Place of Birth: Campo de Criptana, Ciudad Real, Spain
Sara Montiel
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.
Movie | Cast | Year |
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Bad Education | Soledad (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2004 |
Vera Cruz | Nina | 1954 |
Run of the Arrow | Yellow Moccasin | 1957 |
Serenade | Juana Montes | 1956 |
The Last Couplet | Maria Luján | 1957 |
Tuset Street | Violeta Riscal | 1968 |
Casablanca, Nest of Spies | Teresa Vilar | 1963 |
Don Quixote | Antonia | 1947 |
The Lovely Lola | Lola | 1962 |
La mujer perdida | Sara Fernán | 1966 |
Pecado de amor | Magda Beltrán / Sor Belén | 1961 |
That Man from Tangier | Aixa | 1953 |
The Woman from Beirut | Isabel Llanos | 1965 |
Samba | Belén / Laura Monteiro | 1965 |
Ahí viene Martín Corona | Rosario | 1952 |
El enamorado | Rosario | 1952 |
Queen of the Chantecler | La bella Charito | 1962 |
Esa mujer | Soledad Romero Fuentes | 1969 |
La mies es mucha | Guyerati | 1948 |
The Violet Seller | Soledad Moreno | 1958 |
Carmen from Ronda | Carmen | 1959 |
Mi último tango | Marta Andreu | 1960 |
Locura de amor | Aldara | 1948 |
Varietés | 1971 | |
Five Pillows for One Night | Rosa López / Ana | 1974 |
La vida de Pedro Infante | (archive footage) | 1966 |
Yo no creo en los hombres | María Caridad Robledo | 1955 |
Singing to the Gods: Mario Lanza | Self | 2005 |
El capitán Veneno | 1950 | |
La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961) | Self - Actress (archive footage) | 2022 |
Necesito dinero | 1952 | |
Frente al Pecado de Ayer | 1955 | |
Ella, Lucifer y yo | 1953 | |
Se solicitan modelos | 1954 | |
Women's prison | Dora | 1951 |
Where the Circle Ends | Isabel | 1956 |
Mariona Rebull | Lula | 1947 |
Bambú | Yoyita | 1945 |
¡Yo soy gallo dondequiera! | 1953 | |
Furia roja | María Stevens | 1951 |
Cinnamon Skin | 1953 | |
¿Por qué ya no me quieres? | Rosaura Moreno / Lilia | 1954 |
Zero/infinito | (voice) | 2002 |
Enrique Herreros | Self - Actress | 2011 |
Todos los nombres de Sara | Self - Actress (archive footage) | 2019 |
La casa de los Martínez | 1971 | |
Canciones de nuestra vida | (archive footage) | 1975 |
Asaltar los cielos | 1996 | |
Barefoot in the Kitchen | (archive footage) | 2013 |
Alhucemas | María Luisa Pereira | 1948 |
Pequeñeces | Monique | 1950 |
80s: El soundtrack de una generación | Self (archive footage) | 2006 |
Sombras y luces: Cien años de cine español | 1996 | |
Empezó en boda | 1944 | |
Series | Cast | Year |
Legends | Self | 2006 |
De pé a pá | Self | 1996 |
Super Sara | Self (archive footage) | 1970 |