Sara Montiel
1928-03-10 ( 97 years old ) in Campo de Criptana, Ciudad Real, Spain

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Movies

Trainsmoking 2025-03-05
Bad Education 2004-03-19
Zero/infinito 2002-01-01
Varietés 1971-10-04
Esa mujer 1969-05-30
Tuset Street 1968-09-16
Samba 1965-02-01
Pecado de amor 1961-12-14
Serenade 1956-03-23
Vera Cruz 1954-12-25
Cinnamon Skin 1953-08-05
El enamorado 1952-09-05
Furia roja 1951-12-29
Women's prison 1951-09-28
Pequeñeces 1950-11-20
Locura de amor 1948-10-08
Alhucemas 1948-02-06
Mariona Rebull 1947-04-05
Don Quixote 1947-03-01
Bambú 1945-10-15