Acting

Maria Montez

Born June 6, 1912 · Barahona, Dominican Republic

Died September 7, 1951 · aged 39

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

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves · 1944

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

MovieActionAdventure

Orphaned as a young child and adopted by a band of notorious thieves, now-grown Ali Baba sets out to avenge his father’s murder, reclaim the royal throne, and rescue his beloved Amara from the iron fist of his treacherous enemy.

Wicked City

Wicked City · 1949

MovieDramaCrime

A Canadian sailor becomes a fugitive for love after a night with a woman in Marseille.

Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights · 1942

MovieActionAdventure

Two half brothers battle each other for the power of the throne and the love of sensual, gorgeous dancing girl Scheherazade.

Shadows Over Naples

Shadows Over Naples · 1951

Shadows Over Naples

An Italian-German crime film. One of Maria Montez's last films.

Follow the Boys

Follow the Boys · 1944

Follow the Boys

MovieMusicComedy

During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical numbers and comedy skits, and were meant as morale-boosters to both the troops overseas and the civilians at home. This was Universal Pictures' effort. It features everyone from Donald O'Connor to the Andrews Sisters to Orson Welles to W.C. Fields to George Raft to Marlene Dietrich, and dozens of other Universal players.

The Invisible Woman

The Invisible Woman · 1940

The Invisible Woman

MovieComedyHorror

Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that will make her invisible so that she can use her invisibility to exact revenge on her ex-boss.

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema · 2002

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

MovieDocumentary

Documentary about the presence of Latin American culture and actors in American movies.

Cobra Woman

Cobra Woman · 1944

MovieAdventureDrama

A man tracks his kidnapped bride to a jungle island, where her twin is the high priestess.

Filmography

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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves · 1944

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

MovieActionAdventure

Orphaned as a young child and adopted by a band of notorious thieves, now-grown Ali Baba sets out to avenge his father’s murder, reclaim the royal throne, and rescue his beloved Amara from the iron fist of his treacherous enemy.

Amara

Wicked City

Wicked City · 1949

MovieDramaCrime

A Canadian sailor becomes a fugitive for love after a night with a woman in Marseille.

Dolores - the coach

Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights · 1942

MovieActionAdventure

Two half brothers battle each other for the power of the throne and the love of sensual, gorgeous dancing girl Scheherazade.

Sherazade

Shadows Over Naples

Shadows Over Naples · 1951

Shadows Over Naples

An Italian-German crime film. One of Maria Montez's last films.

Dolores

Follow the Boys

Follow the Boys · 1944

Follow the Boys

MovieMusicComedy

During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical numbers and comedy skits, and were meant as morale-boosters to both the troops overseas and the civilians at home. This was Universal Pictures' effort. It features everyone from Donald O'Connor to the Andrews Sisters to Orson Welles to W.C. Fields to George Raft to Marlene Dietrich, and dozens of other Universal players.

Maria Montez (uncredited)

The Invisible Woman

The Invisible Woman · 1940

The Invisible Woman

MovieComedyHorror

Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that will make her invisible so that she can use her invisibility to exact revenge on her ex-boss.

Marie

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema · 2002

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

MovieDocumentary

Documentary about the presence of Latin American culture and actors in American movies.

Cobra Woman

Cobra Woman · 1944

MovieAdventureDrama

A man tracks his kidnapped bride to a jungle island, where her twin is the high priestess.

Tollea / Naja

Siren of Atlantis

Siren of Atlantis · 1949

Siren of Atlantis

MovieAdventureFantasy

Two Foreign Legion soldiers, Jean (Dennis O'Keefe) and Andre (Jean Pierre Aumont), accidentally discover the famed lost continent of Atlantis. Bewitched by the sultry, beauty of the Queen of Atlantis (Maria Montez) the two men vie for her affections; little realising that her previous lovers have been embalmed into statues that line the passages of her kingdom.

Queen Antinea

The Mystery of Marie Roget

The Mystery of Marie Roget · 1942

The Mystery of Marie Roget

MovieCrimeMystery

A detective investigates the mysterious death of a young actress.

Marie Roget

Sudan

MovieAdventureAction

A desert pickpocket, his sidekick, and an escaped slave help an incognito queen in danger.

Naila

The Exile

The Exile · 1947

MovieAdventureRomance

In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by militants working for rogue leader Oliver Cromwell. Charles ends up in the Netherlands, where he falls for local beauty Katie and spends his days happily in the quiet countryside. Unfortunately, Cromwell's associate Col. Ingram and his men track Charles down, and the would-be monarch must resort to swashbuckling his way to freedom.

Countess Anbella de Courteuil

Gypsy Wildcat

Gypsy Wildcat · 1944

MovieActionAdventure

In an unspecified Renaissance kingdom, no sooner has Anube's gypsy tribe encamped near Baron Tovar's village when Count Orso is found murdered. The wicked baron blames the gypsies and imprisons them all in his castle. Meanwhile, a mysterious stranger on a white horse has hidden the murder arrow and won the heart of gypsy belle Carla, to the discomfiture of her erstwhile fiancée Tonio. Baron Tovar is also fascinated by Carla...especially when he notices her heraldic pendant.

Carla

That Night in Rio

That Night in Rio · 1941

That Night in Rio

MovieComedyMusic

An entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carry the impersonation further, complications ensue.

Inez

Tangier

Tangier · 1946

MovieAdventureDrama

In Tangier, disgraced American war correspondent Paul Kenyon, café dancer Rita and local entrepreneur Pepe join forces to battle a Nazi diamond smuggler.

Rita

South of Tahiti

South of Tahiti · 1941

South of Tahiti

MovieActionAdventure

Three men survive a plane crashes on an uncharted Pacific island, south of Tahiti. One falls in love with the the daughter of the tribe's leader, heiress to the throne after the death of her brother, who is as savage as her pet leopard. The others try to devise a plan to rob the tribe's gold.

Melahi

Bowery to Broadway

Bowery to Broadway · 1944

Bowery to Broadway

Two Bowery vaudevillians find success in producing shows on Broadway, but when one of them suddenly departs to work for a beautiful woman, a feud erupts.

Marina

Pirates of Monterey

Pirates of Monterey · 1947

Pirates of Monterey

MovieAdventureRomance

A woman journeys to Spanish California to marry a Spanish officer, but on the way she meets and falls in love with an American adventurer who is part of a movement to overthrow the Spanish in California.

Marguerita Novarro

White Savage

White Savage · 1943

MovieAdventureDrama

A native boy plays Cupid for a shark fisherman and a South Sea Islands princess.

Princess Tahia

Bombay Clipper

Bombay Clipper · 1942

MovieActionAdventure

Someone has absconded with $4,000,000 worth of diamonds, and that someone may very well be a passenger on the Bombay Clipper.

Sonya Dietrich Landers

Boss of Bullion City

Boss of Bullion City · 1940

Boss of Bullion City

MovieWesternCrime

A lawman sets out to disrupt the operations of a crooked town boss.

Linda Calhoun

The Thief of Venice

The Thief of Venice · 1950

The Thief of Venice

MovieAdventureWar

A beautiful tavern-keeper finds herself getting caught up in a war between Italy and Turkey.

Tina

City of Violence

City of Violence · 1951

City of Violence

MovieActionDrama

Amore e sangue (released in the U.S. as "City of Violence"), the 1951 Marino Girolami (billed as "John Wolff") West German/Italian romantic action adventure war thriller.

Dolores

Raiders of the Desert

Raiders of the Desert · 1941

Raiders of the Desert

MovieActionAdventure

Two American leave a ship where they had stowed away, in a Middle Eastern port and wind up in the fighting in a brutal civil war

Zuleika