Miroslava (actress)

Miroslava
Born Miroslava Šternová
(1925-02-26)February 26, 1925
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Died March 9, 1955(1955-03-09) (aged 30)
Mexico City, Mexico
Other names Miroslava Stern
Spouse(s) Jesús Jaime Obregón

Miroslava Šternová (February 26, 1925 – March 9, 1955), better known as Miroslava, was a Czechoslovakian-born Mexican film actress who appeared in thirty two films.[1]

Biography

Born Miroslava Šternová in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic), Miroslava moved to Mexico as a child with her mother and adoptive Jewish father in 1941, seeking to escape war in their native country.[2] 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 end of the film, Miroslava committed suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills.[3] Her body was found lying outstretched over her bed, she had a portrait of bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín in one hand. The Mexican and Hollywood star Katy Jurado claimed to be one of the first people to find the body. According to Jurado, the picture that Miroslava had between her hands was of Mexican comedian Cantinflas, but the artistic manager Fanny Schatz exchanged the photo to that of the Spanish bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín.[4] Another source states that her body was found by actress Ninón Sevilla.[5] Miroslava's friends stated her suicide was due to unrequited love for Dominguín, who had recently married[3] Italian actress Lucia Bosè. Others claimed that her unrequited lover was Mario Moreno "Cantinflas."[6] Bosè would go on to star in Buñuel's next movie, Cela s'appelle l'aurore (1956).

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 in Ensayo 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,[7] which was adapted by Alejandro Pelayo for his 1992 Mexican film called Miroslava, starring Arielle Dombasle.[8]

Filmography

United States

Mexico

Documentaries

  • El charro inmortal (1955)
  • Torero (1956)

Full features

  • Tragic Wedding (1946) as Amparo
  • Five Faces of Woman (1947) as Beatriz
  • ¡A volar joven! (1947) as María
  • Juan Charrasqueado (1947) as María
  • Nocturne of Love (1948) as Marta Reyes
  • Adventure in the Night (1948) as Elena
  • Adventures of Casanova (1948) as Cassandra's sister
  • Secreto entre mujeres (1948) as Claudia
  • La liga de las muchachas (1949) as Marta
  • La posesión (1949) as Rosaura
  • La casa chica (1950) as Lucila del Castillo
  • La muerte enamorada (1950) as Tacia, la muerte
  • Monte de piedad (1950) as Elena
  • Streetwalker (1951) as Elena
  • Cárcel de mujeres (1951) as Evangelina Ocampo
  • Ella y yo (1951) as Irene Garza
  • El puerto de los siete vicios (1951) as Colomba
  • Dos caras tiene el destino (1951) as Anita
  • La bestia magnífica (1952) as Meche
  • Sueños de gloria (1952) as Elsa
  • Las tres perfectas casadas (1952) as Leopoldina
  • Música, mujeres y amor (1952) as Elisa Méndez
  • Más fuerte que el amor (1953) as Bárbara
  • El monstruo resucitado (1953) as Nora
  • Reportaje (1953) as Nurse
  • La visita que no tocó el timbre (1954) as Emma
  • Escuela de vagabundos (1954) as Susana o Susi
  • Ensayo de un crimen (1955) as Lavinia

See also

References

  1. ↑ Our word is our weapon: selected writings. By Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, Juana Ponce de León, José Saramago. Seven Stories Press. p. 244.
  2. ↑ Bednář, Václav. "Osudy hranických židů po II. světové válce". vaclavbednar.wz.cz. Václav Bednář. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Hundreds at Rites for Actress Who Killed Self". Los Angeles Times. March 12, 1955.
  4. ↑ "Katy Jurado: Estrella de Hollywood orgullosamente mexicana". Revista Somos. Editorial Televisa S.A de C.V. 1999. p. 100.
  5. ↑ Gutierrez, Estephanie (February 26, 2018). "Miroslava, la bella actriz que se suicidó por amor". De10.mx. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  6. ↑ Lenero, Vicente (December 6, 2015). "El suicidio de Miroslava". Proceso. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  7. ↑ Relocating identities in Latin American cultures. By Elizabeth Montes Garcés. p. 33.
  8. ↑ Mexican cinema: reflections of a society, 1896-2004. By Carl J. Mora. McFarland & Comanpy. p. 210.
  • Agrasánchez Jr., Rogelio (2001). Bellezas del cine mexicano/Beauties of Mexican Cinema. Archivo Fílmico Agrasánchez. ISBN 968-5077-11-8.
  • Miroslava on IMDb
  • "Miroslava". ITESM (in Spanish). Cinema of Mexico.
  • Miroslava Stern at Find a Grave
  • Miroslava Stern on the cover of Life magazine; July 10, 1950
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