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Sarita Montiel – the first Spanish woman in Hollywood

In the dark times of Franco’s dictatorship, Sarita Montiel was the only connection Spanish film had with Hollywood glamour, which belonged to some other brighter and happier planet



Her life was like the front page of a tabloid. She was the first Spanish actress that conquered Hollywood in the 1950’s when she acted opposite stars like Burt Lancaster and Gary Cooper. She charmed even Hemingway who, according to an urban legend, taught her to smoke cigars. In his last photograph, James Dean is smiling in her company. She mingled with Elizabeth Taylor, Billie Holiday and Marlon Brando. The lengthy list of her lovers includes the former Spanish socialist minister Indalecio Prieta, and the Nobel prize winner for biology Sever Ochoa (Montiel described him as 'the great love of my life, even though he spent most of his days in research, while I was away shooting films'). Although such a list of partners would suggest that we are talking about an exceptional artist who has indebted Spain and the rest of the world with her fascinat

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His interpretations in Jail for women and Cinnamon Skin they opened the doors for Sara Montiel to enter Hollywood in 1954. There she would become the first Spanish artist to be successful., working with several of the greatest figures of the Star-system of the time as Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Joan Fontaine y Vincent Price.

His first job in the "Mecca of cinema" was in the western Veracruz, directed by Robert Aldrich with a roster of famous actors such as Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Denise Darcel, Cesar Romero, Ernest Borgnine y Charles Bronson. With Veracruz, where she played a beautiful and temperamental Mexican guerrilla, Sara Montiel achieved popularity ratings that a Spanish artist had never had. In the credits of this tape he appeared with the name of Sarita Montiel, and so it would appear in his other Hollywood jobs, where it came to be nicknamed "The latin bomb".

According to various sources, the actress received a standard seven-year contract extended by Harry cohn, American business mogul Columbia

Sara Montiel and Campo de Criptana

A late 70 Also his people finally remembered her, and already in the eighties, a tribute began to do justice; a plaque was placed in his birthplace. Later a street named after him; was recognized as a favorite daughter. Through his people he was also awarded the Medal of Castilla la Mancha; or the Gold Medal of Merit at Work.

In one of the last private visits that Antonia had with several friends including myself I honor; spent more than two weeks in his village. (had never spent so much time here); visited with her all the neighboring towns, of course all the corners of Criptana, travel with her to visit bonuses not seen to years; eg Vicenta in Cinco Casas; I was impressed that he knew almost all cases get home; and when you get talking to them as if he had seen the day before. One of the last days of his stay in Criptana; walking with her through the Sierra Mills; stood; It was a long time watching sunset in the distance of that sea of ​​La Mancha; and at the end I utter a phrase that was left engraved in the depths of my mind and

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