Manolita Saval
Manolita Saval (5 February 1914 in Paris, France – 23 August 2001 in Mexico City, Mexico) was a Spanish actress and singer.
Family and life[edit]
She was born in Paris of Spanish parents and named 'Juana María Saval'.[1]
She was the mother of the actor Manuel Saval,[1] and the niece of the Spanish opera singer Vicente Ballester Aparício.[2]
Saval died in Mexico City on August 23, 2001 of cardiac arrest due to thrombosis.[1]
Career[edit]
She studied music and drama in Spain, and began her career performing the opera Marina in Valencia. As a lyric interpreter, she toured Latin America, eventually settling in Mexico in 1938.[1] Over the course of her career, she appeared in over 30 films and television programs, as well as in plays, operettas, and operas.[1][3]
Recognition[edit]
In a review of her film debut in El capitán aventurero, the New York Times described her as "a new and charming Mexican actress."[4]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
- El capitán aventurero (1939) as Carmina
- Papacito lindo (1939) as Paquita Moreno
- Poor Devil (1940)
- El que tenga un amor (1942)
- Virgen de medianoche (1942)
- Esa mujer es la mía (1942)
- El baisano Jalil (1942) as Marta
- María Eugenia (1943) as Raquel
- Ojos negros (1943)
- Adiós juventud (1943)
- Amores de ayer (1944)
- Los miserables (1944) as Cosetta Ponchelevan
- El capitán Malacara (1945)
- La culpable (1946)
- Por un amor (1946)
- Fantasía ranchera (1947)
- Hijos de la mala vida (1949)
- Arrabalera (1951)
- Del suelo no paso (1959)
- Dos criados malcriados (1960)
- Esta noche no (1966) as Mama Sara
- Santa (1969)
- El ministro y yo (1976) as Estrellita
- La guerra de los pasteles (1979)
Television[edit]
- Un amor en la sombra (1960)
- Divorciadas (1961)
- La duda (1967)
- La casa de las fieras (1967) as Mercedes
- El padre Guernica (1968)
- La hiena (1973)
- Mundo de juguete (1974)
- Querer volar (1980) as Paquita
- Vivir enamorada (1982) as Merceditas
- Madres egoístas (1 episode, 1991) as Rosario
- Muchachitas (1991) as Enriqueta
- El abuelo y yo (1992)
- Hasta que la muerte los separe (1 episode, 1994) as Manolita
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e staff (August 23, 2001). "Falleció actriz mexicana Manolita Saval". La Prensa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
- ^ ""Mi Abuelo, el Barítono Vicente Ballester"". Archived from the original on 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
- ^ "Fallece Manolita Saval". Reforma. 24 August 2001.
- ^ Nugent, Frank S. (October 3, 1939). "At the 48th Street Theatre". The New York Times. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
External links[edit]
- Manolita Saval at IMDb
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reuahlM8GIE "Manolita Saval en El que tenga un amor"
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKGPgcTDbqY "Manolita Saval y Emilio Tuero en El que tenga un amor"
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