Acting
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.
Filmography
Los años verdes
Film · 1967
¡Viva Benito Canales!
Film · 1966
Las tapatías nunca pierden
Film · 1965
Tintansón Cruzoe
Film · 1965
Tres muchachas de Jalisco
Film · 1964
Me llaman el cantaclaro
Film · 1964
Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
Film · 1964
Los derechos de los hijos
Film · 1963
La divina garza
Film · 1963
Tres palomas alborotadas
Film · 1963
Lástima de ropa
Film · 1962
Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
Film · 1962
Tres Romeos y una Julieta
Film · 1961
Se alquila marido
Film · 1961
Duelo indio
Film · 1961
Una pasión me domina
Film · 1961
The Curse of the Doll People
Film · 1961
Bonitas las Tapatias
Film · 1961
Amor a balazo limpio
Film · 1961
El tiro de gracia
Film · 1961
De hombre a hombre
Film · 1961
Póker de reinas
Film · 1960
Dos hijos desobedientes
Film · 1960
The Law of Guns
Film · 1960
El 7 de Copas
Film · 1960
Los tigres del ring
Film · 1960
Las canciones unidas
Film · 1960
Peligros de juventud
Film · 1960
800 Leagues Over the Amazon
Film · 1959
Gutierritos
Film · 1959
El vestido de novia
Film · 1959
Bolero Inmortal
Film · 1958
La mafia del crimen
Film · 1958
Diabolical Kidnapping
Film · 1957
El caudillo
Film · 1957
Every Child a Cross to Bear
Film · 1957
Dios no lo quiera
Film · 1957
Basket of Mexican Tales
Film · 1956
The Cha Cha Cha Widows
Film · 1955
El pueblo sin Dios
Film · 1955
Lo que le pasó a Sansón
Film · 1955
Melodías de amor
Film · 1955
La mujer X
Film · 1955