Sara Montiel
Acting • Born 1928-03-10 – Died 2013-04-08
Biography
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.
Filmography
61 credits
Bad Education
Movie • 2004
Soledad (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vera Cruz
Movie • 1954
Nina
Run of the Arrow
Movie • 1957
Yellow Moccasin
Serenade
Movie • 1956
Juana Montes
The Last Couplet
Movie • 1957
Maria Luján
Tuset Street
Movie • 1968
Violeta Riscal
Casablanca, Nest of Spies
Movie • 1963
Teresa Vilar
Don Quixote
Movie • 1947
Antonia
The Lovely Lola
Movie • 1962
Lola
La mujer perdida
Movie • 1966
Sara Fernán
Pecado de amor
Movie • 1961
Magda Beltrán / Sor Belén
That Man from Tangier
Movie • 1953
Aixa
The Woman from Beirut
Movie • 1965
Isabel Llanos
Samba
Movie • 1965
Belén / Laura Monteiro
Ahí viene Martín Corona
Movie • 1952
Rosario
El enamorado
Movie • 1952
Rosario
Queen of the Chantecler
Movie • 1962
La bella Charito
Esa mujer
Movie • 1969
Soledad Romero Fuentes
La mies es mucha
Movie • 1948
Guyerati
The Violet Seller
Movie • 1958
Soledad Moreno
The Devil Made a Woman
Movie • 1959
Carmen
Mi último tango
Movie • 1960
Marta Andreu
Locura de amor
Movie • 1948
Aldara
Varietés
Movie • 1971
Five Pillows for One Night
Movie • 1974
Rosa López / Ana
La vida de Pedro Infante
Movie • 1966
(archive footage)
Yo no creo en los hombres
Movie • 1955
María Caridad Robledo
Singing to the Gods: Mario Lanza
Movie • 2005
Self
El capitán Veneno
Movie • 1950
La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961)
Movie • 2022
Self - Actress (archive footage)
I Need Money
Movie • 1951
María Teresa
Frente al Pecado de Ayer
Movie • 1955
Ella, Lucifer y yo
Movie • 1953
Isabel
Se solicitan modelos
Movie • 1954
Rosina
Cárcel de mujeres
Movie • 1951
Dora
Where the Circle Ends
Movie • 1956
Isabel
Mariona Rebull
Movie • 1947
Lula
Bambú
Movie • 1945
Yoyita
¡Yo soy gallo dondequiera!
Movie • 1953
Furia roja
Movie • 1951
María Stevens
Cinnamon Skin
Movie • 1953
Marucha
¿Por qué ya no me quieres?
Movie • 1954
Rosaura Moreno / Lilia
Zero/infinito
Movie • 2002
(voice)
Enrique Herreros
Movie • 2011
Self - Actress
Todos los nombres de Sara
Movie • 2019
Self - Actress (archive footage)
La casa de los Martínez
Movie • 1971
Canciones de nuestra vida
Movie • 1975
(archive footage)
Asaltar los cielos
Movie • 1996
Barefoot in the Kitchen
Movie • 2013
(archive footage)
Alhucemas
Movie • 1948
María Luisa Pereira
Pequeñeces
Movie • 1950
Monique
80s: El soundtrack de una generación
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
Sombras y luces: Cien años de cine español
Movie • 1996
Empezó en boda
Movie • 1944
La última cena... del 88
Movie • 1988
Self
Sara, una estrella
Movie • 2002
Trainsmoking
Movie • 2025
Songs for After a War
Movie • 1976
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Legends
TV • 2006
Self
De pé a pá
TV • 1996
Self
Super Sara
TV • 2025
Self (archive footage)