Other and Rumored Projects
In a Spanish magazine interview, Soledad mentioned she would be starring in an operetta on television on November 21, 1964. The title was not mentioned, and nothing else is known about the project.
In an April 1966 magazine interview, Soledad mentioned she would be a protagonist in thirteen short films for Spanish television. Nothing else is known about these, however Soledad's sister confirmed to me that she often appeared on television.
In September 1969, a magazine article mentioned Soledad as one of the hosts of an upcoming TV program called Especial Pop. Featuring national and international figures, of song and dance, the program ran weekly for two years. Soledad may have only hosted one show. I have not been able to find any other information about it, but it was directed by Valerio Lazarov, with whom Soledad had worked before.
A Spanish magazine article a few months before Soledad's death mentioned that she appeared in two telenovelas for Pan American Television. This may have happened in late 1969 or early 1970. A late 1969 interview with Soledad mentioned one of the projects being La virgen ciega (The Blind Virgin). This was a real telenovela that aired on Venezuelan television in 1970. It is listed on IMDB, however neither Soledad, nor the other actors she mentioned in the interview (Sancho Gracia, Arturo López, and Queta Claver) nor its director Manuel Ripoll are credited on IMDB. Soledad referred to it as a "long series", but IMDB only lists three episodes. It is quite possible that the IMDB entry is incomplete. The title and details of the other telenovela are not known.
In the above-mentioned interview about the telenovela, Soledad also said she worked with director José María Forqué in Pecados conyugales (Marital Sins, 1969). Again, this was a real film, but Soledad is not credited in the cast on IMDB. Her scene(s) may have been cut from the final film. Soledad did work for Forqué that year on Estudio amueblado 2-P, so it is also possible that she confused the two titles.
Many filmographies say that Soledad appeared uncredited as a character named India in the 1968 western White Comanche (Comanche blanco), starring William Shatner. It was filmed in Spain and did feature many Spanish actors. IMDB says Diana Lorys also appeared uncredited. I have watched this film and cannot spot Soledad in it. The only person who could remotely resemble Soledad is a woman walking in a procession: see here and here. It was filmed during the period when Soledad was retired from cinema and even if she had been performing still, she had risen way beyond being an uncredited background extra! It was released in December 1968; it was only in December that Soledad announced her return to cinema, having been offered a role in 100 Rifles. Have you seen this movie? Do you think Soledad is in it? Let me know! Similarly, some filmographies say Soledad also appeared uncredited in the 1970 western Cannon for Cordoba, which is also unlikely as IMDB doesn't even list her in the cast.
Some filmographies indicate that Soledad had an uncredited role in Jess Franco's 1962 musical comedy Vampiresas 1930, although IMDB does not list her in the cast. However, according to Franco's associate Kevin Collins, she was not in that film; he says the confusion may have arisen because that film is often aligned with La reina del Tabarín in filmographies, so people assume since Soledad was in one, she was in both. However, that is not the case.
It has been said that after the completion of Juliette, Soledad was supposed to be in Jess Franco's movie X312 - Flight to Hell, but died before the movie was filmed. This was confirmed by her would-be costar in the film, Thomas Hunter; Gila von Weitershausen took over the part. It was filmed in Brazil, and Soledad was about to travel to Latin America for theatrical engagements when she died. She may very well have been headed on to South America to make this film after that. However, Jess Franco himself said: "We - Brauner and me - decided to make this film after Soledad's death." Franco's recollections are not always accurate, but he assured me that Soledad was never supposed to be in this film.
In what was apparently her last interview, Soledad told a Spanish reporter about her upcoming films for Franco and Brauner: "One of them on the life of one of the women who were involved with Charles Manson, that murdered [Sharon Tate] driven by the will of Manson... And another on Voodoo." The details of these planned projects may never be known. When I mentioned these to Franco, he said there was no truth to it. He did, however, reveal that one of the planned films was an adaptation of a Pushkin book. See my interview with Franco for more details.
