Elvira Quintana
Spanish-born Mexican actress, singer, and poet. her family migrated to Mexico when she was 5 years old. She began her career working in theatre and later participated in films as an extra. Her first important role was as Carmen Ochoa in "Una solución inesperada", a segment of the drama film Canasta de cuentos mexicanos (1956). She then enrolled in the National Association of Actors' theatre and film institute (Instituto Teatral y Cinematográfico). She was given her first starring role in El buen ladrón (1957) before her breakthrough in Bolero inmortal (1958), in which she debuted as a singer; the film's soundtrack album, for which she recorded songs, was a commercial success throughout Hispanic America. She starred opposite Pedro Armendáriz, her favorite actor, in Dos hijos desobedientes (1960). Greatly admired by audiences for her beauty and talent, she became one of the most popular Mexican performers of the 1960s.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.7577 |
| Birthday | 1935-11-07 |
| Place of Birth | Montijo, Spain |
| Also Known As |
1957
Diabolical Kidnapping
5.7/3
Second film in the Tigres del ring series.
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Diabolical Kidnapping
1961
Tres Romeos y una Julieta
6.333/3
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Tres Romeos y una Julieta
1967
Los años verdes
6/3
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Los años verdes
1960
Póker de reinas
5.4/5
A musical comedy about a group of pretty girls who meet in Mexico and decide to break into showbiz and make a pact and promise not to get involved wit...
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Póker de reinas
1963
Los derechos de los hijos
6/3
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Los derechos de los hijos
1963
La divina garza
5.4/5
Film of 1963 directed by Humberto Gómez Landero, starring Elvira Quintana, Manuel Capetillo and Joaquín García Vargas.
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La divina garza
1956
Basket of Mexican Tales
7.25/8
Strong-willed Luisa attracts lots of men, but her intelligence and sharp tongue often sends them running. When she meets Carlos, who is equally cagey,...
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Basket of Mexican Tales
1959
800 Leagues Over the Amazon
5.333/6
Family builds a houseboat and sets sail down the Amazon. Based on a novel by Jules Verne.
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800 Leagues Over the Amazon
1961
Se alquila marido
5.6/5
Female CEO hires a man to pass as her husband and act as figurehead of her business concerns.
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Se alquila marido
1959
Gutierritos
6.625/8
Timid, browbeaten salaryman becomes famous author overnight.
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Gutierritos
1960
Dos hijos desobedientes
6.2/5
Meddling mom tries to set up her two cowboy sons to marry two sisters who are looking for domesticated, 'indoor' husbands that cook and keep house.
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Dos hijos desobedientes
1960
The Law of Guns
6/4
Fancy shooting-iron awarded as a prize in a marksmanship competition, passes from hand to hand.
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The Law of Guns
1964
Tres muchachas de Jalisco
6.333/3
Divorced Dad's planning to remarry, so Daughter #1 notifies Mom and Daughters #2&3. Then parents, daughters and boyfriends act out for 80 minutes.
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Tres muchachas de Jalisco
1960
El 7 de Copas
6.3/6
Professional gambler finds metaphysical meanings in the way he manages the workings of chance.
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El 7 de Copas
1958
Bolero Inmortal
7/15
Young singer becomes famous, has an affair with a married man.
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Bolero Inmortal
1964
Me llaman el cantaclaro
6.333/3
The story of the ruthless female boss of a hacienda who meets her match in the city-educated Santos Luzardo.
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Me llaman el cantaclaro
1962
Lástima de ropa
6.5/7
Millionaire goes slumming, meets a girl...
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Lástima de ropa
1961
Duelo indio
5.4/5
A cabal of bad-hats is conspiring to dispossess the local Indians of their hereditary lands, but Pancho fights to defend them... while a messenger is...
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Duelo indio
1961
Una pasión me domina
6/5
Unscrupulous landowner and his family are trying to deny water rights to the townsfolk. Particular beef with the guy that runs the mill. Ultimately th...
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Una pasión me domina
1957
El caudillo
5.6/5
Bad-hat townsfolk want to dispossess local Indians of their tribal lands; priestess and white ally fight back. One of four in a series.
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El caudillo
1961
The Curse of the Doll People
6.441/17
Four men are cursed by a voodoo priest for stealing a sacred idol from his temple. Soon a band of murderous "doll men" are after the men and their fam...
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The Curse of the Doll People
1965
Las tapatías nunca pierden
5.6/5
An heiress and some friends pose as gypsies to fight back against some bad-hats who are squatting on her new estate.
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Las tapatías nunca pierden
1962
Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
6.2/5
An American priest is hired as coach at a Mexican university; he trains his students in the ways of American football and moral rectitude. You ain't g...
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Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
1960
Los tigres del ring
5.5/6
Crooked promoter has a secret weapon who goes around beating fighters to death after their matches if they aren't in line with his rigging schedule. P...
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Los tigres del ring
1955
The Cha Cha Cha Widows
5.667/6
Two married couples' lives are disrupted when the husbands disappear while on vacation. When the men are reported dead, the two women start a dance ba...
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The Cha Cha Cha Widows
1964
Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
6/6
Young woman and her godfather make up a story about her past in order to trick a suitor into marrying her. Then she becomes a musical comedy star and...
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Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
1961
Bonitas las Tapatias
5.667/3
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Bonitas las Tapatias
1960
Las canciones unidas
6/5
The delegates of an international conference must decide on a "United Song", capturing the traditions and cultural characteristics of the participatin...
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Las canciones unidas
1965
Tintansón Cruzoe
5.833/6
Tin Tan is marooned on an island full of colorful natives.
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Tintansón Cruzoe
1963
Tres palomas alborotadas
5/6
Controlling papa won't let his daughters have boyfriends.
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Tres palomas alborotadas
1961
Amor a balazo limpio
5.5/6
Hired gunman tries and fails to kill The Sheriff. Then the gunman's kid brother coms to town, thinking The Sheriff is to blame for the gunman's death.
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Amor a balazo limpio
1966
¡Viva Benito Canales!
6.667/3
Campesino with leadership qualities is indecisive about whether he should join the Revolution or concentrate on improving conditions at his farm, also...
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¡Viva Benito Canales!
1959
El vestido de novia
6.167/6
A young professional hires a sex-worker to pass as his wife in a situation that requires him to seem married. Later they think about getting married f...
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El vestido de novia
1960
Peligros de juventud
5.4/5
Each of the boys and girls at the coffee shop has something snarled in their love life.
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Peligros de juventud
1957
Every Child a Cross to Bear
6.667/3
Sometimes parents make the mistake of loving one child more than the others. Don José places blind trust in his son Pepe, who turns out to be the one...
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Every Child a Cross to Bear
1957
Dios no lo quiera
6/5
A beautiful young woman from the neighborhood falls in love with two rude men, one good and the other bad.
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Dios no lo quiera
1961
El tiro de gracia
5.5/4
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El tiro de gracia
1958
La mafia del crimen
5/4
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La mafia del crimen
1955
El pueblo sin Dios
6.5/4
Unscrupulous rich guy owns all the businesses in border towns, is challenged by town's new priest.
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El pueblo sin Dios
1955
Lo que le pasó a Sansón
7.222/9
Comedic retelling of the events around the biblical character: Samson.
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Lo que le pasó a Sansón
1955
Melodías de amor
6.667/3
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Melodías de amor
1961
De hombre a hombre
5.167/6
Three monks raise the boy Antonio, who was abandoned at the convent door. The monks are criticized for the way they have educated Antonio, who ends up...
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