Sara Montiel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sara Montiel

Spanish singer and actress

Date of Birth: 10-Mar-1928

Place of Birth: Campo de Criptana, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Date of Death: 08-Apr-2013

Profession: actor, singer, vedette, film actor

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

María Antonia Abad Fernández MML (10 March 1928 – 8 April 2013), known professionally as Sara Montiel, was a Spanish singer and actress. Montiel was born in Campo de Criptana in the region of Castile–La Mancha in 1928.
She worked in Europe, Latin America and United States.
Her films The Last Torch Song and The Violet Seller netted the highest gross revenues ever recorded for films made in the Spanish-speaking movie industry during the 1950s/60s.
Montiel's film Variety was banned in Beijing in 1973.
She played the role of Antonia, the niece of Don Quixote, in the 1947 Spanish film version of Cervantes's 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.