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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1928-09-19

Place of Birth

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Elvira Quintillá

Biography

Elvira Quintillá (19 September 1928 – 27 December 2013) was a Spanish actress, whose career spanned over six decades. Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Quintillá began her acting career in 1941, appearing on stage. She married actor José María Rodero in 1947, and the couple remained together until Rodero's death in May 1991. She died on 27 December 2013, aged 85, in Madrid, Community of Madrid. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elvira Quintillá, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Juzgado permanente

Juzgado permanente

Spanish Round

Spanish Round

Over a hundred members of the chorus girls and dance groups from the Spanish "Sección Femenina" embark to America to show the richness of their national folklore. The girls have left parked their daily tasks to enjoy this great adventure aboard "Mount Albertia". During the trip, the relationship between the girls and the crew is very lively and in all scenarios where they perform, success always accompanies them.

Magic concert

Magic concert

Kety Won't Stop

Kety Won't Stop

Kety is a divorced woman in her forties, penniless, living in a rented apartment surrounded by a "nosy concierge" and a "bothersome neighbor." However, Kety hasn't given up hope of finding new love.

Welcome Mr. Marshall!

Welcome Mr. Marshall!

A small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and its ruling townsmen begin preparations to impress the American visitors, in the hopes of benefiting under the Marshall Plan. Hoping to demonstrate the side of Spanish culture with which the visiting foreign officials would be more familiarized, the Castilian citizens don unfamiliar Andalusian costumes, hire a renowned flamenco performer, and re-decorate their town in Andalusian style, meantime waiting for their uncertain arrival.

Un día perdido

Un día perdido

La hermana alegría

La hermana alegría

Soledad enters a women reformatory led by modest nuns who look constantly for the welfare of their girls. These include the Sister Consolación, a humorous and cheerful nun who uses a little disconcerting methods to teach but very useful for the girls, to try to forget their past and prepare for a better future. Soledad takes confidence quickly and said she hopes a son of Fernando, a womanizing Andalusian young gentleman very attractive, which coincidentally, the Sister knows.

The Executioner

The Executioner

An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retirement.

For Men Only

For Men Only

Spain, late 19th century. When, in a time of great political instability, Flora, a beautiful young woman, starts working in a ministry doing a job that supposedly only a man can do, a great scandal breaks out.

Viaje de novios

Viaje de novios

Specialized in arranging weddings, Federico arranges marriage by proxy between Ana and Juan, two friends of his who do not know each other. Juan arrives by plane to Spain after spending ten years of safari in Africa, hoping to meet his wife, who arrives the same day from Buenos Aires. At the airport, Fernando receives him and they go to the bar to wait for Ana. But everything starts badly, because during the wait Juan drinks too much and gets drunk. When Ana arrives, she is displeased to meet her husband in such condition. Then Fernando takes them to a hotel for newlyweds where they meet other happy couples and where a peculiar honeymoon begins.

No sé bailar

No sé bailar

It is a surrealist comedy where reality and fantasy are mixed, it tells in a humorous tone the daily life and dreams of a 40-year-old film buff, played by Emilio Gutiérrez Caba.

The Island Princess

The Island Princess

1470. The Canary Islands try to resist the Spanish invaders. Their inhabitants are divided, their chief and his daughter Guayarmina (for whom a Spanish officer has fallen in love) wanting the peace, while the priest and resistance leader are for war. After several battles the islanders are chased to Tirma mountain by the Spanish army.

Placido

Placido

In a small Spanish town, during the Christmas holidays, a group of rich old ladies organize a peculiar event that consists of inviting a homeless person to sit down to dinner at their wealthy table. Plácido, a humble worker, is hired by the organizers to participate in a parade with his three-wheeled vehicle, a seemingly simple mission that will not be easy for him to accomplish.

A la pálida luz de la luna

A la pálida luz de la luna

Carmen leaves her husband Julio to go live with an intellectual who has made a career in the United States. While, Julio goes away to live of rent to house of an aristocrat come to less. After meeting several colorful characters, Julio decides to recover Carmen.

Operación Plus Ultra

Operación Plus Ultra

Nine children, awarded for their exemplary or heroic conduct by the radio program 'Operación Plus Ultra' in association with the Iberia Airline, meet in Madrid,. Chaperoned by Juan Aguilera, radio announcer, they start a journey together to different places from the Vatican, where they meet the Pope, to Sitges