Miroslava

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

6.661

Gender

Female

Birthday

27-Feb-1925

Age

(99 years old)

Place of Birth

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Also Known As
  • Miroslava Sternova
  • Miroslava Stern
  • Miroslava Šternová Beková

Miroslava

Biography

Miroslava (February 26, 1925 – March 9, 1955) was a Czechoslovakian-born Mexican film actress who appeared in thirty two films. 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 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.[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 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. 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 inEnsayo 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, which was adapted by Alejandro Pelayo for his 1992 Mexican film called Miroslava, starring Arielle Dombasle.


Credits

La visita que no tocó el timbre La visita que no tocó el timbre (1954) Character: Emma
Two underachieving brothers take responsibility for an abandoned baby.
Juan Charrasqueado Juan Charrasqueado (1948) Character: N/A
Hard-living horse-trainer has a thing with an aristocratic woman... but her brothers aren't happy to see her involved with someone beneath her station.
Bodas trágicas Bodas trágicas (1946) Character: Amparo
Jalisco, 19th century. Diego, a wealthy landowner, secretly marries Amparo, defying her father Juan Manuel, who fiercely opposes the union. Juan Manuel still holds a grudge against Diego, having once been his employer when Diego was just a laborer. Their secret marriage stirs jealousy and resentment, particularly in Octavio, Diego’s servant, and his wife Laura, who harbors unspoken feelings for him. As Diego departs for a military mission in Guadalajara, Juan Manuel, unaware of the marriage, attempts to arrange a match between Amparo and the Spaniard José Luis.
La posesión La posesión (1950) Character: N/A
Two old friends get hinky with each other over the deed to a tract of land, and their children's engagement gets broken over it.
Monte de piedad Monte de piedad (1951) Character: Elena
Anthology-movie, series of anecdotes about the personal tragedies that lead people to take their values posessions to the state-run pawnshop.
Sueños de gloria Sueños de gloria (1953) Character: Elsa
Auto mechanic invents a new-improved carburetor; industrial spies steal his invention, romance with a manufacturer's daughter, and he drives a cross-country race.
La casa chica La casa chica (1950) Character: Lucila del Castillo
Amalia, aged, remember when Fernando Mendoza, his former medical school, came to San Esteban, the town where she lived. They worked together and became his love. Although he was engaged to another, Fernando decided to return to the city to complete his commitment to her and finally reunited with Amalia, but the facts do not happen as they had planned.
Música, mujeres y amor Música, mujeres y amor (1952) Character: Elisa Méndez
Two women are installed in the cabin of a ship that was already occupied by two gentlemen.
Nocturno de amor Nocturno de amor (1948) Character: Marta Reyes
Venice Film Festival 1948
La bestia magnifica (Lucha libre) La bestia magnifica (Lucha libre) (1953) Character: Meche
The Magnificent Beast (Free Fight) is a 1953 Mexican film. It was directed by Chano Urueta. The first film of the Luchadores genre.
Ella y Yo Ella y Yo (1951) Character: Irene Garza
Pedro Muñoz is a womanizer that does not escape one until Irene Garza arrives and makes him to see his luck, while the aunt of her tries to separate them.
Una aventura en la noche Una aventura en la noche (1948) Character: Elena
Film version of the 'hitchhiking ghost' urban legend.
Dos caras tiene el destino Dos caras tiene el destino (1952) Character: Anita
Ruined alcoholic doctor escapes a tropical plague and begins a new life back in civilization, taking over the identity of a dead man.
La Muerte Enamorada La Muerte Enamorada (1951) Character: Tasia - La Muerte
A man's life changes forever when death -- in the form of a female grim reaper -- moves in with him and his family, all so that he can buy a bit more time on earth. The only catch is, his family has no idea that their houseguest, a woman their father says is a foreign relative, is there to take their daddy away. Miroslava Stern, Fernando Fernandez and Jorge Reyes star in this inventive Spanish-language comedy.
¡A volar, joven! ¡A volar, joven! (1947) Character: María
Cantinflas is a private in the military, who doesn't know anything about discipline or following rules. He only wants to think about his girlfriend, the maid in an opulent hacienda. The owner of the hacienda has an ugly and shy daughter, who is in love with Cantinflas. The problems arrive when the family arranges a wedding between the ugly girl and Cantinflas, who in order to avoid the commitment gets himself arrested. During his punishment, Cantinflas learns to fly with a silly and poorly trained flight instructor.
Más fuerte que el amor Más fuerte que el amor (1955) Character: Bárbara Peñafiel
Carlos, a former factory worker of humble origins, has made millions - but the upper class refuses to accept him as one of their own. Meanwhile, Barbara, the spoiled daughter of an industrialist, is to enter into a loveless marriage of convenience. Tensions arise when the two fall madly in love.
Reportaje Reportaje (1953) Character: Nurse
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
Cinco rostros de mujer Cinco rostros de mujer (1947) Character: Beatriz
"The great love of his life" happened five times; one of those women just wrote him a letter. Which one will it be?
The Brave Bulls The Brave Bulls (1951) Character: Linda de Calderón
A matador must recover his courage after being gored in the ring.
Escuela de vagabundos Escuela de vagabundos (1955) Character: Susana Valverde
Alberto Medina is a famous composer whose car breaks down while he is on a trip. While looking for help, he finds the Valverdes' house and is welcomed in by Emilia, the mother of the family, who is known for taking in tramps.
La Liga de las Muchachas La Liga de las Muchachas (1950) Character: Marta
Two women form The League of Girls invite an interesting repertoire of young ladies to become members and get rid of men and all the evils that come with them.
Trotacalles Trotacalles (1951) Character: Elena
In Mexico City, two sisters, Maria and Elena, fight over the love of pimp Rodolfo. Elena escapes her sad marriage to an old banker into Rodolfo's arms. Meanwhile, life is hard for sex worker Maria, who-along with her supportive group of fellow sex workers-must deal with exploitative clients.
Ensayo de un crimen Ensayo de un crimen (1955) Character: Lavinia
A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...
Secreto entre mujeres Secreto entre mujeres (1949) Character: N/A
A big ol' player has different stages of a thing happening with each of the five women in a household.
Stranger on Horseback Stranger on Horseback (1955) Character: Amy Lee Bannerman
A circuit judge in the old west attempts to bring a suspected killer to justice. The judge runs afoul of the killer's rich cattle baron father in the process.
Cárcel de Mujeres Cárcel de Mujeres (1951) Character: Evangelina
Evangelina murders her lover Alberto. In prison she meets Dora, Alberto's girlfriend, who was deprived of her freedom for his illicit business. An interesting story is about to be woven.
El puerto de los siete vicios El puerto de los siete vicios (1951) Character: Colomba
Career criminals vie for ownership of a disreputable waterfront dive and for the love of the cabaret-gal that sings there.
Las tres perfectas casadas Las tres perfectas casadas (1953) Character: Leopoldina
Three married couples gather to celebrate the eighteenth anniversary of their marriage mourning the absence of a friend who was best man at all three weddings.
Torero! Torero! (1957) Character: Herself
The life of the famed Mexican bullfighter Luis Procuna, from his boyhood through his training and the triumphs that followed as Procuna rose to the peak of his profession. Written by Jim Beaver
El Monstruo Resucitado El Monstruo Resucitado (1953) Character: Nora
Set in the Balkans, this story concerns a bored journalist, Nora who is ordered by her boss to follow up a mysterious advertisement placed by Dr Ling. Ling turns out to be a misshapen creature who, rejected by his peers, has become the stereotypical mad scientist, here specializing in plastic surgery. He falls in love with Nora but fearing she will betray him he resuscitates a young man who committed suicide, Ariel by transplanting a new brain into him, and order him to fetch Nora so that he can kill her.



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