Maria Montez

Born: 1912-06-06

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.


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Arabian Nights

as Sherazade
Released: 1942-12-25

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

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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

as Amara
Released: 1944-01-14

Orphaned as a young child and adopted by a band of notorious thieves, now-grown Ali Baba sets...

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The Invisible Woman

as Marie
Released: 1940-12-28

Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that...

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Cobra Woman

as Tollea / Naja
Released: 1944-05-12

A man (Jon Hall) tracks his kidnapped bride (Maria Montez) to a jungle island, where her twin is...

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The Exile

as Countess Anbella de Courteuil
Released: 1947-10-17

In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his...

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White Savage

as Princess Tahia
Released: 1943-04-23

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

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Bombay Clipper

as Sonya Dietrich Landers
Released: 1942-01-11

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

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Sudan

as Naila
Released: 1945-04-18

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

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That Night in Rio

as Inez
Released: 1941-04-11

An entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to...

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Tangier

as Rita
Released: 1946-06-06

In Tangier, disgraced American war correspondent Paul Kenyon, café dancer Rita and local...

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Gypsy Wildcat

as Carla
Released: 1944-08-02

In an unspecified Renaissance kingdom, no sooner has Anube's gypsy tribe encamped near Baron...

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Boss of Bullion City

as Linda Calhoun
Released: 1940-03-01

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

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Bowery to Broadway

as Marina
Released: 1944-11-03

Two Bowery vaudevillians find success in producing shows on Broadway, but when one of them...

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The Mystery of Marie Roget

as Marie Roget
Released: 1942-04-23

A detective investigates the mysterious death of a young actress.

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Portrait of a Murderer

as Christina de Rinck
Released: 1949-11-25

A circus daredevil is the next victim of a danger-seducing woman who tricks him into a...

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Wicked City

as Dolores - the coach
Released: 1949-11-16

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

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South of Tahiti

as Melahi
Released: 1941-10-17

Three men survive a plane crashes on an uncharted Pacific island, south of Tahiti. One falls in...

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Lucky Devils

as Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
Released: 1941-01-03

Lucky Devils casts the mismatched duo as a pair of intrepid newsreel cameramen. When they're not...

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Shadows Over Naples

as Dolores
Released: 1951-05-10

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

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The Thief of Venice

as Tina
Released: 1950-12-22

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

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Pirates of Monterey

as Marguerita Novarro
Released: 1947-12-01

A woman journeys to Spanish California to marry a Spanish officer, but on the way she meets and...

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Raiders of the Desert

as Zuleika
Released: 1941-07-17

Two American leave a ship where they had stowed away, in a Middle Eastern port and wind up in...

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Siren of Atlantis

as Queen Antinea
Released: 1949-01-04

Two Foreign Legion soldiers, Jean (Dennis O'Keefe) and Andre (Jean Pierre Aumont), accidentally...

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City of Violence

as Dolores
Released: 1951-04-05

Amore e sangue (released in the U.S. as "City of Violence"), the 1951 Marino Girolami (billed as...

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Revenge of the Pirates

as Consuelo
Released: 1951-10-18

A pirate tries to lead his followers in vengeance against a corrupt governor.

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