Elvira Quintana
Actor · 1935 – 1968 · 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.
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Movie6.3RomanceDramaProfessional gambler finds metaphysical meanings in the way he manages the workings of chance.
El 7 de Copas
1960 · 6 votes
Movie5.6ComedyDramaAn 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 votes
Movie7.2ComedyComedic retelling of the events around the biblical character: Samson.
Lo que le pasó a Sansón
1955 · 9 votes
Movie6.5DramaUnscrupulous rich guy owns all the businesses in border towns, is challenged by town's new priest.
El pueblo sin Dios
1955 · 4 votes
Movie7.2RomanceStrong-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.
Movie6.7DramaSometimes 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).
Movie5.5Crooked 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 votes
Movie5.5MusicComedyHired 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 votes
Movie5.3DramaActionFamily builds a houseboat and sets sail down the Amazon. Based on a novel by Jules Verne.
Movie6.0DramaRomanceUnscrupulous 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 · 5 votes
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Tres Romeos y una Julieta
1961 · 3 votes
Movie6.0DramaRomanceA beautiful young woman from the neighborhood falls in love with two rude men, one good and the other bad.
Dios no lo quiera
1957 · 5 votes
Movie5.5El tiro de gracia
1961 · 4 votes
Movie6.2An 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 votes
Movie6.0Los derechos de los hijos
1963 · 3 votes
Movie5.2WesternDramaThree 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 · 6 votes
Movie6.0ComedyMusicYoung 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 votes
Movie6.3Divorced 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 · 3 votes
Movie6.3ComedyWesternThe story of the ruthless female boss of a hacienda who meets her match in the city-educated Santos Luzardo.
Me llaman el cantaclaro
1964 · 3 votes
Movie6.2DramaRomanceA 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 votes
Movie5.7MusicComedyTwo 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...
Movie5.6ComedyFemale CEO hires a man to pass as her husband and act as figurehead of her business concerns.
Se alquila marido
1961 · 5 votes
Movie5.0CrimeDramaLa mafia del crimen
1958 · 4 votes
Movie5.4Film of 1963 directed by Humberto Gómez Landero, starring Elvira Quintana, Manuel Capetillo and Joaquín García Vargas.
La divina garza
1963 · 5 votes