What is Sara Montiel?
[[Image:Sara_Montiel.jpg|thumb|upright|Montiel in 1955]] '''Sara Montiel''' (10 March 1928 – 8 April 2013) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[actress]] and [[singer]]. She played Juana Montes in ''Serenade'' (1956). She also played in 2004's ''Bad Education''. Montiel was a prominent Spanish singer, having many albums. Montiel was born Maria Antonia Abad in [[Campo de Criptana]], [[La Mancha]], [[Spain]] on 10 March 1928.<ref name=Lentz263>Harris M. Lentz III, ''Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2013'' (Jefferson, NC: Mcfarland, 2014), p. 263</ref> At age 16 she began [[acting]] and appeared in a number of [[movie]]s. In 1950 Montiel moved to [[Mexico]] where she acted and sang in several [[Movie|films]]. In 1954 she co-starred in the movie [[Vera Cruz (movie)|Vera Cruz]] with [[Gregory Peck]] and [[Bert Lancaster]]. In 1956 she appeared in [[Serenade (1956 movie)|Serenade]] with [[Mario Lanza]] and [[Joan Fontaine]].<ref name=Lentz263/> Montiel returned to Spain to star in a number of films. She became Spain's most [[Popularity|popular]] star for the next [[decade]].<ref>Alberto Mira Nouselles, ''Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema'' (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2010), p. xix</ref> She [[retire]]d from movies in the early 1970s but still appeared on [[television]] and the [[Stage (theatre)|Stage]]. In 2011 she returned to appear in the [[comedy movie]] ''Abrazame''.<ref name=Lentz263/> She died on 8 April 2013 in [[Madrid]] at age eighty-five.<ref name=Lentz263/> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Montiel, Sara}} [[Category:Spanish television actors]] [[Category:Spanish movie actors]] [[Category:Spanish musicians]] [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2013 deaths]] {{actor-stub}}