Manolita Saval

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)
• Les Misérables (1943) as Cosetta Ponchelevan
• Adiós juventud (1943)
• Amores de ayer (1944)
• 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