
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