Miroslava

Miroslava Stern
Born	Miroslava Šternová February 26, 1926(1926-02-26) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Died	March 9, 1955(1955-03-09) (aged 29) Mexico City, Mexico
Other names	Miroslava

Miroslava Stern (February 26, 1926 – March 9, 1955) was a Czechoslovakian-born Mexican film actress who appeared in thirty two films.^[1]

Biography

Born Miroslava Šternová in Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic), 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, Stern began to study acting. She participated in various Mexican films and also spent some time in Hollywood.

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, Stern 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^[2] Italian actress Lucia Bosé. 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 Stern'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,^[3] which was adapted by Alejandro Pelayo for his 1992 Mexican film called Miroslava, starring Arielle Dombasle.^[4]

Filmography

United States

• Adventures of Casanova" (1947) as Casania's sister
• The Brave Bulls (1951) as Linda de Calderón
• Stranger on Horseback (1955) as Amy Lee Bannerman

Mexico

Documentaries

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

Full features

• Bodas trágicas (1946) as Amparo
• Cinco rostros de mujer (1946) as Beatriz
• ¡A volar joven! (1947) as María
• Una aventura en la noche (1947) as Elena
• Juan Charrasqueado (1947) as María
• Nocturno de amor (1947) as Marta Reyes
• Secreto entre mujeres (1948) as Claudia
• La liga de las muchachas (1949) as Marta
• La casa chica (1949) as Lucila del Castillo
• La posesión (1949) as Rosaura
• La muerte enamorada (1950) as Tacia, la muerte
• Monte de piedad (1950) as Elena
• Trotacalles (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

• Foreign-born artists in Mexico

References

External links

• Miroslava Stern at the Internet Movie Database
• Miroslava (Spanish) at the Cinema of Mexico site of the ITESM
• Miroslava Stern at Find a Grave