Sara Montiel Tribute

Este es un Tributo a Sara Montiel.This is a Tribute Page to the Great Sara Montiel.
Sara Montiel (born March 10, 1928) is a Spanish actress. She is still a much-loved and internationally known name in the Spanish-speaking movie and music industries. She was born in Campo de Criptana in the region of Castile-La Mancha in 1928. After her unprecedented international hit in Juan de Orduña's El Último Cuplé in 1957, Miss Montiel achieved the status of mega-star in Europe and Latin America. She was the first woman to distill sex openly in Spanish cinema at a time when even a low cut dress was not acceptable. With the passage of time the title of "legend" has been awarded to her mythological cache. In legend she seems to thrive; growing stronger and even more famous. She is very much admired internationally today.
She was recently portrayed in the Pedro Almodóvar film Bad Education by Gael García Bernal as the character Zahara and a film clip from one of her movies was used as well. Montiel was the most commercially successful Spanish actress during the mid Twentieth century in much of the world. Miss Montiel's film "Varietes" was banned in Peking 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 50s and 60s. She also played the role of Antonia, the niece of Don Quixote, in the 1947 Spanish film version of Cervantes's great novel.
Montiel started in the movies at 16 in her native Spain and later conquered Hollywood filming with Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster in the classic Vera Cruz in 1954. Sarita, as she became known in the United States, went on to film with Rod Steiger (Run of the Arrow) and Joan Fontaine and Mario Lanza (Serenade (film)). In 1957 she returned to Spain to film a movie as a favor to famed new wave director Juan de Orduña. This film made her unexpectedly the number one actress of that year in Europe and Latin America. Declining after that to return to Hollywood to perhaps be typecast in ethnic roles, Montiel remained in Europe. Fifteen monumentally successful films followed her Cuple success (including La Violetera, La Bella Lola, and Pecado de Amor).
In 1973 Montiel retired from the movies to begin doing live performances.
SOURCE: Wikipedia.org
Maria Antonia Abad Fernandez, más conocida como Sara Montiel, nace en Campo de Criptana, Ciudad Real, España, el 10 de marzo de 1928, es actriz de cine y cantante española.
Desde muy pequeña Maria Antonia destacó por su belleza y sus dotes artísticas las cuales impresionaron a Don Vicente Casanova, un influyente publicista que la vio y la oyó cantar durante una procesión de Semana Santa en Orihuela, Alicante. Don Vicente procuró que la joven recibiera un entrenamiento básico en declamación y canto.
Su primera película fue "Te quiero para mi" apareciendo como reparto haciendo de Maria Alejandra, pero fue a partir de "Empezó en Boda" dónde usaría Sara Montiel como nombre artístico. Su primer papel de importancia fue "Locura de Amor" a la que siguieron "La mies es mucha", "Pequeñeces" y "El capitán veneno". Su gran belleza y talento le permitiría lograr grandes éxitos, pero el cine español de la época se quedaba pequeño para una estrella como Sara Montiel.
Fuente:http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Montiel