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Miroslava Stern (born Miroslava Šternová, on February 26 1926 in Prague, Czechoslovakia , and died March 10, 1955 in Mexico City) was a Mexican actress.

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 returning to Mexico she obtained more roles in films. 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 commited suicide (apparently because of a love deception). In a macabre coincidence, at the premiere of the film, a wax statue of herself was incineraded, 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.

Films

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

Mexico

Documentaries

Torero (1956)
El charro inmortal (1955)

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

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