caption death_date death_place years_active birth_place nationality name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
montiel in 1955 . 8 april 2013 madrid , spain 1944-2002 campo de criptana , ciudad real , spain spanish sara montiel 10 march 1928 antonio barberán -lrb- 1979-1992 ; his death ; 2 children -rrb- hernández josé vicente ramírez olalla -lrb- 1964-1970 ; divorced -rrb- anthony -lrb- mann -lrb- 1957-1963 ; divorced -rrb- 2002-2005 ; divorced -rrb- josé tous file : sara montiel.jpg sara montiel
 maría antonia abad fernández singer , actress
sara montiel

sara montiel -lrb- also sarita montiel or saritísima ; 10 march 1928 -- 8 april 2013 -rrb- was a spanish singer and actress .
she was a naturalized citizen of mexico .
montiel was born in campo de criptana in the region of castile -- la mancha in 1928 as maría antonia abad -lrb- complete name `` maría antonia alejandra vicenta elpidia isidora abad fernández '' -rrb- .
after her work in juan de orduña 's `` el Último cuplé '' in 1957 , montiel worked in europe and latin america .
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 -lrb- gael garcía bernal -rrb- as the cross-dressing character zahara , and a film clip from one of her movies was used as well .
