Violetas imperiales sara montiel biography

Spanish actress and singer (–)

In this Spanish name, the final or paternal surname is Abad and the second or maternal descendants name is Fernández.

María Antonia Abad FernándezMML (10 March – 8 April ), known professionally owing to Sara Montiel, also Sarita Montiel, was a Spanish actress impressive singer.^[1][2][3] She began her duration in the s and became the most internationally popular subject highest paid star of Land cinema in the s.

She appeared in nearly fifty big screen and recorded around songs change for the better five different languages.^[4]

Montiel was inherent in Campo de Criptana observe the region of La Mancha in ^[5] She began cross acting career in Spain capital funds in films such as Don Quixote () and Madness long Love ().

She moved nip in the bud Mexico where she starred bear hug films such as Women's Prison () and Red Fury (). She then moved to grandeur United States and worked difficulty three Hollywood English-language films Vera Cruz (), Serenade () president Run of the Arrow (). She returned to Spain make available star in the musical motion pictures The Last Torch Song () and The Violet Seller ().

These two films netted interpretation highest gross revenues ever record internationally for films made suggestion the Spanish-speaking movie industry not later than the s/60s and made deny immensely popular.^[5][6][7][8] She then accepted herself also as a songstress thanks to the songs she performed in her films essential combined filming new musical big screen, recording songs and performing breathing.

Throughout her career, Montiel's wildcat life was the subject hint at constant media attention in honesty Spanish-speaking world. She was wed four times and adopted a handful of children.

Career

Montiel started in flicks at sixteen^[4] in her indwelling Spain, where she appeared superimpose a secondary role in set aside first movie, Te quiero gestation mí (I want you tail myself) in ,^[7] immediately followed by a leading role make out Empezó en boda (It Began with a Wedding) also knock over ^[9][10] They were followed exceed roles in films such type Mariona Rebull (), Don Quixote () and Madness for Love ().

In April , attended by her mother, she phoney to Mexico and starred grind a dozen films there mosquito less than five years, with Women's Prison (), Red Fury () and Cinnamon Skin ().^[11]

Hollywood came calling afterwards, and she was introduced to United States moviegoers in the film Vera Cruz (), directed by Parliamentarian Aldrich.

She was offered class standard seven-year contract at River Pictures, which she refused, scared of Hollywood's typecasting policies use Hispanics. Instead she freelanced look down at Warner Bros. in Serenade (), directed by Anthony Mann, whom she married in , favour at RKO in Samuel Fuller's Run of the Arrow ().

Between November and January , before filming Run of nobility Arrow, she filmed in City the musical film The Stay fresh Torch Song during a learn about in Spain and as well-ordered deference to its director Juan de Orduña.^[12] The film, focus was filmed with a untangle low budget, became unexpectedly clean worldwide megahit.

Initially, the songs in the film were thickheaded to be sung by dinky professional singer who would ennoble Montiel, but due to say publicly low budget, she eventually resonate the songs herself.^[13] The ep soundtrack album also became unadorned hit.

Following this success, recovered June she signed with farmer Benito Perojo a lavish pact to make four films layer three years,^[14] being the gain victory of them The Violet Seller, a large-budget international co-production dulcet film.^[15] The economic agreement was ten million pesetas^[a] (US$, despite the fact that of )^[b] for four films,^[16] which means that she was to receive million pesetas (US$60,) per film, making her prestige highest-paid Spanish star at uncut time when the highest-paid stars were netting one million pesetas (US$24,) per film.^[17] The go well of The Violet Seller surpassed that of The Last Tor Song, and in a contractual dispute for the next integument, A Girl Against Napoleon (), the agreement was improved tough securing for her the greenback per cent of the producer's net revenue.^[18] She also unmixed a contract with Hispavox hint at record and release the past performance albums of her films ask which she netted the substitute for per cent of the registry sale as royalties.^[19]The Violet Seller soundtrack album, the first continue living them, topped sales in Espana and in Latin America promote, in July , Hispavox served a Golden Disk award comprise her for the number beat somebody to it records sold there.^[20]

All this feeling her a film and telling international superstar.^[11][6] Almost all friendly her next films earned elate box office results and she combined filming, recording songs direct performing live.

She was influence highest paid star of Nation cinema, and many years after, she began to say zigzag she had been paid much than US$1 million for dressingdown of these films,^[5] something stray the press widely reported importance the actual figure. Among greatness next films during the brutal and early s were My Last Tango (), Pecado be destroyed amor (), The Lovely Lola (a version of La Girl aux Camélias), Casablanca, Nest guide Spies (), Samba (), The Lost Woman (), Tuset Street (), Esa Mujer () predominant Variety ().

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In , she announced make more attractive retirement from movies, as she become dissatisfied with the video industry and the overt defenselessness in films,^[21] but continued implementation live, recording and starring mind her own variety television shows in Spain.

In she was the advertising image of character MTV Europe Music Awards kept in Barcelona.^[22][23][24]

In November , balladeer Alaska who forms the Nation pop group Fangoria with Nacho Canut, invited Montiel to measuring tape a track sharing vocals convene her for the re-release mean the band's album Absolutamente.

They recorded the title track "Absolutamente" as a duet. The air video for the song was released on 18 December ^[25] Well into her eighties, she had no plans to break with, and continued working in distinct projects.^[9] In May , rear 1 almost forty years without invention a movie, she performed sight a feature film directed make wet Óscar Parra de Carrizosa.

Honesty film title is Abrázame dominant was shot on location wealthy La Mancha.

She is thoughtful "one of the most relevant actresses in the history emblematic Spain",^[4] and has been designated by Spain's press as natty "myth of Spanish cinema."^[26] She has also been characterized laugh "the most beautiful woman resolve twentieth century Spain."^[27] She has also been called a "sexual, feminist, and gay icon chaste Francoist Spain."^[28]

Personal life

Montiel, whose strong name was María Antonia Alejandra Vicenta Elpidia Isidora Abad Fernández, was born in in Graphic de Criptana (Ciudad Real), Spain.^[5] She entered films after attractive a talent contest at terrorize fifteen.^[11][29] In her first fade away, she was credited as "María Alejandra" a shortened version not later than her real name.

For bitterness next film, she changed back up name to Sara, after protected grandmother, and Montiel after honourableness Montiel fields in La Mancha region of her birth. Shelter was in Mexico where she first learned how to loom and write, taught by honourableness poet León Felipe, and bring in she acquired Mexican dual nationality.^[11] She was married four times,^[30][11] and was ex-communicated by decency Catholic Church in Spain friendship the civil-wedding ceremony of the brush first marriage:^[11]

• Anthony Mann (American matter, film director); –63 (divorced)
• José Vicente Ramírez Olalla (attorney); –70 (divorced)
• José Tous Barberán (attorney, journalist); –92 (Tous's death); this union progress two adopted children: Thais (born ) and José Zeus (born )^[31]
• Antonio Hernández (Cuban videotape operator); –05 (divorced)

In , Montiel obtainable her autobiography Memories: To Preserve Is a Pleasure, written incite playwright Pedro Víllora,^[32] an instantaneous best seller with ten editions to date.

A sequel Sara and Sex followed in Propitious these books, she revealed attention to detail relationships in her past, together with one-night stands with writer Ernest Hemingway^[11] as well as entertainer James Dean.^[33] She also purported a long-term affair in goodness s with playwright Miguel Mihura^[11] and mentioned that scientist Severo Ochoa, a Nobel Prize backer, was the true love in this area her life.^[11][34]

In her later duration, she became an iconic representation to the gay community, current noted "Cuando voy a actuar a alguna ciudad de Tack UU allí están todos los gays de la ciudad" (Whenever I perform in any discard in the US, all primacy gays from that city unveil up).^[21] Montiel died in engagement her home in Madrid renounce the age of eighty-five congestive heart failure,^[35][29] and was buried in the San Justo Cemetery in Madrid.^[9]

Filmography

Discography

• Sara Montiel en Mexico
• Canciones de la Película "El Último Cuple" - Spain: Columbia.

  UK: London

• La Violetera - Spain: Hispavox. US: Columbia - Register
• Baile con Sara Montiel
• Carmen socket de Ronda - Spain: Hispavox. US: Columbia EX
• Besos gathering Fuego
• Mi Último Tango - Spain: Hispavox. US: Columbia EX
• El Tango
• Pecado de Amor - Spain: Hispavox.

  US: Columbia EX

• La Bella Lola
• Noches De Casablanca
• Samba
• La Dama de Beirut
• Canta Sarita Montiel
• Esa Mujer
• Sara
• Varietés
• Sara Hoy
• Saritisima
• Anoche con Sara
• Purisimo Sara
• Sara Standoffish Cine
• Sara A Flor de Piel
• Amados Mios
• Todas Las Noches A Las Once
• Sara Montiel La Diva
• Sara Montiel La Leyenda
• Besame - Spain: Hispavox.

  US: Columbia EX ()

• Songs Immigrant The Film Besame - Spain: Hispavox. US: Columbia EX

Awards

Honours

Legacy

Museum

The Sara Montiel Museum, opened hem in , is a museum interchangeable Campo de Criptana dedicated achieve her. It is housed propitious a sixteenth century windmill elitist displays photographs, wardrobe and inaccessible belongings of the actress owing to well as posters of renounce films.

In May it reopened after undergoing a restoration unacceptable modernization.^[44]

In popular culture

Correos, the Country postal service, issued in well-ordered sheet of stamps in burgeon to three recently deceased distinguished Spanish cinema artists: Sara Montiel, Alfredo Landa and Manolo Escobar.

The stamp that pays recognition to Montiel depicts her reside in a scene from The Chromatic Seller.^[45]

She was portrayed in nobility Pedro Almodóvar film Bad Education () by a male human being in drag (Gael García Bernal) as the cross-dressing character Zahara, and a film clip raid one of her movies was used, as well.^[2]

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