Manolita Saval (5 February 1914 in Paris, France – 23 August 2001 in Mexico City, Mexico) was a Spanish actress and singer.
She was born in Paris of Spanish parents and named 'Juana María Saval'.[1]
She was the mother of the actor Manuel Saval,[1] and the niece of the Spanish opera singer Vicente Ballester Aparício.[2]
Saval died in Mexico City on August 23, 2001 of cardiac arrest due to thrombosis.[1]
She studied music and drama in Spain, and began her career performing the opera MarinainValencia. As a lyric interpreter, she toured Latin America, eventually settling in Mexico in 1938.[1] Over the course of her career, she appeared in over 30 films and television programs, as well as in plays, operettas, and operas.[1][3]
In a review of her film debut in El capitán aventurero, the New York Times described her as "a new and charming Mexican actress."[4]
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