Rosita Quintana | |
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![]() Quintana performing in 1957 | |
Born | Trinidad Rosa Quintana Muñoz 16 July 1925[1] Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Died | 23 August 2021 Mexico City, Mexico | (aged 96)
Years active | 1948–2021 |
Spouse | Sergio Kogan |
Children | 2 (one adoptive daughter) |
Rosita Quintana (16 July 1925 – 23 August 2021) was an Argentine-Mexican actress, singer and songwriter.[2][3] She was one of the top leading ladies of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She starred in Luis Buñuel's Susana (1951) and musical films such as Serenata en México (1956) and Cuando México canta (1958). Her performances earned her acting awards from Mexico, Argentina, Russia, and Spain.[4] In 2016, she received the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences' Golden Ariel Award for career achievement.[5]