Maria Montez Overview:

Legendary actress, Maria Montez, was born Maria Africa Antonia Gracia Vidal de Santo Silas on Jun 6, 1912 in Barahona, Dominican Republic. Montez died at the age of 39 on Sep 7, 1951 in Paris, France .

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Exotic brunette leading lady in Hollywood films. Born in the Dominican Republic to a Spanish consulate official, she became the staple ingredient of Universal's Technicolor "easterns" of the war years until overtaken in popularity by Yvonne De Carlo. Married (second) to Jean-Pierre Aumont from 1943. Drowned in her bath, possibly after a heart attack. Actress Tina Aumont (1946-2006) is her daughter.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).

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Montez was never nominated for an Academy Award.

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– “The Queen Of Technicolor”

By Art on Jun 6, 2011 From Classic Cinema Gold

“When I look at myself, I am so beautiful I scream with joy!” ~ after viewing herself in Arabian Nights (1942). Mar?a Montez, born Maria Africa Antonia Gracia Vidal de Santo Silas on June 6, 1912 in Barahona, Dominican Republic, was a motion picture actress who gained fa... Read full article


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Maria Montez Quotes:

Queen Antinea: He found oblivion in my arms, until my time for loving him was over.


Tollea: [with heavy accent] Geef me that cobra jool! Eeet ees rightfully mine!


[repeated line]
Tollea: I have SPOKEN!


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Maria Montez Facts
The international airport at Barahona, Dominican Republic, is named the Maria Montez International Airport in her honor. [1997]

Was a major iconic figure of gay camp in the 1950s & '60s. In addition to being a character who appears in various Andy Warhol's films of the 1960s (played by Mario Montez, she appeared as a major character in Gore Vidal's 1974 novel "Myron," his sequel to "Myra Breckinridge".

For her stage name, Maria chose the last name of Montez in honor of dancer Lola Montes, a favorite of Maria's father.

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