Sara Montiel

SUMARY
*Personal life

*Artistic Life

*Discography

*Filmography
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PERSONAL LIFE
María Antonia Alejandra Vicenta Elpidia Isidora Abad Fernández (Sara Montiel) was born on
the 10th of March in 1928 in Campo de Criptana (Ciudad Real, Castilla la-Mancha, Spain).
Her family was very poor and they had much difficulties for the life but she always wanted
to be an actress and she didn´t matter anything else. When she was 12 she went to
Orihuela because her father change the work. There, a nun, teached her how to sing and a
film director of Cifesa saw her singing and she took her to do a film, ``Te quiero para mí´´.
After that she did some films in Spain as a secundary actress.
She went to Mexico and she became very famous there. She did many films there and then
Burt LanCaster saw her at an interview and he wanted her for a film called Vera Cruz. That
was her first film in Hollywood.
In 1957 she came back to Spain an she did ``El último cuplé´´. With this film she beacame
the most popular actress in all the world. She did 14 films more and her last film was ``Cinco
almohadas para una noche´´.
Some years later she continued working as an actress in the theaters with musicals as ``Sara
en persona´´ or ``Ven al paralelo´´.
Sara Montiel died in the 8th of April in 2013 and it was sound in all the world.
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ARTISTIC LIFE
*First period in Spain.

*Mexico.

*Hollywood.

*Second period in Spain.

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First Period in Spain

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Mexico
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Hollywood
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Second Period in Spain

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DISCOGRAPHY
In the 50´s:
1956 Sara Montiel en México. 1957 El último cuplé. 1958 Baile con Sara Montiel, La Violetera and
(Lover) Besos de Fuego. 1959 Carmen la de Ronda.
In the 60´s:
1960 Mi Último Tango. 1961 El Tango and Pecado de Amor. 1963 Noches de Casablanca, La Bella Lola
and La Reina del Chantecler. 1964 Samba. 1965 La Dama de Beirut. 1966 La Mujer Perdida.
1967 Canta Sarita Montiel 1968 Tuset Street. 1969 Esa Mujer.
In the 70´s:
1970 Siempre Sara and Sara. 1971 Varietes. 1975 Cinco Almohadas para una Noche and Sara... Hoy.
1977 Saritísima. 1978 Anoche con Sara.
In the 80´s:
1988 Purísimo Sara. 1989 De Cine.
In the 90´s:
1991 A Flor de Piel. 1995 Amados Míos.
In the 2000:
2003 Todas Las Noches A Las Once and B.S.O. Mil nubes de paz. 2004 Sara Montiel La Diva and B.S.O. La
mala educación. 2008 Sara Montiel La Leyenda 2009 Absolutamente Saritísima. Completamente,
Científicamente y Televisivamente (with Fangoria).
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Spain (first period):

FILMOGRAPHY
1943 - Te quiero para mí (her artistic name was "María Alejandra"). 1944 - Empezó en boda.
1945 – Bambú. 1945 - Se Le Fue El Novio.
1945 - El misterioso viajero del Clipper. 1946 - Por el gran premio.
1946 - Mariona Rebull. 1947
– Confidencia. 1947 - Don Quijote de la Mancha.
1947 – Alhucemas. 1947 - Vidas confusas.
1948 - Locura de amor. 1948 – La mies es
mucha. 1949 – Pequeñeces.
Mexico:
1950 - El Capitán Veneno. 1950 - Aquel hombre de Tanger.
1950 - Furia Roja. 1951 – Necesito dinero.
1951 - Cárcel de mujeres. 1951 - Ahí viene Martín
Corona. 1951 - El enamorado /Vuelve Martín Corona.
1952 - Yo soy gallo dondequiera. 1952 - Ella, Lucifer y yo.
1953 – Reportaje. 1953 - Porque ya no me quieres.
1953 - Piel canela. 1954 - Frente al
pecado de ayer /Cuando se quiere de veras. 1954 - Yo no creo en los hombres.
1954 - Se solicitan modelos. 1954 - Donde el círculo termina.
Hollywood:
1954 – Veracruz. 1956 – Serenade.
1957 – Yuma.
Spain (second period):
1957 – El último cuplé. 1958 - La violetera.
1959 - Carmen la de Ronda. 1960 - Mi último tango.
1961 - Pecado de amor.
1962 - La bella Lola. 1962 - La reina del Chantecler.
1963 - Noches de Casablanca. 1964 – Samba.
1965 – La Dama de Beyrut.
1966 - La mujer perdida. 1967 - Tuset Street.
1969 - Esa mujer. 1971
– Varietés. 1973 - Cinco almohadas para una noche.
2011 – Abrázame.