombres
María Caridad Robledo
La mujer perdida
Sara Fernán
Furia roja
María Stevens
Five Pillows for One Night
Rosa López / Ana
La casa de los Martínez
Zero/infinito
(voice)
Canciones de nuestra vida
(archive footage)
Alhucemas
María Luisa Pereira
Where the Circle Ends
Isabel
Varietés
Esa mujer
Soledad Romero Fuentes
Mi último tango
Marta Andreu
Cinnamon Skin
Necesito dinero
Se solicitan modelos
Enrique Herreros
Self - Actress
¡Yo soy gallo dondequiera!
Asaltar los cielos
That Man from Tangier
Aixa
La mies es mucha
Guyerati
Singing to the Gods: Mario Lanza
Self
Bambú
Yoyita
Trainsmoking
Frente al Pecado de Ayer
80s: El soundtrack de una generación
Self (archive footage)
¿Por qué ya no me quieres?
Rosaura Moreno / Lilia
La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961)
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Ella, Lucifer y yo
Sombras y luces: Cien años de cine español
Empezó en boda
Sara, una estrella
De pé a pá
Self