Sara Montiel (also Sarita Montiel or Saritísima; 10 March 1928 – 8 April 2013) was a Spanish singer and actress. She was a much-loved and internationally known name in the Spanish-speaking movie and music industries. Montiel was born in Campo de Criptana in the region of Castile–La Mancha in 1928 as María Antonia Abad (complete name María Antonia Alejandra Vicenta Elpidia Isidora Abad Fernández). After her unprecedented international hit in Juan de Orduña's El Último Cuplé in 1957, Montiel achieved the status of mega-star in Europe and Latin America. She was the most commercially successful Spanish actress during the mid-20th century in much of the world. Miss Montiel's film Varietes was banned in Beijing 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 1950s/60s. She played the role of Antonia, the niece of Don Quixote, in the 1947 Spanish film version of Cervantes's great 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.
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Sara y punto | 1990 | TV Series | Sara |
| Mare i fill, societat limitada | 1980 | TV Series |
| Cinco almohadas para una noche | 1974 | Rosa López / Ana |
| Varietés | 1971 | Ana Marqués |
| La casa de los Martínez | 1971 |
| Esa mujer | 1969 | Soledad Romero Fuentes |
| Tuset Street | 1968 | Violeta Riscal |
| La mujer perdida | 1966 | Sara Fernán |
| La dama de Beirut | 1965 | Isabel Llanos |
| Samba | 1965 | Belén / Laura Monteiro |
| Noches de Casablanca | 1963 | Teresa Vilar |
| La reina del Chantecler | 1962 | La Bella Charito |
| La bella Lola | 1962 | Lola |
| Pecado de amor | 1961 | Magda Beltrán / Sor Belén |
| Mi último tango | 1960 | Marta Andreu |
| A Girl Against Napoleon | 1959 | Carmen |
| La violetera | 1958 | Soledad Moreno |
| Run of the Arrow | 1957 | Yellow Moccasin (as Sarita Montiel) |
| El último cuplé | 1957 | Maria Luján |
| Donde el círculo termina | 1956 | Isabel (as Sarita Montiel) |
| Serenade | 1956 | Juana Montes (as Sarita Montiel) |
| Frente al pecado de ayer | 1955 | Lucecita (as Sarita Montiel) |
| Yo no creo en los hombres | 1954 | María Caridad Robledo (as Sarita Montiel) |
| Vera Cruz | 1954 | Nina (as Sarita Montiel) |
| Se solicitan modelos | 1954 | Rosina |
| Por qué ya no me quieres | 1954 | Rosaura Moreno / Lilia (as Sarita Montiel) |
| Yo soy gallo dondequiera!.. | 1953 | Rosalia |
| Piel canela | 1953 | Marucha |
| That Man from Tangier | 1953 | Aixa |
| Ella, Lucifer y yo | 1953 | Isabel |
| El enamorado | 1952 | Rosario (as Sarita Montiel) |
| Ahí viene Martín Corona | 1952 | Rosario |
| Necesito dinero | 1952 | María Teresa |
| Furia roja | 1951 | María Stevens (as Sarita Montiel) |
| El capitán Veneno | 1951 | Angustias |
| Cárcel de mujeres | 1951 | Dora |
| Pequeñeces... | 1950 | Monique |
| Vidas confusas | 1949 |
| La mies es mucha | 1948 | Guyerati (as Sarita Montiel) |
| Locura de amor | 1948 | Aldara (as Sarita Montiel) |
| Confidencia | 1948 | Elena |
| Alhucemas | 1948 | María Luisa Pereira |
| Mariona Rebull | 1947 | Lula |
| Por el gran premio | 1947 |
| Don Quijote de la Mancha | 1947 | Antonia |
| El misterioso viajero del Clipper | 1945 |
| Se le fue el novio | 1945 |
| Bambú | 1945 | Yoyita, hija del gobernador |
| Empezó en boda | 1944 |
| Te quiero para mí | 1944 | Ana María |
| Abrázame | 2011 | Sara Montiel |
| Zero/infinito | 2002 | voice |
| Kety no para | 1997 | TV Series | Sara |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Banda sonora | 2007-2012 | TV Series performer - 2 episodes |
| Memòries de la tele | 2007-2010 | TV Series performer - 7 episodes |
| Completamente | 2009 | Video performer: "Absolutamente" |
| Bad Education | 2004 | performer: "Quizás, Quizás, Quizás", "Maniquí Parisien" |
| Sara y punto | 1990 | TV Series performer - 1 episode |
| Canciones de nuestra vida | 1975 | Documentary performer: "María de la O" |
| Tuset Street | 1968 | performer: "¡Verano...Verano!", "Tengo miedo", "Encuentro", "Frenesí" |
| La dama de Beirut | 1965 | performer: "Perfidia", "Frenesí", "Alma Mia", "Adios Granada", "En secreto Cada noche un amor", "Perdida Muler de Ninguem", "Les Feuilles Mortes", "La española de "El niño judío" |
| Samba | 1965 | performer: "Nadie me ama" Spanish version of "Ninguém me Ama", "Bahia", "Aquarela do Brasil", "Sábado em Copacabana", "A Noite do Meu Bem", "Caminhemos", "Fantasia" |
| Noches de Casablanca | 1963 | performer: "Quizás, Quizás, Quizás" |
| Pecado de amor | 1961 | performer: "El día que me quieras", "Tapamé", "Pichi", "Serenata Apache Adiós Ninón", "Los Nardos", "Sous les toits de Paris", "Madreselva", "Plegaria", "Flor del mal" |
| Mi último tango | 1960 | "Nada de eso" |
| A Girl Against Napoleon | 1959 | performer: "Los piconeros", "Carceleras del puerto", "Soy Carmen la de Ronda", "Antonio Vargas Heredia", "Ojos verdes", "La farsa monea", "El día que nací yo", "Canción Zorongo / Me Pidas Lo Que Me Pidas", "Gitane" |
| La violetera | 1958 | performer: "La violetera", "Mimosa", "Mala entraña", "Agua que no has de beber", "Flor de té", "Bajo los puentes de París", "Rosa de Madrid", "Frou-Frou", "El polichinela", "Es mi hombre", "Tus ojitos negros" |
| El último cuplé | 1957 | performer: "Sus pícaros ojos", "Balancé", "Ven y ven", "Clavelitos", "La Madelon", "La nieta de Carmen", "Fumando espero", "Y tú no eres eso", "El relicario", "Nena", "Valencia" |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Epílogo | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| Entrevista a la carta | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| Gente | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| Cuando Hollywood estaba en la Gran Vía | 2010 | Documentary |
| Completamente | 2009 | Video | Herself |
| Buenafuente | 2005-2009 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Toni Rovira y tú | 2008 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| El club | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
| Tvist | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
| La nit al dia | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
| Yo estuve allí | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
| Corazón, corazón | 2002-2008 | TV Series | Herself |
| Legends | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Memòries de la tele | 2007 | TV Series | Herself |
| La noria | 2007 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia | 2007 | TV Short documentary | Herself |
| ¡Pedro Infante vive! | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Sábado dolce vita | 2007 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Hoy por tí | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
| En antena | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
| Salsa rosa | 2004-2006 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Corazón de... | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
| 3 i més | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
| El cine en las venas | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Por la mañana | 2005 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| La tierra de las 1000 músicas | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Querida Lola | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Cine de barrio | 1995-2005 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Geniales: Sara Montiel | 2004 | TV Movie | Herself |
| ¿Dónde estás, corazón? | 2003-2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| Noche de fiesta | 1999-2003 | TV Series | Herself - Musical Guest |
| La noche con Fuentes y Cía | 2003 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| El show de Flo | 2003 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Sabor a tí | 2000-2003 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| A corazón abierto | 2003 | TV Series | Herself |
| MTV Europe Music Awards 2002 | 2002 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| MTV: Marvelous | 2002 | TV Short | Herself |
| MTV Video Music Awards Opening Act | 2002 | TV Special | Sara Montiel |
| Abierto al anochecer | 2002 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Antonio Machín: Toda una vida | 2002 | Documentary | Herself |
| Sara, una estrella | 2002 | Herself |
| Tiempo al tiempo | 2002 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Directives Are Directives | 2001 | Short documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
| XV premios Goya | 2001 | TV Special | Herself - Audience Member |
| Bailando con Xavier Cugat | 2001 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Vértigo | 2000 | TV Series | Himself |
| Cosas que importan | 2000 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Furor | 1998-1999 | TV Series | Herself - Contestant |
| Día a día | 1999 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Me lo dijo Pérez | 1999 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Caiga quien caiga | 1998 | TV Series | Herself |
| Crónicas marcianas | 1998 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Esos locos bajitos | 1998 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Extra Rosa | 1998 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| De domingo a domingo | 1998 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| La llamada de la suerte | 1998 | TV Series | Herself |
| XII premios Goya | 1998 | TV Special | Herself - Audience Member |
| Storm the Skies | 1997 | Documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
| Locuras de verano | 1997 | TV Series | Herself |
| Hoy es posible | 1997 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Hola, hola, hola | 1997 | TV Series | Herself |
| Noche de fiesta | 1997 | TV Movie | Herself - Musical Guest |
| Telecupón | 1997 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| XI premios Goya | 1997 | TV Special | Herself - Audience Member |
| Telemaratón 1996 | 1996 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Fotogramas de Plata 95 | 1996 | TV Special | Herself - Performer |
| Llévatelo calentito | 1996 | TV Series | Herself |
| Esto es espectáculo | 1996 | TV Series | Herself - Musical Guest |
| ¡Qué me dices! | 1995 | TV Series | Herself |
| La gala de los 20 años | 1995 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Fuerzas ocultas | 1995 | TV Series | Herself |
| Aquí no hay quien duerma | 1995 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Sense títol amb Andreu Buenafuente | 1995 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Los desayunos de TVE | 1995 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Con luz propia | 1995 | TV Series | Herself |
| Tren de cercanías | 1995 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Vox populi | 1995 | TV Series | Herself |
| Cita con la vida | 1995 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| La gran noche del fuego | 1994 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Encantada de la vida | 1994 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Noches de gala | 1993 | TV Series | Herself - Musical Guest |
| Ven al Paralelo | 1992-1993 | TV Series | Herself - Host |
| Viéndonos | 1993 | TV Series | Herself |
| ¡Hola Raffaella! | 1992 | TV Series | Herself |
| ¡Estoy por ti! | 1992 | TV Movie | Herself - Performer |
| Queridos cómicos | 1992 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Juego de niños | 1991 | TV Series | Herself - Contestant |
| De tú a tú | 1991 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| V premios Goya | 1991 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Best Spanish Language Foreign Film |
| Bambán Club | 1991 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Un dia és un dia | 1990 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Hablemos de sexo | 1990 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Viva el espectáculo | 1990 | TV Series | Herself |
| Domingo en rojo | 1990 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| IV premios Goya | 1990 | TV Special | Herself - Audience Member |
| Más estrellas que en el cielo | 1989 | TV Series documentary | Herself - Guest |
| La luna | 1989 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| La casa dels famosos | 1988-1989 | TV Series | Herself |
| Waku waku | 1989 | TV Series | Herself |
| Entre amigos | 1985-1989 | TV Series | Herself - Musical Guest |
| Tariro, tariro | 1989 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| La última cena... del 88 | 1988 | TV Special | María Antonia |
| Sábado noche | 1988 | TV Series | Herself - Musical Guest |
| Viaje con nosotros | 1988 | TV Series | Herself |
| Mag magazine | 1988 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| II premios Goya | 1988 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Best Spanish Language Foreign Film |
| Cinema 3 | 1986-1987 | TV Series | Herself |
| No passa res! | 1987 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Con las manos en la masa | 1987 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Punto de encuentro | 1987 | TV Series | Herself |
| I premios Goya | 1987 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Best Original Score |
| Àngel Casas Show | 1985-1986 | TV Series | Herself |
| Tatuaje | 1985 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Benvinguts | 1985 | TV Series | Herself |
| Estudio abierto | 1985 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Autorretrato | 1984 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| La orquesta | 1984 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Tot i més | 1982 | TV Series | Herself |
| Esta noche | 1981 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Terenci a la fresca | 1981 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Memorias del cine español | 1978 | TV Series | Herself |
| Flash 24 | 1968 | Short documentary | Herself |
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|
| 2000 | CEC Career Award | Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain |
| 2000 | Prize of the City of Huelva | Huelva Latin American Film Festival |
| 1959 | CEC Award | Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain | Best Actress (Mejor Actriz Principal) | La violetera (1958) |
| 1958 | CEC Award | Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain | Best Actress (Mejor Actriz Principal) | El último cuplé (1957) |
| 1958 | Prize of the National Syndicate of Spectacle | National Syndicate of Spectacle, Spain | Best Actress | La violetera (1958) |