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.
Acting
Movie
Bad Education
as Soledad (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004
Movie
Vera Cruz
as Nina
1954
Movie
Run of the Arrow
as Yellow Moccasin
1957
Movie
El enamorado
as Rosario
1952
Movie
Ahí viene Martín Corona
as Rosario
1952
Movie
The Violet Seller
as Soledad Moreno
1958
Movie
I Need Money
as María Teresa
1951
Movie
Serenade
as Juana Montes
1956
Movie
Don Quixote
as Antonia
1947
Movie
Samba
as Belén / Laura Monteiro
1965
Movie
Cárcel de mujeres
as Dora
1951
Movie
The Last Couplet
as Maria Luján
1957
Movie
Locura de amor
as Aldara
1948
Movie
Songs for After a War
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976
Movie
Pequeñeces
as Monique
1950
Movie
Queen of the Chantecler
as La bella Charito
1962
Movie
¡Yo soy gallo dondequiera!
1953
Movie
The Lovely Lola
as Lola
1962
Movie
The Devil Made a Woman
as Carmen
1959
Movie
Ella, Lucifer y yo
as Isabel
1953
Movie
Esa mujer
as Soledad Romero Fuentes
1969
Movie
La vida de Pedro Infante
as (archive footage)
1966
Movie
Furia roja
as María Stevens
1951
Movie
Pecado de amor
as Magda Beltrán / Sor Belén
1961
