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