Miroslava (February 26, 1926 – 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.

Filmography

• 1979México de mis amores
• 1955School for Tramps — Susana Valverde
• 1955Stranger on Horseback — Amy Lee Bannerman
• 1955Stronger Than Love — Bárbara Peñafiel
• 1955The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz — Lavinia
• 1954La visita que no tocó el timbre — Emma
• 1953Reportaje — Nurse
• 1953Sueños de gloria — Elsa
• 1953The Magnificent Beast — Meche
• 1953The Revived Monster — Nora
• 1953The Three Perfect Wives — Leopoldina
• 1952Música, mujeres y amor — Elisa Méndez
• 1952Two Faces Have the Destiny — Anita
• 1951Cárcel de mujeres — Evangelina
• 1951Death in Love — Tasia - La Muerte
• 1951Ella y yo — Irene Garza
• 1951Monte de piedad — Elena
• 1951Streetwalker — Elena
• 1951The Brave Bulls — Linda de Calderón
• 1951The Port of the Seven Sins — Colomba
• 1950The League of Girls — Marta
• 1950The Love Nest — Lucila del Castillo
• 1950The Possession — Rosaura Díaz
• 1949Secreto entre mujeres — Claudia
• Suspense
• 1948Adventures of Casanova — Cassandra's Sister
• 1948An Adventure in the Night — Elena
• 1948Juan Charrasqueado — María
• 1948Nocturno de amor — Marta Reyes
• 1947Cinco rostros de mujer — Beatriz
• 1947Fly Away, Young Man! — María
• 1946Tragic Weddings — Amparo

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 1957Torero! — Herself
• 1952Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball — Herself