Miroslava (actress)

Miroslava (actress)
Miroslava
Born Miroslava Šternová
February 26, 1926(1926-02-26)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Died March 9, 1955(1955-03-09) (aged 29)
Mexico City, Mexico
Other names Miroslava Stern

Miroslava (February 26, 1926 – March 9, 1955) was a Czechoslovakian-born Mexican film actress who appeared in thirty two films.[1]

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Biography

Born Miroslava Šternová in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic), Miroslava moved to Mexico as a child with her adoptive parents in the late 1930s, seeking to escape war in their native country. After winning a national beauty contest, Miroslava began to study acting. She participated in various Mexican films and also spent some time in Hollywood.

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.[2] 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[2] Italian actress Lucia Bosé. Bosè would go on to star in Buñuel's next movie, Cela s'appelle l'aurore (1956).

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,[3] which was adapted by Alejandro Pelayo for his 1992 Mexican film called Miroslava, starring Arielle Dombasle.[4]

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

  • Bodas trágicas (1946) as Amparo
  • Cinco rostros de mujer (1946) as Beatriz
  • ¡A volar joven! (1947) as María
  • Una aventura en la noche (1947) as Elena
  • Juan Charrasqueado (1947) as María
  • Nocturno de amor (1947) as Marta Reyes
  • 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
  • Trotacalles (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

  • Foreign-born artists in Mexico

References

  1. ^ Our word is our weapon: selected writings By Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, Juana Ponce de León, José Saramago. Seven Stories Press. p. 244
  2. ^ a b March 12, 1955 "Hundreds At Rites For Actress Who Killed Self" LA Times [1]
  3. ^ Relocating identities in Latin American cultures By Elizabeth Montes Garcés p. 33
  4. ^ Mexican cinema: reflections of a society, 1896-2004 By Carl J. Mora. McFarland & Comanpy. p. 210

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