Elvira Quintana
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.
Amor a balazo limpio
as ChabelaHired gunman tries and fails to kill The Sheriff. Then the gunman's kid brother coms to town,...
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Tres palomas alborotadas
as uncreditedControlling papa won't let his daughters have boyfriends.
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Las canciones unidas
as uncreditedFilm clips of songs by performers from around the world.
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El vestido de novia
as Rebeca PonceA young professional hires a sex-worker to pass as his wife in a situation that requires him to...
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Gutierritos
as RosaTimid, browbeaten salaryman becomes famous author overnight.
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The Curse of the Doll People
as KarinaFour men are cursed by a voodoo priest for stealing a sacred idol from his temple. Soon a band...
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Los tigres del ring
as uncreditedCrooked promoter has a secret weapon who goes around beating fighters to death after their...
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Basket of Mexican Tales
as Carmen OchoaStrong-willed Luisa attracts lots of men, but her intelligence and sharp tongue often sends them...
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800 Leagues Over the Amazon
as MinhaFamily builds a houseboat and sets sail down the Amazon. Based on a novel by Jules Verne.
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Se alquila marido
as RitaFemale CEO hires a man to pass as her husband and act as figurehead of her business concerns.
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El vendedor de muñecas
as uncreditedA man sells his wife, and takes care of street women turning them into ladies to sell to rich men.
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Dos hijos desobedientes
as ElviraMeddling mom tries to set up her two cowboy sons to marry two sisters who are looking for...
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Bolero Inmortal
as uncreditedYoung singer becomes famous, has an affair with a married man.
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¡Viva Benito Canales!
as uncreditedCampesino with leadership qualities is indecisive about whether he should join the Revolution or...
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La divina garza
as uncreditedFilm of 1963 directed by Humberto Gómez Landero, starring Elvira Quintana, Manuel Capetillo and...
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Me llaman el cantaclaro
as AmparoThe story of the ruthless female boss of a hacienda who meets her match in the city-educated...
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Peligros de juventud
as uncreditedEach of the boys and girls at the coffee shop has something snarled in their love life.
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El misterio del carro express
as uncreditedPolice detective and his plucky girl-reporter fiancée go after the gang that committed a train...
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El caudillo
as uncreditedBad-hat townsfolk want to dispossess local Indians of their tribal lands; priestess and white...
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Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
as uncreditedAn American priest is hired as coach at a Mexican university; he trains his students in the ways...
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Tintansón Cruzoe
as uncreditedTin Tan is marooned on an island full of colorful natives.
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The Cha Cha Cha Widows
as uncreditedTwo married couples' lives are disrupted when the husbands disappear while on vacation. When the...
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Lástima de ropa
as uncreditedMillionaire goes slumming, meets a girl...
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Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
as uncreditedYoung woman and her godfather make up a story about her past in order to trick a suitor into...
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El pueblo sin Dios
as CabareteraUnscrupulous rich guy owns all the businesses in border towns, is challenged by town's new priest.
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Lo que le pasó a Sansón
as MyriamComedic retelling of the events around the biblical character: Samson.
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Tres muchachas de Jalisco
as ElviraDivorced Dad's planning to remarry, so Daughter #1 notifies Mom and Daughters #2&3. Then...
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Dios no lo quiera
as RosaA beautiful young woman from the neighborhood falls in love with two rude men, one good and the...
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Duelo indio
as MariselaA 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 RiosAn heiress and some friends pose as gypsies to fight back against some bad-hats who are...
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