Acting

Elisa Méndez

Known for

Acting

Credits

25 titles

Known for

Welcome Mr. Marshall! poster
7.4

A small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and its ruling townsmen begin preparations to impress the American visitors, in the hopes of benefiting under the Marshall Plan. Hoping to demonstrate the side of Spanish culture with which the visiting foreign officials would be more familiarized, the Castilian citizens don unfamiliar Andalusian costumes, hire a renowned flamenco performer, and re-decorate their town in Andalusian style, meantime waiting for their uncertain arrival.

Welcome Mr. Marshall!

1953

The House That Screamed poster
6.5

Southern France, 19th century. Teresa, a young girl, arrives at an isolated female boarding school that is tyrannically mastered by Mrs. Fourneau, the strict headmistress, whose protective shadow haunts Luis, her weak son.

The House That Screamed

1969

Death of a Cyclist poster
7.1

A couple having an affair strike a bicyclist with their car and do not offer aid out of fear of their relationship being exposed.

Death of a Cyclist

1955

Path to the Kingdom poster
10.0

Soledad is a famous singer who, one fine day, decides to turn her life around and enter a convent to help others. The press and her family are baffled: now, the great figure of Spanish singing has become Sister María de la Asunción and works caring for the sick in a hospital that has serious financial problems. At first, everything is difficult, but the intrepid nun manages to get ahead through courage and generosity.

Path to the Kingdom

1952

Main Street poster
6.3

A small town in Spain, October 1955. Isabel, a 35-year-old dreamer who feels like a failure because she is not married yet, becomes the new target of a group of soulless pranksters.

Main Street

1956

Furnished Studio 2.P. poster
4.3

Two bank employees use a computer to determine the girls for their sexual affairs in their newly hired flat.

Furnished Studio 2.P.

1969

Film credits

1960s · 10 titles

The House That Screamed poster
6.5

Southern France, 19th century. Teresa, a young girl, arrives at an isolated female boarding school that is tyrannically mastered by Mrs. Fourneau, the strict headmistress, whose protective shadow haunts Luis, her weak son.

The House That Screamed

1969

Furnished Studio 2.P. poster
4.3

Two bank employees use a computer to determine the girls for their sexual affairs in their newly hired flat.

Furnished Studio 2.P.

1969

Los chicos con las chicas poster
6.2

After the rock band Los Bravos take a holiday at a mountainside camp situated next to a girls' school, their singer, Mike, ends up falling in love with one of the students there.

Los chicos con las chicas

1967

Al ponerse el sol poster
6.5

A famous singer and actor is at the peak of his career but fatigue, stress and harassment of the media makes feel unbalanced. His star began to fall rapidly and so goes into a clinic to cure his pain. Coming out, away from his audience, will spend some time at a house that is in the North, to the seashore. There he feels haunted by the story of characters who have lived in a nearby house, in one of which identifies his former secretary.

Al ponerse el sol

1967

Those Who Did Not Go to War poster
6.5

First World War. In a largely rural area of neutral Spain, two families confront one another and play a part in embarrassing situations because they don't support the same side in the war. This will influence the breakup of an engagement.

Those Who Did Not Go to War

1962

Pecados conyugales poster
6.5

Film consisting of three episodes. The first, "Doubt": Sofia, early summer, young and beautiful, always choose a dog that matches their outfits and a lover that matches them. It is up to Ricardo, a playboy who is not known for their intelligence. The second, "Ambition" Amparo and Vincent are married. She is ambitious and wants her husband to be important and famous. To discover a process that infallible: that her husband will be burnt in the street bonzo. The third, "Jealousy" Manolo and Eulogio are friends and colleagues. For certain indications Eulogio think your wife is cheating on him with Gregory and advised by Manolo, he decides to wash his honor.

Pecados conyugales

1969

Tengo 17 años poster
5.3

A young girl decide to escape from home because her stepmother doesn´t like her. She finds a modest family that welcomes her as a family member. She learns how to live in lowliness and fall in love with David.

Tengo 17 años

1964

Rustic Chivalry poster
5.9

Maria del Pilar is in love with Sebastian, a servant of his house. But her father wants her to marry Marcos a rich landowner. The girl refuses Marcos and he decides to take revenge.

Rustic Chivalry

1965

Ninette and a Gentleman from Murcia poster
6.5

Murcia, Spain. Andrés, a bland merchant, owner of a bookshop, decides to take a trip to Paris, where his friend Armando lives.

Ninette and a Gentleman from Murcia

1966

Los económicamente débiles poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Los económicamente débiles

1960

1950s · 14 titles

Welcome Mr. Marshall! poster
7.4

A small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and its ruling townsmen begin preparations to impress the American visitors, in the hopes of benefiting under the Marshall Plan. Hoping to demonstrate the side of Spanish culture with which the visiting foreign officials would be more familiarized, the Castilian citizens don unfamiliar Andalusian costumes, hire a renowned flamenco performer, and re-decorate their town in Andalusian style, meantime waiting for their uncertain arrival.

Welcome Mr. Marshall!

1953

Death of a Cyclist poster
7.1

A couple having an affair strike a bicyclist with their car and do not offer aid out of fear of their relationship being exposed.

Death of a Cyclist

1955

Path to the Kingdom poster
10.0

Soledad is a famous singer who, one fine day, decides to turn her life around and enter a convent to help others. The press and her family are baffled: now, the great figure of Spanish singing has become Sister María de la Asunción and works caring for the sick in a hospital that has serious financial problems. At first, everything is difficult, but the intrepid nun manages to get ahead through courage and generosity.

Path to the Kingdom

1952

Main Street poster
6.3

A small town in Spain, October 1955. Isabel, a 35-year-old dreamer who feels like a failure because she is not married yet, becomes the new target of a group of soulless pranksters.

Main Street

1956

Susanna and Me poster
7.0

An expulsive star of a variety theatre cannot decide between the love of an honest archaeology professor and the love of an extravagant official who turns himself into a cabaret comedian in his sparetime.

Susanna and Me

1957

The Black Man Who Had a White Soul poster
7.3

Peter Ward is a black singer who arrives to Madrid in 1907. He falls in love with Emma, and he offers her to be her dancer. She is restrained by her racial prejudices which will lead to an inevitable separation between them.

The Black Man Who Had a White Soul

1951

Nadie lo sabrá poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Nadie lo sabrá

1953

Boyfriend in Sight poster
5.8

In 1918, a young woman is taken to a coastal resort by her parents to find her a suitable husband.

Boyfriend in Sight

1954

Día tras día poster
6.2

The everyday stories of a parish priest and his sheep, some more troublesome than others, in Madrid's El Rastro neighborhood.

Día tras día

1951

Maldición gitana poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Maldición gitana

1953

Cerca del cielo poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cerca del cielo

1952

Sucedió en Sevilla poster
8.0

Don Fernando is a senior engineer of Sevilla for years as a partner had a friend working. But his partner died and his son, Albert, wants to take the management of the company and the farm, one of the most important of Seville, whose property also shared. Alberto secretly courting Esperanza, a daughter of Don Fernando. Juan Antonio, the son of the late foreman of the farm, is an honest young man who, in silence, also loves Esperanza. Both will vie for her love.

Sucedió en Sevilla

1955

Quema el suelo poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Quema el suelo

1951

Señora ama poster
5.3

A wealthy couple is hampered by having no children. The sister-in-law feels attracted to the husband and marries his brother. Tension raises between them when the wife feels ill.

Señora ama

1955