Maria Antonia Alejandra Vicenta Elpidia Isidora Abad Fernandez

The life and biography of the famous actress and singer Sara Montiel is a series of ups and downs, periods of triumph and regularity, when the actress devoted herself to caring for her family and writing memoirs. The artist's career began in her native Spain, but fame came in a foreign land: not finding recognition at home, Sarah went first to Mexico and then to Hollywood. Only after foreign success, she triumphantly returned to her homeland, where she played her best roles.

Sara Montiel (Maria Antonia Alejandra Vicenta Elpidia Isidora Abad Fernandez) was born on March 10, 1928 in Campo de Criptana, Spain.

Abad Fernandez's peasant family was as devout as it was poor. The situation was aggravated by the couple's large family. Sometimes the girl and her older sisters ate "catch" from someone else's garden.

Isidoro Abad's father prepared his daughter the fate of a nun. At the age of 5, he sent the baby to a school at a convent. There was a place for her energetic nature to unfold - Sarita, as the nuns affectionately called the girl, served in the church, sang in the church choir, learned to play the piano, which she discovered at school.

At home, on various religious holidays, she performed psalms, standing in front of a large crowd of relatives. And in front of her girlfriends, Sarita gave out excerpts from fashionable operas, which, again secretly, so as not to anger her father, she listened to on the radio. Even then, it was impossible to take your eyes off the young performer: white-skinned, with black almond-shaped eyes and graceful features, Sarah was not an ugly duckling even in her teens.

In a word, it was impossible not to see the future star in her. Therefore, when an immature teenager Sarah secretly left her parents in Madrid for a young talents competition, the jury, without hesitation, awarded her the first prize, which meant, in addition to money, free admission to the music academy. This insane act opened the way for Sarita to the top of world fame.

Her film debut took place in 1943, the girl got a role in the film "I love you for me." Already next year she will have the main role and a new adult film character in the film "It All Started with a Wedding". In the credits, she is already listed as Sarah Montiel.

The young beauty became an actress of musical melodramas: everything around is bright, colorful, noisy, vociferous - in this atmosphere she felt like a fish in water. “Confidencia”, “Don Quixote of La Mancha” and a dozen more films, as well as the first solo album - this is the result of her first creative stage in Spain. Realizing that she is stuck in one role and the number of invitations is rapidly thinning, Sarita sees that something needs to be changed. And she, leaving everything, leaves in 1950 for Mexico.

Overseas, the actress was received warmly and cordially. Sarah immediately plunged into work, her first role was a Muslim princess in the historical drama "Madness of Love". The film brought her great popularity, and not only in Mexico. Pictures with Montiel have become again in demand in Spain, but most importantly, the actress became interested in Hollywood and made her a long-awaited offer.

In 1954, Montiel went to Hollywood and starred in the western "Veracruz", having previously signed a contract with Warner Brothers studio. The partners of the young Spanish woman were the brilliant Gary Cooper and Bert Lancaster. The film was a huge success at the box office, glorifying the Hollywood debutante throughout the world.

There was no need to wait for another invitation from the movie bosses. In 1956, American director Anthony Mann invited Montiel to the film "Serenade". Mann gave the main role to the popular opera singer and film actor Mario Lanze. He played a simple guy Damon Vincetti, whose talent allows him to break into the stage of the New York Opera. But the betrayal of his beloved breaks the guy. The matador's daughter Juana Montes played by Sara Montiel helps him survive.

The melodrama turned out to be beautiful and touching, and brought a lot of audience love to the actors. And she gave Sarah a change in her personal life. Soon, the girl married Anthony Mann, who was 23 years older than her. The director promised to make a Hollywood star out of the sultry Spanish woman, but this was not destined to happen. After the wedding, Manna had a heart attack, his ex-wife began to take care of him, and Sarita, feeling unnecessary and abandoned, returned to her native Spain.

The triumphant return took place in the spring of 1958. And there was a reason: the actress starred in the melodrama of the famous Spanish director Juan de Orduña "The Last Verse", played the main role. Her heroine Maria Luhan is the prima donna of the music hall. But after the death of her beloved - a young bullfighter, Maria leaves the stage and lives as a hermit.

Only a few years later, at the insistence of an old friend, she returns to the viewer. The singer sings a song dedicated to her beloved and dies with the last verse. The film became the highest grossing Spanish film in the 1950s. He was shown throughout Europe and Latin America.

The 60s became a truly stellar period for Montiel. Each tape with her participation turns into a hit: the melodrama "My Last Tango", "Carmen from Ronda", "Casablanca - the nest of spies". In all these films, Sarita starred with the star of French cinema, Maurice Rone, and in all her inimitable velvet voice sounds. And in “Casablanca” the artist sang the legendary song “Besame Mucho” (“Besame mucho”), which became especially popular in her performance.

The culmination of Montiel's success was the melodrama The Queen of Chauntecleer (1962) directed by Raphael Gil. In it, Sarita appeared in the form of the fatal singer Charito, who is experiencing a tragedy due to the death of a loved one.

Further in the filmography of the actress appear the melodramas "Beautiful Lola" (in the Russian box office it was called "Lady with the Camellias"), "Variety" (1971). But time takes its toll, and the artist was less often invited to the main roles, preferring younger ones. In the mid-70s, Sarah announced a break from her film career and switched to theater and songwriting. Records and discs with Montiel's songs were released in millions of copies and became the bestsellers all over the world.

Who would have thought that Sarita, who was going to become a nun, would break thousands of men's hearts. This number, of course, included numerous fans who filled her with letters of love confessions. The image of the actress was a sex symbol of the 60s. Her beautiful face and chiseled figure (height 167 cm) drove millions crazy.

It is also difficult to count the number of the artist's novels and hobbies. At various times, she was credited with relationships with American actor Gary Cooper, writer Ernest Hemingway, poet Leon Felipe and other celebrities.

The actress got married 4 times. After an unsuccessful marriage with director Anthony Mann (divorced in 1962), Sarah became the wife of the industrialist Jose Vicente Ramirez Olalho. The businessman sent his beloved 100 luxurious roses every day. And he made an offer by presenting a huge crystal vase filled to the brim with jewels.

This marriage was completed according to all the canons of Catholicism. In 1964, the young people got married in a church and swore allegiance to each other. However, the couple broke up after 6 years: freedom-loving Sarah simply escaped from the golden cage in which her husband locked her, wishing to protect her from cinematic life.

The third marriage was the longest and happiest for the artist. The spouse of Montiel was the journalist and impresario Jose Tousch. The idyll was broken only by the absence of a couple of children - Sarah was childless. Jose persuaded his wife to take foster children, and soon Thais (1979) and their son Zeus (1983) appeared in their family. The adoptive mother personally attended the birth of both.

Sarita was widowed in 1992 and took a long time to recover. In the early 2000s, she wrote two books of memoirs: Memoirs: Living With Pleasure and Sarah and Sex. The woman had already forgotten about her personal life when 38-year-old Cuban Antonio Hernandez appeared on her horizon. He turned out to be a longtime passionate admirer of the artist, in his home in Havana he collected all her photos in his youth and arranged something like the Sarah Montiel pantheon.

The couple got married in 2002 (the actress was 73 years old), and divorced in 2005. After the divorce, Sarah said:

In old age, the woman lived in her luxurious Madrid apartment with her older sister, the old maid Elpidia. Sara Montiel died on April 8, 2013 at the age of 86 from natural causes.

The funeral of the popular film star was magnificent, as she wanted it. On his last journey, Sarito came to see off the most devoted admirer and lover - Italian actor Giancarlo Viola del Duca.

1944 - "I love you for me" 1944 - "It all started with a wedding" 1947 - "Don Quixote from La Mancha" 1950 - "The Madness of Love" 1954 - "Veracruz" 1956 - "Serenade" 1957 - "The Last Verse" 1958 - " Violet Saleswoman "1959 -" Carmen of Ronda "1960 -" My Last Tango "1962 -" The Queen of Chauntecleer "1963 -" Casablanca - Spies' Nest "1971 -" Variety "

Sara Montiel en Mexico La Violetera - Columbia Carmen la de Ronda El Tango La Bella Lola Samba Sara Varietés Saritisima Amados Mios Sara Montiel La Diva Besame "

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