Elisa Montés
Elisa Montés | |
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| Born | Elisa Rosario Ruiz Penella 15 December 1934 Granada, Spain |
| Died | 9 October 2024 (aged 89) Madrid, Spain |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Antonio Ozores |
| Father | Ramón Ruiz Alonso |
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Elisa Rosario Ruiz Penella[1] (15 December 1934 – 9 October 2024), known as Elisa Montés, was a Spanish actress who took her pseudonym from the celebrated work of her grandfather, Manuel Penella, El gato montés.
Life and career
Montés was the sister of actresses Emma Penella (1931–2007) and Terele Pávez (1939–2017), daughter of Magdalena Penella Silva and the politician Ramón Ruiz Alonso, and granddaughter and great-granddaughter to composers Manuel Penella and Manuel Penella Raga. In May 1960, she married actor Antonio Ozores.[2] The daughter of this marriage, Emma Ozores, also pursued an acting career. Montés and Ozores separated in 1968.[3]
On 12 October 2017 she received the ASFAAN award by Alberto Dell'Acqua and Emma Ozores.[4][5][6]
Montés died in Madrid on 9 October 2024, at the age of 89.[7][8]
Selected filmography
- Eleven Pairs of Boots (1954)
- Marta (1955)
- Noi siamo le colonne (1956)
- The Battalion in the Shadows (1957)
- Faustina (1957)
- Gibraltar (1964)
- Django the Condemned (1965)
- Samson and His Mighty Challenge (1965)
- I due toreri (1965)
- Erik, the Viking (1965)
- Texas, Adios (1966)
- Return of the Seven (1966)
- Seven Dollars on the Red (1966)
- Mutiny at Fort Sharpe (1966)
- Maneater of Hydra (1967)
- The Cobra (1967)
- 99 Women (1969)
- The Girl from Rio (1969)
- Captain Apache (1971)
- Ambitious (1976)
Awards
- Valladolid Festival. Best actress for La vida en un bloc (1956).
- Prize of the Circle of Cinematographic Writers (1955). Best supporting actress for Últimas banderas.
- Prize of the National Syndicate of the Spectacle for Abiciosa (1975).
References
- ^ Historia de una familia: la verdad sobre el asesinato de García Lorca. Escrito por Miguel Caballero Pérez, Pilar Góngora Ayala
- ^ "Muere a los 89 años Elisa Montés, madre de Emma Ozores y actriz de 'Verano Azul'". Telecinco. 9 October 2024.
- ^ "Fallece la actiz Elisa Montés, hermana de Emma Penella y Terele Pávez y madre de Emma Ozores". Catalunya Press. 9 October 2024.
- ^ "Almería Western Film Festival concede el premio Asfaan a la actriz granadina Elisa Montés". Europa Press (in Spanish). 12 September 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Almería Western Film Festival concede premio Asfaan a la actriz Elisa Montés". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 12 September 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "La actriz granadina Elisa Montés recibe el Premio Asfaan en el marco del Almería Western Film Festival". Europa Press (in Spanish). 12 October 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Muere Elisa Montés, actriz de 'Verano Azul' y madre de Emma Ozores, a los 89 años". El Plural. 9 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ Castilla, Enrique (9 October 2024). "Muere Elisa Montés la madre de Bea y Tito en 'Verano azul'". La Razón.
External links
- Elisa Montés at IMDb
- Filmography at Hoycinema (in Spanish)
- Biography (in Spanish)
- Entry in Dictionario del teatro at Google Books
