Maria Montez
Acting • Born 1912-06-06 – Died 1951-09-07
Biography
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 became known as "The Queen of Technicolor." Over her career, Montez appeared in 26 films, 21 of which were made in North America and five in Europe.
Filmography
30 credits
Siren of Atlantis
Movie • 1949
Queen Antinea
The Invisible Woman
Movie • 1940
Marie
Arabian Nights
Movie • 1942
Sherazade
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Movie • 1944
Amara
Cobra Woman
Movie • 1944
Tollea / Naja
Portrait of a Murderer
Movie • 1949
Christina de Rinck
The Exile
Movie • 1947
Countess Anbella de Courteuil
Wicked City
Movie • 1949
Dolores - the coach
Sudan
Movie • 1945
Naila
White Savage
Movie • 1943
Princess Tahia
Tangier
Movie • 1946
Rita
Gypsy Wildcat
Movie • 1944
Carla
The Mystery of Marie Roget
Movie • 1942
Marie Roget
That Night in Rio
Movie • 1941
Inez
Revenge of the Pirates
Movie • 1951
Consuelo
Shadows Over Naples
Movie • 1951
Dolores
Lucky Devils
Movie • 1941
Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
Pirates of Monterey
Movie • 1947
Marguerita Novarro
Raiders of the Desert
Movie • 1941
Zuleika
Moonlight in Hawaii
Movie • 1941
Ilani
Bowery to Broadway
Movie • 1944
Marina
Bombay Clipper
Movie • 1942
Sonya Dietrich Landers
Boss of Bullion City
Movie • 1940
Linda Calhoun
The Thief of Venice
Movie • 1950
Tina
South of Tahiti
Movie • 1941
Melahi
City of Violence
Movie • 1951
Dolores
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
Movie • 2002
From María África to María Montez, A myth in Technicolor
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires
Movie • 1999
Self - Jean-Pierre's first wife (archive footage)
Follow the Boys
Movie • 1944
Maria Montez (uncredited)