Sara Montiel
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sara Montiel (also Sarita Montiel or Saritísima; 10 March 1928 – 8 April 2013) was a Spanish singer and actress. She was a naturalized citizen of Mexico. Montiel was born in Campo de Criptana in the region of Castile–La Mancha in 1928 as María Antonia Abad (complete name María Antonia Alejandra Vicenta Elpidia Isidora Abad Fernández). After her work in Juan de Orduña's El Último Cuplé in 1957, Montiel worked in Europe, Latin America and United States. Montiel's film Varietes was banned in Beijing in 1973. Her films El Último Cuple and La Violetera netted the highest gross revenues ever recorded for films made in the Spanish speaking movie industry during the 1950s/60s. She played the role of Antonia, the niece of Don Quixote, in the 1947 Spanish film version of Cervantes's great novel. She was portrayed in the Pedro Almodóvar film Bad Education by a male actor in drag (Gael García Bernal) as the cross-dressing character Zahara, and a film clip from one of her movies was used as well.
61 acting credits
Acting · 61
Legends
2006
De pé a pá
1996
Bad Education
2004
Vera Cruz
1954
Super Sara
2025
Run of the Arrow
1957
Serenade
1956
Canciones de nuestra vida
1975
Pecado de amor
1961
Don Quixote
1947
Songs for After a War
1976
The Violet Seller
1958
Todos los nombres de Sara
2019
Enrique Herreros
2011
Varietés
1971
Ahí viene Martín Corona
1952
Mi último tango
1960
Mariona Rebull
1947
The Devil Made a Woman
1959
The Last Couplet
1957
Casablanca, Nest of Spies
1963
La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961)
2022
El enamorado
1952
Cárcel de mujeres
1951
Queen of the Chantecler
1962
El capitán Veneno
1950
Locura de amor
1948
Pequeñeces
1950
Samba
1965
Se solicitan modelos
1954
Five Pillows for One Night
1974
Furia roja
1951
Cinnamon Skin
1953
Tuset Street
1968
80s: El soundtrack de una generación
2006
The Woman from Beirut
1965
La mujer perdida
1966
La casa de los Martínez
1971
La vida de Pedro Infante
1966
Sombras y luces: Cien años de cine español
1996
Ella, Lucifer y yo
1953
Esa mujer
1969
Barefoot in the Kitchen
2013
Alhucemas
1948
La mies es mucha
1948
The Lovely Lola
1962
That Man from Tangier
1953
La última cena... del 88
1988
Singing to the Gods: Mario Lanza
2005
Where the Circle Ends
1956
Zero/infinito
2002
I Need Money
1951
¿Por qué ya no me quieres?
1954
Bambú
1945
Empezó en boda
1944
Frente al Pecado de Ayer
1955
¡Yo soy gallo dondequiera!
1953
Yo no creo en los hombres
1955
Sara, una estrella
2002
Trainsmoking
2025
Asaltar los cielos
1996