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Film & TV
Barahona, Dominican Republic
María Montez (June 6, 1912 – September 7, 1951) was a Dominican-born motion picture actress who gained fame and popularity in the 1940s as an exotic beauty starring in a series of filmed-in-Technicolor costume adventure films. Her screen image was that of a hot-blooded Latin seductress, dressed in fanciful costumes and sparkling jewels. She became so identified with these adventure epics that she…
Known for
- From María África to María Montez, A myth in Technicolor — Self (archive footage)2014
- The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema2002
- Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires — Self - Jean-Pierre's first wife (archive footage)1999
- Revenge of the Pirates — Consuelo1951
- Shadows Over Naples — Dolores1951
- City of Violence — Dolores1951
- The Thief of Venice — Tina1950
- Siren of Atlantis — Queen Antinea1949
- Portrait of a Murderer — Christina de Rinck1949
- Wicked City — Dolores - the coach1949
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Dominican Republic
- Place of birth
- Santa Cruz de Barahona
- Place of death
- Suresnes
- Spouse
- Jean-Pierre Aumont
- Child
- Tina Aumont
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- French
- Official website
- www.mariamontez.org
- Image
- Maria-montez.jpg
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- place of burial
- Montparnasse Cemetery
- Commons category
- Maria Montez
- cause of death
- drowning
- date of birth
- 1912-06-06
- date of death
- 1951-09-07
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1939-00-00
- end of work period
- 1951-00-00
- birth name
- María África Gracia Vidal
- pseudonym
- María Montez
- second family name in Spanish name
- Vidal
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