Miroslava

Born: 1925-02-27

Miroslava (February 26, 1925 – March 9, 1955) was a Czechoslovakian-born Mexican film actress who appeared in thirty two films. Born Miroslava Šternová in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic), Miroslava moved to Mexico as a child with her adoptive parents in the late 1930s, seeking to escape war in their native country. After winning a national beauty contest, Miroslava began to study acting. She appeared in a few Hollywood and Mexican films. She was offered a role in Ensayo de un crimen (Rehearsal for a Crime) in 1955, directed by Luis Buñuel. Soon after the final wrap of the film, Miroslava committed suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills.[2] Her body was found lying outstretched over her bed, she had a portrait of bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín in one hand. Her friends stated her suicide was due to unrequited love for Dominguín, who had recently married Italian actress Lucia Bosé. Bosè would go on to star in Buñuel's next movie, Cela s'appelle l'aurore (1956). The Mexican and Hollywood star Katy Jurado claimed to be one of the first people to find the body of Mexican actress Miroslava Stern after her tragic suicide. According to Katy, the picture that Miroslava had between her hands was Cantinflas, but the artistic manager Fanny Schatz exchanged the photo to that of the Spanish bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín. In his 1983 autobiography, Mon dernier soupir ("My Last Breath"), Buñuel recalls the irony of Miroslava's cremation following her suicide, when compared to a scene inEnsayo de un crimen, her last film, in which the protagonist cremates a wax reproduction of Stern's character. Her life is the subject of a short story by Guadalupe Loaeza, which was adapted by Alejandro Pelayo for his 1992 Mexican film called Miroslava, starring Arielle Dombasle.


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¡A volar, joven!

as María
Released: 1947-12-23

Cantinflas is a private in the military, who doesn't know anything about discipline or following...

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The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

as Lavinia
Released: 1955-05-19

A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned...

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School for Tramps

as Susana Valverde
Released: 1955-01-27

Alberto Medina is a famous composer whose car breaks down while he is on a trip. While looking...

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Stranger on Horseback

as Amy Lee Bannerman
Released: 1955-03-22

A circuit judge in the old west attempts to bring a suspected killer to justice. The judge runs...

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Torero!

as Herself
Released: 1957-05-09

The life of the famed Mexican bullfighter Luis Procuna, from his boyhood through his training...

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The Three Perfect Married

as Leopoldina
Released: 1953-06-08

Three married couples gather to celebrate the eighteenth anniversary of their marriage mourning...

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The Brave Bulls

as Linda de Calderón
Released: 1951-04-18

A matador must recover his courage after being gored in the ring.

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Ella y Yo

as Irene Garza
Released: 1951-10-02

Pedro Muñoz is a womanizer that does not escape one until Irene Garza arrives and makes him to...

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Reportaje

as Nurse
Released: 1953-11-13

Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.

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Women's prison

as Evangelina
Released: 1951-09-28

Evangelina murders her lover Alberto. In prison she meets Dora, Alberto's girlfriend, who was...

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Two Faces Have the Destiny

as Anita
Released: 1952-03-21

Ruined alcoholic doctor escapes a tropical plague and begins a new life back in civilization,...

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The Revived Monster

as Nora
Released: 1953-01-01

Set in the Balkans, this story concerns a bored journalist, Nora who is ordered by her boss to...

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Juan Charrasqueado

as uncredited
Released: 1948-02-05

Hard-living horse-trainer has a thing with an aristocratic woman... but her brothers aren't...

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Nocturno de amor

as Marta Reyes
Released: 1948-01-11

Venice Film Festival 1948

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Monte de piedad

as Elena
Released: 1951-08-01

Anthology-movie, series of anecdotes about the personal tragedies that lead people to take their...

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Stronger Than Love

as Bárbara Peñafiel
Released: 1955-03-17

Carlos, a former factory worker of humble origins, has made millions - but the upper class...

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The Port of the Seven Sins

as Colomba
Released: 1951-11-11

Career criminals vie for ownership of a disreputable waterfront dive and for the love of the...

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The Love Nest

as Lucila del Castillo
Released: 1950-02-09

Amalia, aged, remember when Fernando Mendoza, his former medical school, came to San Esteban,...

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La visita que no tocó el timbre

as Emma
Released: 1954-09-11

Two underachieving brothers take responsibility for an abandoned baby.

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The Possession

as uncredited
Released: 1950-01-01

Two old friends get hinky with each other over the deed to a tract of land, and their children's...

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Streetwalker

as Elena
Released: 1951-06-22

In Mexico City, two sisters, Maria and Elena, fight over the love of pimp Rodolfo. Elena escapes...

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Death in Love

as Tasia - La Muerte
Released: 1951-01-13

A man's life changes forever when death -- in the form of a female grim reaper -- moves in with...

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Secreto entre mujeres

as uncredited
Released: 1949-04-01

A big ol' player has different stages of a thing happening with each of the five women in a...

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The League of Girls

as Marta
Released: 1950-02-01

Two women form The League of Girls invite an interesting repertoire of young ladies to become...

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The Magnificent Beast

as Meche
Released: 1953-05-22

The Magnificent Beast (Free Fight) is a 1953 Mexican film. It was directed by Chano Urueta. The...

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Sueños de gloria

as Elsa
Released: 1953-03-03

Auto mechanic invents a new-improved carburetor; industrial spies steal his invention, romance...

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Una aventura en la noche

as Elena
Released: 1948-07-09

Film version of the 'hitchhiking ghost' urban legend.

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Música, mujeres y amor

as Elisa Méndez
Released: 1952-07-03

Two women are installed in the cabin of a ship that was already occupied by two gentlemen.

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Cinco rostros de mujer

as Beatriz
Released: 1947-02-26

"The great love of his life" happened five times; one of those women just wrote him a letter....

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Tragic Weddings

as Amparo
Released: 1946-05-30

Jalisco, 19th century. Diego, a wealthy landowner, secretly marries Amparo, defying her father...

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