Manolita Saval

Saval in the 1940s

Juana María "Manolita" Saval Ballester (5 February 1914 in Paris – 23 August 2001 in Mexico City) was a Spanish actress and singer.

Personal life

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

Television

  • Un amor en la sombra (1960)
  • Divorciadas (1961)
  • La duda (1967)
  • La casa de las fieras (1967) as Mercedes
  • El padre Guernica (1968)
  • La hiena (1973)
  • Mundo de juguete (1974)
  • Querer volar (1980) as Paquita
  • Vivir enamorada (1982) as Merceditas
  • Madres egoístas (1 episode, 1991) as Rosario
  • Muchachitas (1991) as Enriqueta
  • El abuelo y yo (1992)
  • Hasta que la muerte los separe (1 episode, 1994) as Manolita

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 staff (August 23, 2001). "Falleció actriz mexicana Manolita Saval". La Prensa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  2. ↑ ""Mi Abuelo, el Barítono Vicente Ballester"". Archived from the original on 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
  3. ↑ "Fallece Manolita Saval". Reforma. 24 August 2001.
  4. ↑ Nugent, Frank S. (October 3, 1939). "At the 48th Street Theatre". The New York Times. Retrieved February 21, 2012.