1925-02-27 ( 100 years old ) in Prague, Czechoslovakia
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.
Movies
Torero!
1957-05-09
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
1955-05-19
Stranger on Horseback
1955-03-22
Stronger Than Love
1955-03-17
School for Tramps
1955-01-27
La visita que no tocó el timbre
1954-09-11
Reportaje
1953-11-13
The Three Perfect Married
1953-06-08
The Magnificent Beast
1953-05-22
Sueños de gloria
1953-03-03
The Revived Monster
1953-01-01
Música, mujeres y amor
1952-07-03
Two Faces Have the Destiny
1952-03-21
The Port of the Seven Sins
1951-11-11
Ella y Yo
1951-10-02
Women's prison
1951-09-28
Monte de piedad
1951-08-01
Streetwalker
1951-06-22
The Brave Bulls
1951-04-18
Death in Love
1951-01-13
The Love Nest
1950-02-09
The League of Girls
1950-02-01
The Possession
1950-01-01
Secreto entre mujeres
1949-04-01
Una aventura en la noche
1948-07-09
Juan Charrasqueado
1948-02-05
Nocturno de amor
1948-01-11
¡A volar, joven!
1947-12-23
Cinco rostros de mujer
1947-02-26
Tragic Weddings
1946-05-30
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