#15 Soledad Miranda

The quintessential haunted, doomed beauty, Soledad Miranda was killed in auto accident at the age of 27, just on the cusp of having her career really take off.  A discovery of Jess Franco, he changed her (according to Wikipedia) from “a young, dimpled, bubbly starlet” into the “pale, haunted, mysterious icon” anyone who’s a Franco fan has discovered on their own.

Real Name:  Soledad Bueno

Embarrassing Movies

• Count Dracula
• Sound of Horror *
• She Killed in Ecstasy
• Pyro, the Thing Without a Face
• Eugenie Sex Happening
• Vampyros Lesbos

* - author has seen

Embarrassing Taglines

• A warning for the youth... An alarm call for the parents.
• Hercules... Atlas... Goliath... Mighty Ursus towers above them all!
• A Psycho-Sexadelic Horror Freakout!

Embarrassing Characters

• First Dancer in Blue Dress
• Eugénie Radeck de Franval
• Walburga Hassenreuter
• Piluca

Unlikely Spouses & Boyfriends:  El Cordobes (Manuel Benitez – arguably the most famous bullfighter ever)

Whiffs of Scandal:  Soft-core porn

Untimely Demise:  In a car accident at age 27

Interesting Tidbits

• AKA Susan Korday and Susann Korda (her porn name)
• Given name means “solitude”
• Drew the name Miranda out of a hat
• Was half Roma
• Made her stage debut at age 8 as a flamenco dancer
• Almost became a nun
• Cut a couple of records
• Painted and wrote poetry
• As with Elvis, there are rumors that she is still alive, with consequent sightings

Where can I learn more?

• A Sketch of the Past
• Fan Site
• Cult Sirens
• IMDb
• Wikipedia

Nice hat ... and shades

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