Elvira Quintana

Acting

Elvira Quintana

Born — Died

1935-11-07 — 1968-08-08

Place of birth

Montijo, Spain

Known for

Acting

Credits

43 titles

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 Hispa…

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 28 titles

El 7 de Copas poster
6.3

Professional gambler finds metaphysical meanings in the way he manages the workings of chance.

El 7 de Copas

1960

Las tapatías nunca pierden poster
5.6

An heiress and some friends pose as gypsies to fight back against some bad-hats who are squatting on her new estate.

Las tapatías nunca pierden

1965

Los tigres del ring poster
5.5

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. Part one of two.

Los tigres del ring

1960

The Curse of the Doll People poster
6.4

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 families.

The Curse of the Doll People

1961

Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert) poster
6.2

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 gonna sire no babies out of wedlock on Father Lambert's watch, no siree!

Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)

1962

Tres muchachas de Jalisco poster
6.3

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.

Tres muchachas de Jalisco

1964

Me llaman el cantaclaro poster
6.3

The story of the ruthless female boss of a hacienda who meets her match in the city-educated Santos Luzardo.

Me llaman el cantaclaro

1964

El tiro de gracia poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

El tiro de gracia

1961

Los derechos de los hijos poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Los derechos de los hijos

1963

De hombre a hombre poster
5.2

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 being a joker.

De hombre a hombre

1961

No artwork available
5.4

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 with men. But they all are in love with different guys and that complicates things.

Póker de reinas

1960

Amor a balazo limpio poster
5.5

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.

Amor a balazo limpio

1961

Dos hijos desobedientes poster
6.2

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.

Dos hijos desobedientes

1960

Una pasión me domina poster
6.0

Unscrupulous landowner and his family are trying to deny water rights to the townsfolk. Particular beef with the guy that runs the mill. Ultimately the Revolution rolls through town and helps put everything right.

Una pasión me domina

1961

Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s) poster
6.0

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 Mexican Revolution.

Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)

1964

No artwork available
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Tres Romeos y una Julieta

1961

No artwork available
6.0

Fancy shooting-iron awarded as a prize in a marksmanship competition, passes from hand to hand.

The Law of Guns

1960

Peligros de juventud poster
5.4

Each of the boys and girls at the coffee shop has something snarled in their love life.

Peligros de juventud

1960

¡Viva Benito Canales! poster
6.7

Campesino with leadership qualities is indecisive about whether he should join the Revolution or concentrate on improving conditions at his farm, also about whether he cares about the nice girl he grew up with or the fancy woman who runs the local brothel. Most of his plot points don't come to a head until after the revolution's over, and then after General Huerta's coup.

¡Viva Benito Canales!

1966

Se alquila marido poster
5.6

Female CEO hires a man to pass as her husband and act as figurehead of her business concerns.

Se alquila marido

1961

Tres palomas alborotadas poster
5.0

Controlling papa won't let his daughters have boyfriends.

Tres palomas alborotadas

1963

La divina garza poster
5.4

Film of 1963 directed by Humberto Gómez Landero, starring Elvira Quintana, Manuel Capetillo and Joaquín García Vargas.

La divina garza

1963

Tintansón Cruzoe poster
5.8

Tin Tan is marooned on an island full of colorful natives.

Tintansón Cruzoe

1965

Duelo indio poster
5.4

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 securing copies of some needed legal documents. Etc. Second film of four in the series "Pancho Pistolas."

Duelo indio

1961

Las canciones unidas poster
6.0

The delegates of an international conference must decide on a "United Song", capturing the traditions and cultural characteristics of the participating countries. An unprecedented art showcase.

Las canciones unidas

1960

Lástima de ropa poster
6.5

Millionaire goes slumming, meets a girl...

Lástima de ropa

1962

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Los años verdes

1967

Bonitas las Tapatias poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Bonitas las Tapatias

1961

1950s · 15 titles

Gutierritos poster
6.6

Timid, browbeaten salaryman becomes famous author overnight.

Gutierritos

1959

El pueblo sin Dios poster
6.5

Unscrupulous rich guy owns all the businesses in border towns, is challenged by town's new priest.

El pueblo sin Dios

1955

Basket of Mexican Tales poster
7.2

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, sparks fly. The two of them marry, and quickly begin clashing on a daily basis, humiliating each other as they try to teach one another lesson after lesson.

Basket of Mexican Tales

1956

800 Leagues Over the Amazon poster
5.3

Family builds a houseboat and sets sail down the Amazon. Based on a novel by Jules Verne.

800 Leagues Over the Amazon

1959

Lo que le pasó a Sansón poster
7.2

Comedic retelling of the events around the biblical character: Samson.

Lo que le pasó a Sansón

1955

Melodías de amor poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Melodías de amor

1955

La mafia del crimen poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

La mafia del crimen

1958

Dios no lo quiera poster
6.0

A beautiful young woman from the neighborhood falls in love with two rude men, one good and the other bad.

Dios no lo quiera

1957

Every Child a Cross to Bear poster
6.7

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 committing the most serious faults within the family, while Raymundo is the one who pays for them. Remake of Cuando los hijos se van (1941).

Every Child a Cross to Bear

1957

El vestido de novia poster
6.2

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 for reals... but mostly they just recite monologues to each other.

El vestido de novia

1959

Diabolical Kidnapping poster
5.7

Second film in the Tigres del ring series.

Diabolical Kidnapping

1957

The Cha Cha Cha Widows poster
5.7

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 band... And then...

The Cha Cha Cha Widows

1955

La mujer X poster
6.0

A woman accused of murder refuses to defend herself in any way, in order to avoid tarnishing the family name and the reputation of her long-lost son.

La mujer X

1955

Bolero Inmortal poster
7.0

Young singer becomes famous, has an affair with a married man.

Bolero Inmortal

1958

El caudillo poster
5.6

Bad-hat townsfolk want to dispossess local Indians of their tribal lands; priestess and white ally fight back. One of four in a series.

El caudillo

1957