Sara Montiel
Actor
- Born
- March 10, 1928 · Campo de Criptana, Ciudad Real, Spain
- Died
- April 8, 2013 (age 85)
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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.
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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.
Known for
Bad Education
March 19, 2004
Vera Cruz
December 25, 1954
Run of the Arrow
September 5, 1957
El enamorado
September 5, 1952
Ahí viene Martín Corona
May 23, 1952
The Violet Seller
April 6, 1958
I Need Money
September 5, 1951
Serenade
March 23, 1956
Don Quixote
March 1, 1947
Samba
February 1, 1965
Cárcel de mujeres
September 28, 1951
Locura de amor
October 8, 1948
Acting58
- 2025Trainsmoking
- 2022La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961) as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- 2019Todos los nombres de Sara as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- 2013Barefoot in the Kitchen as (archive footage)
- 2011Enrique Herreros as Self - Actress
- 200680s: El soundtrack de una generación as Self (archive footage)
- 2005Singing to the Gods: Mario Lanza as Self
- 2004Bad Education as Soledad (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2002Sara, una estrella
- 2002Zero/infinito