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Miroslava Stern
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Stern in April 1951
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Miroslava Stanclová
26 February 1926 Prague, Czechoslovakia
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| Died | 9 March 1955 (aged 29) Mexico City, Mexico
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| Resting place | Panteón Francés de San Joaquín Mexico City, Mexico |
| Nationality | Czechoslovakia |
| Other names | Miroslava Šternová |
| Spouse(s) | Jesús Jaime Obregón |
Miroslava Šternová (née Stanclová; 26 February 1926 – 9 March 1955), known professionally as Miroslava Stern, was a Czechoslovak-Mexican actress.
Biography
Born in interwar Prague as Miroslava Stanclová, her father died and she was adopted by a Jewish doctor, the psychoanalyst Dr. Oskar Leo Stern (1900–1972) who married her mother, Miroslava (née Becka; 1898–1945), and became known as Miroslava Šternová. Dr Stern and his wife had a son, Ivo (1931–2011), the actress's half-brother. The family was, at one point, interned in a concentration camp after they fled their native Czechoslovakia in 1939. They sought refuge in various Scandinavian countries before emigrating to Mexico in 1941. Her mother died of cancer four years later.
After winning a national beauty contest, Miroslava began to study acting. She worked steadily in films produced in Mexico, from 1946 to 1955, as well as three Hollywood films during that period. She filmed Ensayo de un crimen (The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz) in 1955, directed by Luis Buñuel. On 9 March of that same year, soon after filming ended (the film was released in May), Miroslava died.
Her life is the subject of a short story by Guadalupe Loaeza, which was adapted by Alejandro Pelayo for his 1992 Mexican film called Miroslava, starring Arielle Dombasle.
Filmography
Mexico
Documentaries
- El charro inmortal (1955)
- Torero (1956)
Feature films
- Tragic Wedding (1946) as Amparo
- Five Faces of Woman (1947) as Beatriz
- Fly Away, Young Man! (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
- 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
- The Magnificent Beast (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
United States
- Adventures of Casanova (1948) as Cassandra's sister
- The Brave Bulls (1951) as Linda de Calderón
- Stranger on Horseback (1955) as Amy Lee Bannerman
See also
- Foreign-born artists in Mexico
