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