Manolita Saval (5 February 1914 in Paris, France – 23 August 2001 in Mexico City, Mexico) was a Spanish actress and singer.
Family and life
She was born in Paris of Spanish parents and named 'Juana María Saval'.[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)
 - Adiós juventud (1943)
 - Amores de ayer (1944)
 - Los miserables (1944) as Cosetta Ponchelevan
 - 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)
 
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 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.
 - ↑ ""Mi Abuelo, el Barítono Vicente Ballester"". Archived from the original on 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
 - ↑ "Fallece Manolita Saval". Reforma. 24 August 2001.
 - ↑ Nugent, Frank S. (October 3, 1939). "At the 48th Street Theatre". The New York Times. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
 
External links
- Manolita Saval at IMDb
 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reuahlM8GIE "Manolita Saval en El que tenga un amor"
 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKGPgcTDbqY "Manolita Saval y Emilio Tuero en El que tenga un amor"