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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Campo de Criptana, Ciudad Real, Spain, 1928-03-10

Died: 2013-04-08

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Empezó en boda		0
2	1945	Bambú	Yoyita	10
3	1947	Don Quixote	Antonia	56
4	1947	Mariona Rebull	Lula	10
5	1948	La mies es mucha	Guyerati	37
6	1948	Alhucemas	María Luisa Pereira	0
7	1948	Locura de amor	Aldara	49
8	1950	El capitán Veneno		47
9	1950	Pequeñeces	Monique	28
10	1951	Women's prison	Dora	54
11	1951	Furia roja	María Stevens	33
12	1952	Necesito dinero		77
13	1952	Ahí viene Martín Corona	Rosario	71
14	1952	El enamorado	Rosario	70
15	1953	Ella, Lucifer y yo		27
16	1953	That Man from Tangier	Aixa	10
17	1953	Cinnamon Skin		62
18	1953	¡Yo soy gallo dondequiera!		61
19	1954	¿Por qué ya no me quieres?	Rosaura Moreno / Lilia	50
20	1954	Se solicitan modelos		26
21	1954	Vera Cruz	Nina	66
22	1955	Frente al Pecado de Ayer		26
23	1955	Yo no creo en los hombres	María Caridad Robledo	26
24	1956	Serenade	Juana Montes	55
25	1956	Where the Circle Ends	Isabel	42
26	1957	The Last Couplet	Maria Luján	55
27	1957	Run of the Arrow	Yellow Moccasin	62
28	1958	The Violet Seller	Soledad Moreno	68
29	1959	Carmen from Ronda	Carmen	59
30	1960	Mi último tango	Marta Andreu	58
31	1961	Pecado de amor	Magda Beltrán / Sor Belén	43
32	1962	The Lovely Lola	Lola	61
33	1962	Queen of the Chantecler	La bella Charito	54
34	1963	Casablanca, Nest of Spies	Teresa Vilar	37
35	1965	Samba	Belén / Laura Monteiro	26
36	1965	The Woman from Beirut	Isabel Llanos	45
37	1966	La vida de Pedro Infante	(archive footage)	47
38	1966	La mujer perdida	Sara Fernán	34
39	1968	Tuset Street	Violeta Riscal	10
40	1969	Esa mujer	Soledad Romero Fuentes	54
41	1971	La casa de los Martínez		10
42	1971	Varietés		53
43	1974	Five Pillows for One Night	Rosa López / Ana	27
44	1975	Canciones de nuestra vida	(archive footage)	0
45	1988	La última cena... del 88	Self	0
46	1996	Sombras y luces: Cien años de cine español		75
47	1996	Asaltar los cielos		65
48	2002	Zero/infinito	(voice)	0
49	2002	Sara, una estrella		100
50	2004	Bad Education	Soledad (archive footage) (uncredited)	74
51	2005	Singing to the Gods: Mario Lanza	Self	0
52	2006	80s: El soundtrack de una generación	Self (archive footage)	0
53	2011	Enrique Herreros	Self - Actress	65
54	2013	Barefoot in the Kitchen	(archive footage)	60
55	2019	Todos los nombres de Sara	Self - Actress (archive footage)	40
56	2022	La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961)	Self - Actress (archive footage)	40

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1996	De pé a pá	Self	30
2	2006	Legends	Self	50
3		Super Sara	Self (archive footage)	0