
Acting
Elvira Quintana
Born 1935-11-07 · Montijo, Spain
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.
Acting credits
5.0No synopsis available yet.
La mafia del crimen
1958
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
6.0Unscrupulous 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
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
5.3Family builds a houseboat and sets sail down the Amazon. Based on a novel by Jules Verne.
800 Leagues Over the Amazon
1959
6.5Unscrupulous rich guy owns all the businesses in border towns, is challenged by town's new priest.
El pueblo sin Dios
1955
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
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Melodías de amor
1955
7.3Strong-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
6.5Millionaire goes slumming, meets a girl...
Lástima de ropa
1962
5.4Film of 1963 directed by Humberto Gómez Landero, starring Elvira Quintana, Manuel Capetillo and Joaquín García Vargas.
La divina garza
1963
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
6.0The 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
6.0Young 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
6.3Professional gambler finds metaphysical meanings in the way he manages the workings of chance.
El 7 de Copas
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
5.8Tin Tan is marooned on an island full of colorful natives.
Tintansón Cruzoe
1965
6.6Timid, browbeaten salaryman becomes famous author overnight.
Gutierritos
1959
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
5.4Each of the boys and girls at the coffee shop has something snarled in their love life.
Peligros de juventud
1960
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
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
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Bonitas las Tapatias
1961