Sara Lezana Mínguez (born 5 March 1948) is a Spanish

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and actress. In 1960, she made her debut on Teatro Valle Inclán in Madrid with ''Historia de los Tarantos'', by Alfredo Mañas. Then she made her film debut on ''

Los Tarantos ''Los Tarantos'' is a 1963 Spanish musical drama film directed by Francisco Rovira Beleta. It was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Film category. The film is based on the play ''La historia de los Tarantos'' written by Alfredo ...

'' with Carmen Amaya, and then she appeared in ''En

el extraño viaje ''El extraño viaje'' ( en, The Strange Voyage) is a 1964 Spanish black drama film directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez. Film director Jess Franco acts as the brother of the protagonist. The film was a huge flop on its limited release. It was vo ...

'' by Fernando Fernán Gómez, ''La búsqueda'' by

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, ''La Carmen'' along Julián Mateos, ''Casa Manchada'' along Stephen Boyd, ''Donde hay patrón...'' along

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, and ''Historia de S''. She appeared in

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films like ''

Gunfight in the Red Sands ''Duello nel Texas'', also known as ''Gunfight at Red Sands'' and ''Gringo'', is a 1963 Italian/Spanish international co-production directed by Ricardo Blasco and Mario Caiano, and produced by Albert Band as his first Spaghetti Western. It was als ...

'' (1963), ''

Fall of the Mohicans ''Fall of the Mohicans'' ( es, Uncas, el fin de una raza/ ''Uncas, The End of a Race'', or it, L'ultimo dei Mohicani) is a 1965 Spanish-Italian historical western adventure film directed by Mateo Cano and starring Jack Taylor, Paul Muller a ...

'' (1965), and ''

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'' (1963). She worked with the actor Daniel Martín and the torero Palomo Linares. In 1968 she started her own dance business, Ballet Flamenco de Madrid, and between 1970 and 1980 she worked in

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, United States, Canada, South America and Europe. She worked with the guitarist Pepín Salazar. In 1980 she opened a property, Casa Sara, for which she worked with the guitarists Paco Izquierdo and Rafael Andújar, and the singers Antonio "Cuquito" de Barbate and Pepe el Malagueño. With the business she released ''Carmen'' at teatro Rialto, ''España baila flamenco'' at Teatro Muñoz Seca and ''Flamenco Feeling. El sentimiento'' at Teatro de las Esquinas.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lezana, Sara 1948 births Actresses from Madrid Spanish film actresses Spanish television actresses Spanish female dancers Musical theatre female dancers Living people