Manolita Saval
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Juana María "Manolita" Saval Ballester (5 February 1914 in Paris – 23 August 2001 in Mexico City) was a Spanish actress and singer.
Juana María Saval was born in Paris of Spanish parents.[1] She was the mother of the actor Manuel Saval,[1] and the niece of the Spanish opera singer Vicente Ballester Aparício.[2]
Saval died in Mexico City on August 23, 2001 of cardiac arrest due to thrombosis.[1]
Career
She studied music and drama in Spain, and began her career performing the opera Marina in Valencia. As a lyric interpreter, she toured Latin America, eventually settling in Mexico in 1938.[1] Over the course of her career, she appeared in over 30 films and television programs, as well as in plays, operettas, and operas.[1][3]
Recognition
In a review of her film debut in El capitán aventurero, the New York Times described her as "a new and charming Mexican actress."[4]
Filmography
Film
- El capitán aventurero (1939) as Carmina
- Papacito lindo (1939) as Paquita Moreno
- Poor Devil (1940)
- El que tenga un amor (1942)
- Virgen de medianoche (1942)
- Esa mujer es la mía (1942)
- El baisano Jalil (1942) as Marta
- María Eugenia (1943) as Raquel
- Ojos negros (1943)
- Les Misérables (1943) as Cosetta Ponchelevan
- Adiós juventud (1943)
- Amores de ayer (1944)
- El capitán Malacara (1945)
- La culpable (1946)
- Por un amor (1946)
- Fantasía ranchera (1947)
- Hijos de la mala vida (1949)
- Arrabalera (1951)
- Del suelo no paso (1959)
- Dos criados malcriados (1960)
- Esta noche no (1966) as Mama Sara
- Santa (1969)
- El ministro y yo (1976) as Estrellita
- La guerra de los pasteles (1979)
