Miroslava Stern
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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.
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[edit] 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.
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 incinerated, 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.
[edit] Films
[edit] 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
[edit] Mexico
[edit] Documentaries
- Torero (1956)
- El charro inmortal (1955)
[edit] 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
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Miroslava Stern at the Internet Movie Database
- (Spanish) Miroslava at the Cinema of Mexico site of the ITESM
