Sara Montiel (born March 10, 1928) is a Spanish

Spain

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 singer, and actress. She is still a much-loved and internationally known name in the Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

-speaking movie and music industries.

Montiel was born in Campo de Criptana

Campo de Criptana

Campo de Criptana is a municipality and town in the province of Ciudad Real in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha . It is found in the region known as La Mancha.-Historical development:...

 in the region of Castile-La Mancha

Castile-La Mancha

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 in 1928 as María Antonia Abad (complete name María Antonia Alejandra Vicenta Elpidia Isidora Abad Fernández). After her unprecedented international hit in Juan de Orduña

Juan de Orduña

Juan de Orduña was a Spanish film director.- Filmography :* Me has hecho perder el juicio * Eusébio, la Pantera Negra * El caserío * El huésped del sevillano...

's El Último Cuplé in 1957, Montiel achieved the status of mega-star in Europe and Latin America.