Manolita Saval

Manolita Saval

  • Birthday: 1914-02-05
  • Deathday: 2001-08-23
  • Place of birth: Paris, France

Biography

Manolita Saval (5 February 1914 Paris, France – 23 August 2001 Mexico City, Mexico) was a Spanish actress and singer. 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. Over the course of her career, she appeared in over 30 films and television programs, as well as in plays, operettas, and operas. She was born in Paris of Spanish parents and named 'Juana María Saval'. She was the mother of the actor Manuel Saval, and the niece of the Spanish opera singer Vicente Ballester Aparício. Saval died in Mexico City on August 23, 2001 of cardiac arrest due to thrombosis.

Filmography

María Eugenia

1943

As Raquel

El ministro y yo

1976

As Estrellita

Pobre diablo

1940

As Maruja

La Guerra de los Pasteles

1979

As Tía de Suzette

Esta noche no

1966

As Mama Sara

La culpable

1946

As Margarita

Arrabalera

1951

As Ana María

Santa

1969

As

El Capitan Aventurero

1939

As Carmina

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