Soledad Miranda

Soledad Rendón Bueno (July 9, 1943 – August 18, 1970), better known by her stage names Soledad Miranda or Susann Korda (or sometimes Susan Korday), was an actress and pop singer who was born in Seville, Spain. She starred in several erotic thriller films directed by Jess Franco in 1969 and 1970, such as Count Dracula (1970) and Vampyros Lesbos (1970). She also released numerous Spanish-language pop songs throughout the mid-sixties. She died in a car accident on a Lisbon highway in August 1970: she was 27. She was just about to sign a film contract with Franco's producer, Karl Heinz Mannchen. Biography Early life Soledad Miranda was born Soledad Rendón Bueno on July 9, 1943 in Seville, Spain. Soledad (whose name translates as solitude or loneliness) was the niece of the famous Spanish singer-actress-flamenco dancer, Paquita Rico. At age 8, Miranda made her professional debut when she was hired as a flamenco dancer and singer- first in the "Youth Galas" at the Seville Fair and San Fernando theatre, and then on a tour throughout southern Spain.