Maria Montez

Adapted from the article Maria Montez (http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.phtml?title=Maria_Montez), from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.. She lives in New York. Her legacy as the only great star from that country remains, and in 1996 the Maria Montez International Airport opened in Barahona. She returned to worldwide prominence with her role as Rogue in the blockbuster X-Men movie in 2000 and its sequel in 2003. Much loved by the people of the impoverished Dominican Republic, in her birthplace of Barahona the city changed the name of an existing street to that bearing her name. She studied at Columbia University for one year, but has been on a leave of absence in order to continue her acting career. She was buried in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris where her tombstone reads her theatrical year of birth 1918-1951. She completed her secondary education in Los Angeles, and took several well-regarded roles in various movies while doing so.

The 39-year-old Montez died after apparently suffering a heart attack and drowning in her bath. Her début performance, in the 1993 film The Piano, which was widely regarded as extraordinary even by critics who didn't like the film, saw her win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; the second-youngest person to win an Oscar. She also wrote 3 books, two of which were published, as well as penning a number of poems. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and the child of two teachers, she moved to New Zealand when she was four. There, Maria Montez appeared in several films and a play written by her husband. July 24, 1982) is an Oscar-winning actress. At War's end, the couple had a daughter, Maria Christina, born in Hollywood in 1946 following which they moved to a home in Suresnes, Île-de-France in the eastern suburb of Paris, France. Anna Helene Paquin (b.

While working in Hollywood, she met and married French actor Jean-Pierre Aumont (1911-2001) who had to leave a few days after their wedding to serve in the Free French Forces fighting the Nazis in Europe. 1994 - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - for The Piano. Over her career, Maria Montez appeared in 26 films, 21 of which were made in North America and five in Europe. 2001 - Blockbuster Entertainment Award - Favorite Actress - Science Fiction for X-Men (movie). Dubbed the "The Queen of Technicolor," she made her film debut in 1940 opposite Johnny Mack Brown, marking a career that saw her much loved by audiences, usually in adventure films as the beautiful damsel in distress. 2001 - Saturn Award - Best Performance by a Younger Actor for X-Men (movie). Her screen image was crafted as that of a hot-blooded Latin seductress, playing characters dressed in exotic costumes and sparking jewels. 2001 - MTV Movie Award - Best On-Screen Team for X-Men (movie).

Eventually she accepted an offer from a Hollywood film studio. 1993 - LAFCA Award - Best Supporting Actress for The Piano. Determined to become a stage actress, she hired an agent and created a résumé that made her several years younger by listing her birth as 1917 in some instances and 1918 in others. 1994 - Oscar - Best Actress in a Supporting Role for The Piano. Her marriage lasted several years but in 1939 she ended up in New York City where her exotic looks landed her a job as a model. The Squid and the Whale, 2004. At a young age, she taught herself to speak English, and in 1932 she married William McFeeters, an American banker working in her seaside home town of Barahona. X2, 2003.

The second daughter of 10 children, she was given the name Maria Africa in honor of her diplomat/businessman father's native land, the Spanish Isla de la Palma, on the African continent. 25th Hour, 2002. Maria Montez was the stage name for Maria Africa Gracia Vidal (June 6, 1912, Barahona, Dominican Republic - September 7, 1951, Paris, France). Darkness, 2002. La Vendetta del corsaro (1951). Buffalo Soldiers, 2001. Amore e sangue (1951). Finding Forrester, 2000.

Il Ladro di Venezia (1950). Almost Famous, 2000. Portrait d'un assassin (1949). X-Men, 2000. Hans le marin (1948). All The Rage, 1999. Siren of Atlantis (1948). She's All That, 1999.

Pirates of Monterey (1947). A Walk On The Moon, 1999. The Exile (1947). Hurlyburly, 1998. Tangier (1946). Amistad, 1997. Sudan (1945). Fly Away Home, 1996.

Bowery to Broadway (1944). Jane Eyre, 1996. Gypsy Wildcat (1944). The Piano, 1993. Cobra Woman (1944). Follow the Boys (1944).

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944). White Savage (1943). Arabian Nights (1942). The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942).

Bombay Clipper (1942). South of Tahiti (1941). Moonlight in Hawaii (1941). Raiders of the Desert (1941).

That Night in Rio (1941). Lucky Devils (1941). The Invisible Woman (1940). Boss of Bullion City (1940).