Maria Montez
Birthday: 1912-06-06
Place of Birth: Barahona, Dominican Republic
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.
Movies
Siren of Atlantis
Two Foreign Legion soldiers, Jean (Dennis O'Keefe) and Andre (Jean Pierre Aumont), accidentally disc...
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The Invisible Woman
Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that wil...
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Arabian Nights
Two half brothers battle each other for the power of the throne and the love of sensual, gorgeous da...
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Orphaned as a young child and adopted by a band of notorious thieves, now-grown Ali Baba sets out to...
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Cobra Woman
A man tracks his kidnapped bride to a jungle island, where her twin is the high priestess....
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Portrait of a Murderer
A circus daredevil is the next victim of a danger-seducing woman who tricks him into a potentially d...
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The Exile
In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by...
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Wicked City
A Canadian sailor becomes a fugitive for love after a night with a woman in Marseille....
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Sudan
A desert pickpocket, his sidekick, and an escaped slave help an incognito queen in danger....
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White Savage
A native boy plays Cupid for a shark fisherman and a South Sea Islands princess....
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Tangier
In Tangier, disgraced American war correspondent Paul Kenyon, café dancer Rita and local entrepreneu...
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Gypsy Wildcat
In an unspecified Renaissance kingdom, no sooner has Anube's gypsy tribe encamped near Baron Tovar's...
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The Mystery of Marie Roget
A detective investigates the mysterious death of a young actress....
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That Night in Rio
An entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carr...
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Revenge of the Pirates
A pirate tries to lead his followers in vengeance against a corrupt governor....
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Lucky Devils
Lucky Devils casts the mismatched duo as a pair of intrepid newsreel cameramen. When they're not ris...
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Pirates of Monterey
A woman journeys to Spanish California to marry a Spanish officer, but on the way she meets and fall...
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Raiders of the Desert
Two American leave a ship where they had stowed away, in a Middle Eastern port and wind up in the fi...
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Moonlight in Hawaii
Deciding to quit his singing act and become a tourist guide, Pete Fleming escorts wealthy Mrs. Floto...
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Bowery to Broadway
Two Bowery vaudevillians find success in producing shows on Broadway, but when one of them suddenly ...
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Bombay Clipper
Someone has absconded with $4,000,000 worth of diamonds, and that someone may very well be a passeng...
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Boss of Bullion City
A lawman sets out to disrupt the operations of a crooked town boss....
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The Thief of Venice
A beautiful tavern-keeper finds herself getting caught up in a war between Italy and Turkey....
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South of Tahiti
Three men survive a plane crashes on an uncharted Pacific island, south of Tahiti. One falls in love...
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City of Violence
Amore e sangue (released in the U.S. as "City of Violence"), the 1951 Marino Girolami (billed as "Jo...
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The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
Documentary about the presence of Latin American culture and actors in American movies....
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From María África to María Montez, A myth in Technicolor
Documentary about María Montez (the Queen of Technicolor ), a Dominican who became a glamorous Holly...
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Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires
A doumentary of the life and career of French actor, Jean-Pierre Aumont....
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Follow the Boys
During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star...
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