Elvira Quintana

Born: 1935-11-07

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.


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Tintansón Cruzoe

as uncredited
Released: 1965-09-30

Tin Tan is marooned on an island full of colorful natives.

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The Curse of the Doll People

as Karina
Released: 1961-04-13

Four men are cursed by a voodoo priest for stealing a sacred idol from his temple. Soon a band...

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Bolero Inmortal

as uncredited
Released: 1958-11-20

Young singer becomes famous, has an affair with a married man.

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Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)

as uncredited
Released: 1964-05-14

Young woman and her godfather make up a story about her past in order to trick a suitor into...

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Gutierritos

as Rosa
Released: 1959-09-09

Timid, browbeaten salaryman becomes famous author overnight.

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Diabolical Kidnapping

as uncredited
Released: 1957-01-01

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El vestido de novia

as Rebeca Ponce
Released: 1959-06-18

A young professional hires a sex-worker to pass as his wife in a situation that requires him to...

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El vendedor de muñecas

as uncredited
Released: 1955-03-03

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

as uncredited
Released: 1953-07-22

Police detective and his plucky girl-reporter fiancée go after the gang that committed a train...

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El pueblo sin Dios

as Cabaretera
Released: 1955-03-17

Unscrupulous rich guy owns all the businesses in border towns, is challenged by town's new priest.

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Las canciones unidas

as uncredited
Released: 1960-09-15

Film clips of songs by performers from around the world.

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Duelo indio

as Marisela
Released: 1961-05-12

A cabal of bad-hats is conspiring to dispossess the local Indians of their hereditary lands, but...

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Las tapatías nunca pierden

as Griselda Rios
Released: 1965-09-22

An heiress and some friends pose as gypsies to fight back against some bad-hats who are...

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Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)

as uncredited
Released: 1962-01-03

An American priest is hired as coach at a Mexican university; he trains his students in the ways...

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Peligros de juventud

as uncredited
Released: 1960-07-26

Each of the boys and girls at the coffee shop has something snarled in their love life.

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The Cha Cha Cha Widows

as uncredited
Released: 1955-09-15

Two married couples' lives are disrupted when the husbands disappear while on vacation. When the...

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Dos hijos desobedientes

as Elvira
Released: 1960-10-27

Meddling mom tries to set up her two cowboy sons to marry two sisters who are looking for...

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Tres muchachas de Jalisco

as Elvira
Released: 1964-01-30

Divorced Dad's planning to remarry, so Daughter #1 notifies Mom and Daughters #2&3. Then...

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Tres palomas alborotadas

as uncredited
Released: 1963-09-05

Controlling papa won't let his daughters have boyfriends.

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El caudillo

as uncredited
Released: 1957-07-10

Bad-hat townsfolk want to dispossess local Indians of their tribal lands; priestess and white...

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¡Viva Benito Canales!

as uncredited
Released: 1966-09-08

Campesino with leadership qualities is indecisive about whether he should join the Revolution or...

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Basket of Mexican Tales

as Carmen Ochoa
Released: 1956-05-17

Strong-willed Luisa attracts lots of men, but her intelligence and sharp tongue often sends them...

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La mafia del crimen

as uncredited
Released: 1958-01-01

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Lástima de ropa

as uncredited
Released: 1962-11-01

Millionaire goes slumming, meets a girl...

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Each child, a cross

as uncredited
Released: 1957-05-09

Empty nest syndrome, #1388.

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Bonitas las Tapatias

as uncredited
Released: 1961-08-14

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Dios no lo quiera

as Rosa
Released: 1957-05-30

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Los tigres del ring

as uncredited
Released: 1960-03-30

Crooked promoter has a secret weapon who goes around beating fighters to death after their...

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Me llaman el cantaclaro

as Amparo
Released: 1964-09-03

The story of the ruthless female boss of a hacienda who meets her match in the city-educated...

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Lo que le pasó a Sansón

as Myriam
Released: 1955-10-06

Comedic retelling of the events around the biblical character: Samson.

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La divina garza

as uncredited
Released: 1963-06-28

Film of 1963 directed by Humberto Gómez Landero, starring Elvira Quintana, Manuel Capetillo and...

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Se alquila marido

as Rita
Released: 1961-11-30

Female CEO hires a man to pass as her husband and act as figurehead of her business concerns.

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800 Leagues Over the Amazon

as Minha
Released: 1959-09-03

Family builds a houseboat and sets sail down the Amazon. Based on a novel by Jules Verne.

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Amor a balazo limpio

as Chabela
Released: 1961-11-10

Hired gunman tries and fails to kill The Sheriff. Then the gunman's kid brother coms to town,...

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Los derechos de los hijos

as uncredited
Released: 1963-10-17

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