
Maria Montez
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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.
Known for
Credits

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)
as Amara

Arabian Nights (1942)
as Sherazade

Cobra Woman (1944)
as Tollea / Naja

That Night in Rio (1941)
as Inez

The Invisible Woman (1940)
as Marie

Gypsy Wildcat (1944)
as Carla

Follow the Boys (1944)
as Maria Montez (uncredited)

The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)
as Marie Roget

Sudan (1945)
as Naila
Revenge of the Pirates (1951)
as Consuelo

The Exile (1947)
as Countess Anbella de Courteuil

Siren of Atlantis (1949)
as Queen Antinea

Pirates of Monterey (1947)
as Marguerita Novarro

Bowery to Broadway (1944)
as Marina

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (2002)
Actor

Tangier (1946)
as Rita

White Savage (1943)
as Princess Tahia

The Thief of Venice (1950)
as Tina

Raiders of the Desert (1941)
as Zuleika

South of Tahiti (1941)
as Melahi

Portrait of a Murderer (1949)
as Christina de Rinck

Bombay Clipper (1942)
as Sonya Dietrich Landers

Boss of Bullion City (1940)
as Linda Calhoun

Wicked City (1949)
as Dolores - the coach

Lucky Devils (1941)
as Bathing Beauty (uncredited)

City of Violence (1951)
as Dolores

Shadows Over Naples (1951)
as Dolores
Moonlight in Hawaii (1941)
as Ilani

Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires (1999)
as Self - Jean-Pierre's first wife (archive footage)

From María África to María Montez, A myth in Technicolor (2014)
as Self (archive footage)





