Manolita 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 Marina in Valencia.

As a lyric interpreter, she toured Latin America, eventually settling in Mexico in 1938.

[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.