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.
42 acting credits
Acting · 42
Gutierritos
1959
Basket of Mexican Tales
1956
The Curse of the Doll People
1961
Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
1962
Las tapatías nunca pierden
1965
Diabolical Kidnapping
1957
Dos hijos desobedientes
1960
Tintansón Cruzoe
1965
Melodías de amor
1955
Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
1964
Los tigres del ring
1960
El pueblo sin Dios
1955
El caudillo
1957
The Cha Cha Cha Widows
1955
Tres Romeos y una Julieta
1961
El Siete de Copas
1960
El vestido de novia
1959
Lo que le pasó a Sansón
1955
Every Child a Cross to Bear
1957
Me llaman el cantaclaro
1964
De hombre a hombre
1961
Póker de reinas
1960
Los años verdes
1967
¡Viva Benito Canales!
1966
Las canciones unidas
1960
Una pasión me domina
1961
La divina garza
1963
Duelo indio
1961
Se alquila marido
1961
800 Leagues Over the Amazon
1959
La mafia del crimen
1958
Peligros de juventud
1960
Amor a balazo limpio
1961
Bolero Inmortal
1958
Dios no lo quiera
1957
The Law of Guns
1960
El tiro de gracia
1961
Tres palomas alborotadas
1963
Tres muchachas de Jalisco
1964
Los derechos de los hijos
1963
Lástima de ropa
1962
Bonitas las Tapatias
1961