Miroslava Stern

Miroslava Stern (born Miroslava Šternová, on February 26, 1926 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic], and died March 10, 1955 in Mexico City) was a Mexican actress. February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Prague (Czech: Praha (IPA: ), see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in leap years). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México, México D.F. or simply México, pronounced /mexiko/ in IPA) is the capital and largest city of the nation of Mexico. ...

Biography

Born in Czechoslovakia, Miroslava Stern 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, but unfortunately, she hardly found roles other than those of mysterious women or foreign beauties due to her native accent. This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... Mrs. ... Film may refer to: photographic film a motion picture in academics, the study of motion pictures as an art form a thin skin or membrane, or any covering or coating, whether transparent or opaque a thin layer of liquid, either on a solid or liquid surface or free-standing Film... ... In linguistics, an accent is a pronunciation characteristic of a particular group of people relative to another group. ...

After a standard career, she was offered a role in which would become her last and most remembered film: 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 (apparently because of a love deception). In a macabre coincidence, at the premiere of the film, a wax statue of herself was incineraded, and coincided with her own cremation in a Mexican graveyard. Her tragic life inspired a short story in 1990, and also a Mexican film called Miroslava in 1993. Luis Buñuel Portoles (February 22, 1900 – July 29, 1983) was a Spanish-born Mexican filmmaker. ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life. ... The history of Mexican cinema goes back to the beginning of the 20th century, when several enthusiasts of the new medium documented historical events – most particularly the Mexican Revolution – and produced some movies that have been only recently been rediscovered. ...

Films

Hollywood

• Stranger on Horseback (1955) as Amy Lee Bannerman
• The Brave Bulls (1951) as Linda de Calderón
• Adventures of Casanova (1947) as Casania's sister

Mexico

Documentaries

• Torero (1956)
• El charro inmortal (1955)

Full features

• Ensayo de un crimen (1955) as Lavinia
• Escuela de vagabundos (1954) as Susana o Susi
• La visita que no tocó el timbre (1954) as Emma
• Reportaje (1953) as enfermera
• El monstruo resucitado (1953) as Nora
• Más fuerte que el amor (1953) as Bárbara
• Música, mujeres y amor (1952) as Elisa Méndez
• Las tres perfectas casadas (1952) as Leopoldina
• Sueños de gloria (1952) as Elsa
• La bestia magnífica (1952) as Meche
• Dos caras tiene el destino (1951) as Anita
• El puerto de los siete vicios (1951) as Colomba
• Ella y yo (1951) as Irene Garza
• Cárcel de mujeres (1951) as Evangelina Ocampo
• Trotacalles (1951) as Elena
• Monte de piedad (1950) as Elena
• La muerte enamorada (1950) as Tacia, la muerte
• La posesión (1949) as Rosaura
• La casa chica (1949) as Lucila del Castillo
• La liga de las muchachas (1949) as Marta
• Secreto entre mujeres (1948) as Claudia
• Nocturno de amor (1947) as Marta Reyes
• Juan Charrasqueado (1947) as María
• Una aventura en la noche (1947) as Elena
• ¡A volar joven! (1947 ) as María
• Cinco rostros de mujer (1946) as Beatriz
• Bodas trágicas (1946) as Amparo

See also

• Foreign-born artists in Mexico

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External links

• Miroslava Stern at the Internet Movie Database
• (Spanish) Miroslava at the Cinema of Mexico site of the ITESM