Cecilia Callejo Explained

Cecilia Callejo
Other Names:Cecilia Callejo Y Correa Presnell, Cecelia Callejo
Birth Name:Cecilia Lucila Callejo Correa
Birth Date:31 October 1907
Birth Place:Manati, Puerto Rico
Death Place:Tujunga, California, U.S.
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1937–1949
Resting Place:San Fernando Mission Cemetery
Spouse(S):Robert Presnell Sr. (1939–1969; his death)
Relatives:Robert Presnell Jr. (stepson)

Cecilia Lucila Callejo Correa (October 31, 1907 – August 18, 2003), known as Cecilia Callejo, was an American actress and dancer, born in Puerto Rico. She appeared in films, including It's a Wonderful World (1939), Passport to Alcatraz (1940), and The Cisco Kid Returns (1945).

Early life

Callejo was born in Manatí, Puerto Rico and raised in New York, one of the twelve children of composer and musicologist Fernando Callejo Ferrer and his wife Trinidad, a pianist.[1] [2] She studied dance with La Argentina.[3] [4] [5] Musicians Olga Samaroff and Leopold Stokowski helped her make connections in Hollywood.[6]

Career

Callejo appeared in films in the 1930s and 1940s, including Outlaw Express (1938),[7] The Renegade Ranger (1938),[8] [9] Dramatic School (1938), Verbena Tragica (Block Party, 1939),[10] It's a Wonderful World (1939),[11] Passport to Alcatraz (1940),[12] The Falcon in Mexico (1944),[13] Marriage is a Private Affair (1944),[14] [15] and The Cisco Kid Returns (1945). In 1948, she coached Jennifer Jones on her Cuban accent for We Were Strangers (1949).[16]

On stage, Callejo danced on a program with Ruth St. Denis and others in 1933,[17] and at a benefit show in Los Angeles in 1937.[18] She appeared in a 1939 Los Angeles production of Desert Song.[19] She had one Broadway credit, in the original cast of the mystery melodrama The Cat Screams (1942).[20]

Personal life

Callejo married screenwriter Robert Presnell Sr. in 1939,[21] as his third wife; he died in 1969. She died in Tujunga, California in 2003, aged 95 years.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Callejo-Correa Family Tree: A Diasporic Legacy. live. January 13, 2022. Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, Hunter College. https://web.archive.org/web/20161010093145/http://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu:80/centrovoices/chronicles/callejo-correa-family-tree-diasporic-legacy . October 10, 2016 .
  2. News: Moss. Linda. July 29, 2016. Rutherford Aims to Honor Composer, Kin. L3. The Record. January 13, 2022. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: June 9, 1941. Senorita Callejo Attends Opening of Van Nuys Store. 2. The Van Nuys News and Valley Green Sheet. January 13, 2022. Newspapers.com.
  4. News: December 11, 1938. Surprise for Star is Girlhood Chum Acting in Scene. 32. Dayton Daily News. January 13, 2022. Newspapers.com.
  5. News: Fidler. Jimmie. May 28, 1941. Beautiful Dancer, Foreign Import with Great Record, Signed--to Play Cowgirl. 18. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. January 13, 2022. Newspapers.com.
  6. News: June 4, 1938. Protege of Stokowski WIll Appear in Movies. 13. The Tampa Tribune. January 13, 2022. Newspapers.com.
  7. News: December 30, 1938. Cecilia Callejo and Bob Baker. 8. The Daily News Leader. January 13, 2022. Newspapers.com.
  8. Book: Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911–1960. 1997. University of California Press. 978-0-520-20964-0. 207-208, 751-752, 831-832. en.
  9. News: Hale. Wanda. February 17, 1939. Rough Ridin' O'Brien in 'Renegade Ranger'. 607. Daily News. January 13, 2022. Newspapers.com.
  10. Web site: Verbena Tragica. January 13, 2022. Library of Congress.
  11. News: June 2, 1939. Laughs Crowd Loew's Film. 6. Harrisburg Telegraph. January 13, 2022. Newspapers.com.
  12. News: June 15, 1940. At the Rialto. 278. Daily News. January 13, 2022. Newspapers.com.
  13. News: Hale. Wanda. August 5, 1944. 'Falcon in Mexico' on Rialto's Screen. 17. Daily News. January 13, 2022. Newspapers.com.
  14. News: February 8, 1944. Louella Parsons in Hollywood Says. 13. The Tribune. January 13, 2022. Newspapers.com.
  15. News: February 9, 1944. In Filmland. 2. Siskiyou Daily News. January 13, 2022. Newspapers.com.
  16. News: Scheuer. Philip K.. September 2, 1948. George Marshall Gets New Western. 19. The Los Angeles Times. January 13, 2022. Newspapers.com.
  17. News: December 11, 1938. Surprise for Star is Girlhood Chum Acting in Scene. 32. Dayton Daily News. January 13, 2022. Newspapers.com.
  18. News: February 24, 1937. War-Flood Benefit Interest Gains; Many Entertainers Prepare to Help Assure Success of Event. 10. Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. January 13, 2022. Newspapers.com.
  19. News: May 16, 1939. Society and Filmland Notables attend Gala Stage and Screen Events. 11. The Los Angeles Times. January 13, 2022. Newspapers.com.
  20. Book: Nathan, George Jean. The Theatre Book of the Year, 1942–1943. 1975. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. 978-0-8386-7946-3. 7. en.
  21. News: July 29, 1939. Notices of Intention to Wed. 13. The San Francisco Examiner. January 13, 2022. Newspapers.com.

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