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Miroslava (February 26, 1925 – March 9, 1955) was a Czechoslovakian-born Mexican film actress who appeared in thirty two films.〔(Our word is our weapon: selected writings ) By Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, Juana Ponce de León, José Saramago. Seven Stories Press. p. 244〕 == Biography == Born Miroslava Šternová in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic), Miroslava moved to Mexico as a child with her mother and adoptive Jewish father in the late 1930s, seeking to escape war in their native country. After winning a national beauty contest, Miroslava began to study acting. She appeared in a few Hollywood and Mexican films. 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, Miroslava committed suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills.〔March 12, 1955 "Hundreds At Rites For Actress Who Killed Self" LA Times ()〕 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〔 Italian actress Lucia Bosé. Bosè would go on to star in Buñuel's next movie, ''Cela s'appelle l'aurore'' (1956). The Mexican and Hollywood star Katy Jurado claimed to be one of the first people to find the body of Mexican actress Miroslava Stern after her tragic suicide. According to Katy, the picture that Miroslava had between her hands was Cantinflas, but the artistic manager Fanny Schatz exchanged the photo to that of the Spanish bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín. In his 1983 autobiography, ''Mon dernier soupir'' ("My Last Breath"), Buñuel recalls the irony of Miroslava'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,〔(Relocating identities in Latin American cultures ) By Elizabeth Montes Garcés p. 33〕 which was adapted by Alejandro Pelayo for his 1992 Mexican film called ''Miroslava'', starring Arielle Dombasle.〔(Mexican cinema: reflections of a society, 1896-2004 ) By Carl J. Mora. McFarland & Comanpy. p. 210〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Miroslava (actress)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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