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