Miroslava (actress)
| Miroslava | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
Miroslava Šternová February 26, 1926 Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Died |
March 9, 1955 (aged 29) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Other names | Miroslava Stern |
| Spouse(s) | Jesus Jaime Obregon |
Miroslava (February 26, 1925 – March 9, 1955) was a Czechoslovakian-born Mexican film actress who appeared in thirty two films.[1]
Biography
Born Miroslava Šternová in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic), Miroslava moved to Mexico as a child with her mother and adoptive Jewish father in 1941, seeking to escape war in their native country.[2] After winning a national beauty contest, Miroslava began to study acting. She appeared in a few Hollywood and Mexican films.
She was offered a role in Ensayo de un crimen (Rehearsal for a Crime) in 1955, directed by Luis Buñuel. Soon after the final wrap of the film, Miroslava committed suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills.[3] Her body was found lying outstretched over her bed, she had a portrait of bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín in one hand. Her friends stated her suicide was due to unrequited love for Dominguín, who had recently married[3] Italian actress Lucia Bosé. Bosè would go on to star in Buñuel's next movie, Cela s'appelle l'aurore (1956).
The Mexican and Hollywood star Katy Jurado claimed to be one of the first people to find the body of Mexican actress Miroslava Stern after her tragic suicide. According to Katy, the picture that Miroslava had between her hands was Cantinflas, but the artistic manager Fanny Schatz exchanged the photo to that of the Spanish bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín.[4]
In his 1983 autobiography, Mon dernier soupir ("My Last Breath"), Buñuel recalls the irony of Miroslava's cremation following her suicide, when compared to a scene in Ensayo de un crimen, her last film, in which the protagonist cremates a wax reproduction of Stern's character. Her life is the subject of a short story by Guadalupe Loaeza,[5] which was adapted by Alejandro Pelayo for his 1992 Mexican film called Miroslava, starring Arielle Dombasle.[6]
Filmography
United States
- Adventures of Casanova (1947) as Casania's sister
- The Brave Bulls (1951) as Linda de Calderón
- Stranger on Horseback (1955) as Amy Lee Bannerman
Mexico
Documentaries
- El charro inmortal (1955)
- Torero (1956)
Full features
- Tragic Wedding (1946) as Amparo
- Five Faces of Woman (1947) as Beatriz
- ¡A volar joven! (1947) as María
- Juan Charrasqueado (1947) as María
- Nocturne of Love (1948) as Marta Reyes
- Adventure in the Night (1948) as Elena
- Adventures of Casanova (1948) as Cassandra's sister
- Secreto entre mujeres (1948) as Claudia
- La liga de las muchachas (1949) as Marta
- La casa chica (1949) as Lucila del Castillo
- La posesión (1949) as Rosaura
- La muerte enamorada (1950) as Tacia, la muerte
- Monte de piedad (1950) as Elena
- Streetwalker (1951) as Elena
- Cárcel de mujeres (1951) as Evangelina Ocampo
- Ella y yo (1951) as Irene Garza
- El puerto de los siete vicios (1951) as Colomba
- Dos caras tiene el destino (1951) as Anita
- La bestia magnífica (1952) as Meche
- Sueños de gloria (1952) as Elsa
- Las tres perfectas casadas (1952) as Leopoldina
- Música, mujeres y amor (1952) as Elisa Méndez
- Más fuerte que el amor (1953) as Bárbara
- El monstruo resucitado (1953) as Nora
- Reportaje (1953) as Nurse
- La visita que no tocó el timbre (1954) as Emma
- Escuela de vagabundos (1954) as Susana o Susi
- Ensayo de un crimen (1955) as Lavinia
See also
References
- ↑ Our word is our weapon: selected writings By Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, Juana Ponce de León, José Saramago. Seven Stories Press. p. 244
- ↑ Bednář, Václav. "Osudy hranických židů po II. světové válce". vaclavbednar.wz.cz. Václav Bednář. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- 1 2 March 12, 1955 "Hundreds At Rites For Actress Who Killed Self" LA Times
- ↑ Revista Somos: Katy Jurado:Estrella de Hollywood orgullosamente mexicana. Editorial Televisa S.A de C.V. 1999. p. 100.
- ↑ Relocating identities in Latin American cultures By Elizabeth Montes Garcés p. 33
- ↑ Mexican cinema: reflections of a society, 1896-2004 By Carl J. Mora. McFarland & Comanpy. p. 210
- Agrasánchez Jr., Rogelio (2001). Bellezas del cine mexicano/Beauties of Mexican Cinema. Archivo Fílmico Agrasánchez. ISBN 968-5077-11-8.
External links
- Miroslava at the Internet Movie Database
- Miroslava (Spanish) at the Cinema of Mexico site of the ITESM
Miroslava Stern at Find a Grave
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