Manolita Saval

Acting

Born February 5, 1914, Paris, France

Manolita Saval (5 February 1914 Paris, France – 23 August 2001 Mexico City, Mexico) was a Spanish actress and singer. 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. Over the course of her career, she appeared in over 30 films and television programs, as well as in plays, operettas, and operas. She was born in Paris of Spanish parents and named 'Juana María Saval'. She was the mother of the actor Manuel Saval, and the niece of the Spanish opera singer Vicente Ballester Aparício. Saval died in Mexico City on August 23, 2001 of cardiac arrest due to thrombosis.

Filmography

• Madres egoístas — Rosario Urióstegui
• Vivir enamorada — Merceditas
• 1979La Guerra de los Pasteles — Tía de Suzette
• 1976The Minister and Me — Estrellita
• 1969Santa
• 1966Esta noche no — Mama Sara
• 1960Dos Criados Malcriados
• 1959Del suelo no paso
• 1951Arrabalera — Ana María
• 1947Fantasía ranchera
• 1946La culpable — Margarita
• 1945El capitán Malacara
• 1943Adiós juventud — Juanita
• 1943Los miserables — Cosetta Ponchelevan
• 1943María Eugenia — Raquel
• 1942El baisano Jalil — Martha
• 1942El que tenga un amor
• 1942Esa mujer es la mía
• 1942Virgen de medianoche — Elisa
• 1940Pobre diablo — Maruja
• 1939El Capitan Aventurero — Carmina