Elvira Quintana

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.

  • Title: Elvira Quintana
  • Popularity: 2.11
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1935-11-07
  • Place of Birth: Montijo, Spain
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Elvira Quintana Movies

  • 1957
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    Diabolical Kidnapping

    Diabolical Kidnapping

    5 1957 HD

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  • 1961
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    Three Romeos and One Juliet

    Three Romeos and One Juliet

    5 1961 HD

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  • 1967
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    Los años verdes

    Los años verdes

    5 1967 HD

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  • 1960
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    Póker de reinas

    Póker de reinas

    5 1960 HD

    A musical comedy about a group of pretty girls who meet in Mexico and decide to break into showbiz and make a pact and promise not to get involved...

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  • 1963
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    Los derechos de los hijos

    Los derechos de los hijos

    5 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    La divina garza

    La divina garza

    5 1963 HD

    Film of 1963 directed by Humberto Gómez Landero, starring Elvira Quintana, Manuel Capetillo and Joaquín García Vargas.

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  • 1956
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    Basket of Mexican Tales

    Basket of Mexican Tales

    6.8 1956 HD

    Strong-willed Luisa attracts lots of men, but her intelligence and sharp tongue often sends them running. When she meets Carlos, who is equally...

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  • 1959
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    800 Leagues Over the Amazon

    800 Leagues Over the Amazon

    5 1959 HD

    Family builds a houseboat and sets sail down the Amazon. Based on a novel by Jules Verne.

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  • 1961
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    Se alquila marido

    Se alquila marido

    5 1961 HD

    Female CEO hires a man to pass as her husband and act as figurehead of her business concerns.

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  • 1959
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    Gutierritos

    Gutierritos

    6.1 1959 HD

    Timid, browbeaten salaryman becomes famous author overnight.

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  • 1960
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    Dos hijos desobedientes

    Dos hijos desobedientes

    5.2 1960 HD

    Meddling mom tries to set up her two cowboy sons to marry two sisters who are looking for domesticated, 'indoor' husbands that cook and keep house.

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  • 1960
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    La ley de las pistolas

    La ley de las pistolas

    5 1960 HD

    Fancy shooting-iron awarded as a prize in a marksmanship competition, passes from hand to hand.

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  • 1964
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    Tres muchachas de Jalisco

    Tres muchachas de Jalisco

    5 1964 HD

    Divorced Dad's planning to remarry, so Daughter #1 notifies Mom and Daughters #2&3. Then parents, daughters and boyfriends act out for 80 minutes.

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  • 1960
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    El Siete de Copas

    El Siete de Copas

    5.6 1960 HD

    Professional gambler finds metaphysical meanings in the way he manages the workings of chance.

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  • 1958
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    Bolero Inmortal

    Bolero Inmortal

    6.8 1958 HD

    Young singer becomes famous, has an affair with a married man.

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  • 1964
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    Me llaman el cantaclaro

    Me llaman el cantaclaro

    5 1964 HD

    The story of the ruthless female boss of a hacienda who meets her match in the city-educated Santos Luzardo.

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  • 1962
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    Lástima de ropa

    Lástima de ropa

    6.2 1962 HD

    Millionaire goes slumming, meets a girl...

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  • 1961
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    Duelo indio

    Duelo indio

    5 1961 HD

    A cabal of bad-hats is conspiring to dispossess the local Indians of their hereditary lands, but Pancho fights to defend them... while a messenger is...

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  • 1961
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    Una pasión me domina

    Una pasión me domina

    5 1961 HD

    Unscrupulous landowner and his family are trying to deny water rights to the townsfolk. Particular beef with the guy that runs the mill. Ultimately...

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  • 1957
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    El caudillo

    El caudillo

    5 1957 HD

    Bad-hat townsfolk want to dispossess local Indians of their tribal lands; priestess and white ally fight back. One of four in a series.

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  • 1955
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    El vendedor de muñecas

    El vendedor de muñecas

    4.8 1955 HD

    A man sells his wife, and takes care of street women turning them into ladies to sell to rich men.

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  • 1961
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    The Curse of the Doll People

    The Curse of the Doll People

    6.3 1961 HD

    Four men are cursed by a voodoo priest for stealing a sacred idol from his temple. Soon a band of murderous "doll men" are after the men and their...

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  • 1965
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    Las tapatías nunca pierden

    Las tapatías nunca pierden

    5 1965 HD

    An heiress and some friends pose as gypsies to fight back against some bad-hats who are squatting on her new estate.

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  • 1962
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    Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)

    Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)

    5.5 1962 HD

    An 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...

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  • 1960
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    Los tigres del ring

    Los tigres del ring

    5 1960 HD

    Crooked 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....

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  • 1953
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    El misterio del carro express

    El misterio del carro express

    5 1953 HD

    Police detective and his plucky girl-reporter fiancée go after the gang that committed a train robbery.

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  • 1955
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    The Cha Cha Cha Widows

    The Cha Cha Cha Widows

    5.4 1955 HD

    Two married couples' lives are disrupted when the husbands disappear while on vacation. When the men are reported dead, the two women start a dance...

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  • 1964
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    Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)

    Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)

    5.2 1964 HD

    Young 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...

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  • 1961
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    Bonitas las Tapatias

    Bonitas las Tapatias

    5 1961 HD

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  • 1960
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    Las canciones unidas

    Las canciones unidas

    5.5 1960 HD

    Film clips of songs by performers from around the world.

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  • 1965
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    Tintansón Cruzoe

    Tintansón Cruzoe

    5.6 1965 HD

    Tin Tan is marooned on an island full of colorful natives.

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  • 1963
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    Tres palomas alborotadas

    Tres palomas alborotadas

    4.4 1963 HD

    Controlling papa won't let his daughters have boyfriends.

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  • 1961
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    Amor a balazo limpio

    Amor a balazo limpio

    5 1961 HD

    Hired 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.

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  • 1966
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    ¡Viva Benito Canales!

    ¡Viva Benito Canales!

    5 1966 HD

    Campesino with leadership qualities is indecisive about whether he should join the Revolution or concentrate on improving conditions at his farm,...

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  • 1959
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    El vestido de novia

    El vestido de novia

    5.6 1959 HD

    A 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...

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  • 1960
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    Peligros de juventud

    Peligros de juventud

    4.5 1960 HD

    Each of the boys and girls at the coffee shop has something snarled in their love life.

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  • 1957
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    Each child, a cross

    Each child, a cross

    5 1957 HD

    Empty nest syndrome, #1388.

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  • 1957
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    Dios no lo quiera

    Dios no lo quiera

    5 1957 HD

    A beautiful young woman from the neighborhood falls in love with two rude men, one good and the other bad.

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  • 1961
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    El tiro de gracia

    El tiro de gracia

    5 1961 HD

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  • 1958
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    La mafia del crimen

    La mafia del crimen

    4.3 1958 HD

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  • 1955
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    El pueblo sin Dios

    El pueblo sin Dios

    5 1955 HD

    Unscrupulous rich guy owns all the businesses in border towns, is challenged by town's new priest.

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  • 1955
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    Lo que le pasó a Sansón

    Lo que le pasó a Sansón

    6.9 1955 HD

    Comedic retelling of the events around the biblical character: Samson.

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  • 1955
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    Melodías de amor

    Melodías de amor

    5 1955 HD

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