
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
6.3Professional gambler finds metaphysical meanings in the way he manages the workings of chance.
El 7 de Copas
1960
5.6An 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
6.6Timid, browbeaten salaryman becomes famous author overnight.
Gutierritos
1959
6.5Unscrupulous rich guy owns all the businesses in border towns, is challenged by town's new priest.
El pueblo sin Dios
1955
5.5Crooked 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
6.4Four 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
Film credits
1960s · 28 titles
6.3Professional gambler finds metaphysical meanings in the way he manages the workings of chance.
El 7 de Copas
1960
5.6An 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
5.5Crooked 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
6.4Four 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
6.2An 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
6.3Divorced 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
6.3The story of the ruthless female boss of a hacienda who meets her match in the city-educated Santos Luzardo.
Me llaman el cantaclaro
1964
5.5No synopsis available yet.
El tiro de gracia
1961
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Los derechos de los hijos
1963
5.2Three 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
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
5.5Hired 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
6.2Meddling 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
6.0Unscrupulous 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
6.0Young 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 synopsis available yet.
Tres Romeos y una Julieta
1961
Fancy shooting-iron awarded as a prize in a marksmanship competition, passes from hand to hand.
The Law of Guns
1960
5.4Each of the boys and girls at the coffee shop has something snarled in their love life.
Peligros de juventud
1960
6.7Campesino 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
5.6Female CEO hires a man to pass as her husband and act as figurehead of her business concerns.
Se alquila marido
1961
5.0Controlling papa won't let his daughters have boyfriends.
Tres palomas alborotadas
1963
5.4Film of 1963 directed by Humberto Gómez Landero, starring Elvira Quintana, Manuel Capetillo and Joaquín García Vargas.
La divina garza
1963
5.8Tin Tan is marooned on an island full of colorful natives.
Tintansón Cruzoe
1965
5.4A 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
6.0The 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
6.5Millionaire goes slumming, meets a girl...
Lástima de ropa
1962
No synopsis available yet.
Los años verdes
1967
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Bonitas las Tapatias
1961
1950s · 15 titles
6.6Timid, browbeaten salaryman becomes famous author overnight.
Gutierritos
1959
6.5Unscrupulous rich guy owns all the businesses in border towns, is challenged by town's new priest.
El pueblo sin Dios
1955
7.2Strong-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
5.3Family builds a houseboat and sets sail down the Amazon. Based on a novel by Jules Verne.
800 Leagues Over the Amazon
1959
7.2Comedic retelling of the events around the biblical character: Samson.
Lo que le pasó a Sansón
1955
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Melodías de amor
1955
5.0No synopsis available yet.
La mafia del crimen
1958
6.0A beautiful young woman from the neighborhood falls in love with two rude men, one good and the other bad.
Dios no lo quiera
1957
6.7Sometimes 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
6.2A 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
5.7Second film in the Tigres del ring series.
Diabolical Kidnapping
1957
5.7Two 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
6.0A 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
7.0Young singer becomes famous, has an affair with a married man.
Bolero Inmortal
1958
5.6Bad-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
