Elvira Quintana

Elvira Quintana

Born: November 7, 1935
Died: August 8, 1968
in Montijo, Spain
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.

Movies for Elvira Quintana...

Los años verdes
Title: Los años verdes
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
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¡Viva Benito Canales!
Title: ¡Viva Benito Canales!
Released: September 8, 1966
Type: Movie
Campesino with leadership qualities is indecisive about whether he should join the Revolution or concentrate on improving conditions at his farm, also about whether he cares about the nice girl he grew up with or the fancy woman who runs the local brothel. Most of his plot points don't come to a head until after the revolution's over, and then after General Huerta's coup.
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Tintansón Cruzoe
Title: Tintansón Cruzoe
Released: September 30, 1965
Type: Movie
Tin Tan is marooned on an island full of colorful natives.
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Las tapatías nunca pierden
Title: Las tapatías nunca pierden
Character: Griselda Rios
Released: September 22, 1965
Type: Movie
An heiress and some friends pose as gypsies to fight back against some bad-hats who are squatting on her new estate.
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Me llaman el cantaclaro
Title: Me llaman el cantaclaro
Character: Amparo
Released: September 3, 1964
Type: Movie
The story of the ruthless female boss of a hacienda who meets her match in the city-educated Santos Luzardo.
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Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
Title: Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
Released: May 14, 1964
Type: Movie
Young woman and her godfather make up a story about her past in order to trick a suitor into marrying her. Then she becomes a musical comedy star and Mexican Revolution.
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Tres muchachas de Jalisco
Title: Tres muchachas de Jalisco
Character: Elvira
Released: January 30, 1964
Type: Movie
Divorced Dad's planning to remarry, so Daughter #1 notifies Mom and Daughters #2&3. Then parents, daughters and boyfriends act out for 80 minutes.
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Los derechos de los hijos
Title: Los derechos de los hijos
Released: October 17, 1963
Type: Movie
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Tres palomas alborotadas
Title: Tres palomas alborotadas
Released: September 5, 1963
Type: Movie
Controlling papa won't let his daughters have boyfriends.
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La divina garza
Title: La divina garza
Released: June 28, 1963
Type: Movie
Film of 1963 directed by Humberto Gómez Landero, starring Elvira Quintana, Manuel Capetillo and Joaquín García Vargas.
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Lástima de ropa
Title: Lástima de ropa
Released: November 1, 1962
Type: Movie
Millionaire goes slumming, meets a girl...
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Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
Title: Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
Released: January 3, 1962
Type: Movie
An American priest is hired as coach at a Mexican university; he trains his students in the ways of American football and moral rectitude. You ain't gonna sire no babies out of wedlock on Father Lambert's watch, no siree!
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Se alquila marido
Title: Se alquila marido
Character: Rita
Released: November 30, 1961
Type: Movie
Female CEO hires a man to pass as her husband and act as figurehead of her business concerns.
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Amor a balazo limpio
Title: Amor a balazo limpio
Character: Chabela
Released: November 10, 1961
Type: Movie
Hired gunman tries and fails to kill The Sheriff. Then the gunman's kid brother coms to town, thinking The Sheriff is to blame for the gunman's death.
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Bonitas las Tapatias
Title: Bonitas las Tapatias
Released: August 14, 1961
Type: Movie
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Duelo indio
Title: Duelo indio
Character: Marisela
Released: May 12, 1961
Type: Movie
A cabal of bad-hats is conspiring to dispossess the local Indians of their hereditary lands, but Pancho fights to defend them... while a messenger is securing copies of some needed legal documents. Etc. Second film of four in the series "Pancho Pistolas."
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The Curse of the Doll People
Title: The Curse of the Doll People
Character: Karina
Released: April 13, 1961
Type: Movie
Four men are cursed by a voodoo priest for stealing a sacred idol from his temple. Soon a band of murderous "doll men" are after the men and their families.
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El tiro de gracia
Title: El tiro de gracia
Released: February 15, 1961
Type: Movie
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Una pasión me domina
Title: Una pasión me domina
Released: February 2, 1961
Type: Movie
Unscrupulous landowner and his family are trying to deny water rights to the townsfolk. Particular beef with the guy that runs the mill. Ultimately the Revolution rolls through town and helps put everything right.
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Three Romeos and One Juliet
Title: Three Romeos and One Juliet
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
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Dos hijos desobedientes
Title: Dos hijos desobedientes
Character: Elvira
Released: October 27, 1960
Type: Movie
Meddling mom tries to set up her two cowboy sons to marry two sisters who are looking for domesticated, 'indoor' husbands that cook and keep house.
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La ley de las pistolas
Title: La ley de las pistolas
Released: October 26, 1960
Type: Movie
Fancy shooting-iron awarded as a prize in a marksmanship competition, passes from hand to hand.
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Las canciones unidas
Title: Las canciones unidas
Released: September 15, 1960
Type: Movie
Film clips of songs by performers from around the world.
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Peligros de juventud
Title: Peligros de juventud
Released: July 26, 1960
Type: Movie
Each of the boys and girls at the coffee shop has something snarled in their love life.
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El siete de copas
Title: El siete de copas
Released: July 7, 1960
Type: Movie
Professional gambler finds metaphysical meanings in the way he manages the workings of chance.
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Póker de reinas
Title: Póker de reinas
Released: May 19, 1960
Type: Movie
A musical comedy about a group of pretty girls who meet in Mexico and decide to break into showbiz and make a pact and promise not to get involved with men. But they all are in love with different guys and that complicates things.
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Los tigres del ring
Title: Los tigres del ring
Released: March 30, 1960
Type: Movie
Crooked promoter has a secret weapon who goes around beating fighters to death after their matches if they aren't in line with his rigging schedule. Part one of two.
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Gutierritos
Title: Gutierritos
Character: Rosa
Released: September 9, 1959
Type: Movie
Timid, browbeaten salaryman becomes famous author overnight.
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800 Leagues Over the Amazon
Title: 800 Leagues Over the Amazon
Character: Minha
Released: September 3, 1959
Type: Movie
Family builds a houseboat and sets sail down the Amazon. Based on a novel by Jules Verne.
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El vestido de novia
Title: El vestido de novia
Character: Rebeca Ponce
Released: June 18, 1959
Type: Movie
A young professional hires a sex-worker to pass as his wife in a situation that requires him to seem married. Later they think about getting married for reals... but mostly they just recite monologues to each other.
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Bolero Inmortal
Title: Bolero Inmortal
Released: November 20, 1958
Type: Movie
Young singer becomes famous, has an affair with a married man.
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La mafia del crimen
Title: La mafia del crimen
Released: January 1, 1958
Type: Movie
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El caudillo
Title: El caudillo
Released: July 10, 1957
Type: Movie
Bad-hat townsfolk want to dispossess local Indians of their tribal lands; priestess and white ally fight back. One of four in a series.
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Dios no lo quiera
Title: Dios no lo quiera
Character: Rosa
Released: May 30, 1957
Type: Movie
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Each child, a cross
Title: Each child, a cross
Released: May 9, 1957
Type: Movie
Empty nest syndrome, #1388.
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Diabolical Kidnapping
Title: Diabolical Kidnapping
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
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Basket of Mexican Tales
Title: Basket of Mexican Tales
Character: Carmen Ochoa
Released: May 17, 1956
Type: Movie
Strong-willed Luisa attracts lots of men, but her intelligence and sharp tongue often sends them running. When she meets Carlos, who is equally cagey, sparks fly. The two of them marry, and quickly begin clashing on a daily basis, humiliating each other as they try to teach one another lesson after lesson.
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Lo que le pasó a Sansón
Title: Lo que le pasó a Sansón
Character: Myriam
Released: October 6, 1955
Type: Movie
Comedic retelling of the events around the biblical character: Samson.
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The Cha Cha Cha Widows
Title: The Cha Cha Cha Widows
Released: September 15, 1955
Type: Movie
Two married couples' lives are disrupted when the husbands disappear while on vacation. When the men are reported dead, the two women start a dance band... And then...
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El pueblo sin Dios
Title: El pueblo sin Dios
Character: Cabaretera
Released: March 17, 1955
Type: Movie
Unscrupulous rich guy owns all the businesses in border towns, is challenged by town's new priest.
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El vendedor de muñecas
Title: El vendedor de muñecas
Released: March 3, 1955
Type: Movie
A man sells his wife, and takes care of street women turning them into ladies to sell to rich men.
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El misterio del carro express
Title: El misterio del carro express
Released: July 22, 1953
Type: Movie
Police detective and his plucky girl-reporter fiancée go after the gang that committed a train robbery.