Death:Death by Heart Attack 8 April 2013 (Age 85) chart Placidus Equal_H.
Spanish singer and actress, who became a naturalized citizen of Mexico. After her work in Juan de Orduñas El Último Cuplé in 1957, Montiel worked in Europe and Latin America. Montiels 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 Cervantess great novel. Montiel died on 8 April 2013 at her home in Madrid, Spain at the age of 85 from congestive heart failure. 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. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less
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