Elvira Quintana
ActingSpanish-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
800 Leagues Over the Amazon
Minha
The Curse of the Doll People
Karina
Peligros de juventud
Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
Gutierritos
Rosa
Diabolical Kidnapping
El pueblo sin Dios
Cabaretera
Lo que le pasó a Sansón
Myriam
El vestido de novia
Rebeca Ponce
Los tigres del ring
Filmography — Acting
800 Leagues Over the Amazon
Minha
The Curse of the Doll People
Karina
Peligros de juventud
Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
Gutierritos
Rosa
Diabolical Kidnapping
El pueblo sin Dios
Cabaretera
Lo que le pasó a Sansón
Myriam
El vestido de novia
Rebeca Ponce
Los tigres del ring
El caudillo
Dos hijos desobedientes
Elvira
Every Child a Cross to Bear
Basket of Mexican Tales
Carmen Ochoa
Duelo indio
Marisela
Bolero Inmortal
The Cha Cha Cha Widows
Póker de reinas
Dios no lo quiera
Rosa
La mafia del crimen
Linda
Una pasión me domina
Lástima de ropa
Tres muchachas de Jalisco
Elvira
Tres palomas alborotadas
Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
Tres Romeos y una Julieta
La divina garza
Los derechos de los hijos
Las tapatías nunca pierden
Griselda Rios
Me llaman el cantaclaro
Amparo
El Siete de Copas
Rosa
Se alquila marido
Rita
Los años verdes
De hombre a hombre
Lucha
¡Viva Benito Canales!
The Law of Guns
María
Tintansón Cruzoe
Melodías de amor
Marta (no acreditado)
Amor a balazo limpio
Chabela
Bonitas las Tapatias
El tiro de gracia
