ACTOR

Maria Montez

1912 - 1951

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María África Gracia Vidal (6 June 1912 – 7 September 1951), known professionally as Maria Montez, was a Dominican actress who gained fame and popularity in the 1940s starring in a series of filmed-in-Technicolor costume adventure films. Her screen image was that of a 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Montez has received more than 686,879 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Maria Montez is the 1,613th most popular actor (up from 1,726th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Dominican Republic (up from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Dominican Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 690k

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  • 55.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Maria Montez ranks 1,613 out of 13,578. Before her are Sridevi, John Hillerman, George Reeves, Carolyn Jones, Juliette Mayniel, and Krister Henriksson. After her are Felicia Montealegre Bernstein, Marcel Dalio, Laura Linney, El Risitas, Anna May Wong, and Anatoli Papanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Maria Montez ranks 120. Before her are Kaneto Shindo, Aymoré Moreira, Martin Schwarzschild, Nancy Wake, David Packard, and Joachim Schepke. After her are Richard Brooks, Marta Eggerth, Thorbjørn Egner, Võ Chí Công, Folco Lulli, and Gil Evans. Among people deceased in 1951, Maria Montez ranks 63. Before her are Henrietta Lacks, Mikhail Borodin, Algernon Blackwood, Robert Grant Aitken, Tadeusz Borowski, and Serge Koussevitzky. After her are Eugen Meindl, Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov, Wols, Robert Walker, Ferdinand Sauerbruch, and Lincoln Ellsworth.

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In Dominican Republic

Among people born in Dominican Republic, Maria Montez ranks 7 out of 51. Before her are Rafael Trujillo (1891), Oscar de la Renta (1932), Théodore Chassériau (1819), Joaquín Balaguer (1906), Juan Pablo Duarte (1813), and Hatuey (1478). After her are Juan Bosch (1909), Danilo Medina (1951), Leonel Fernández (1953), Máximo Gómez (1836), Héctor Trujillo (1908), and Juan Luis Guerra (1957).

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Among ACTORS In Dominican Republic

Among actors born in Dominican Republic, Maria Montez ranks 1. After her are Dania Ramirez (1979), Amelia Vega (1984), Dascha Polanco (1982), Aimee Carrero (1988), Jorge Lendeborg Jr. (1996), and Rafael Campos (1936).

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Television and Movie Roles

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Amara
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.
Jan 14o 19446.2 / 10
Arabian Nights
Sherazade
Two half brothers battle each other for the power of the throne and the love of sensual, gorgeous dancing girl Scheherazade.
Dec 25o 19425.9 / 10
Cobra Woman
Tollea / Naja
A man (Jon Hall) tracks his kidnapped bride (Maria Montez) to a jungle island, where her twin is the high priestess.
May 12o 19445.217 / 10