Maruja Montes Explained

Maruja Montes
Birth Name:	María Miterloi Hernández
Birth Date:	24 March 1930
Birth Place:	São Paulo, Brazil
Death Place:	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation:	Vedette, actress
Years Active:	1946-1970

María Miterloi Hernández (24 March 1930 – 11 June 1993), better known by her stage name Maruja Montes, was a Brazilian-born Argentine actress and vedette who performed during the middle part of the 20th century.

Biography

Montes was born on 24 March 1930 in São Paulo, Brazil.^[1] She came to Argentina with her mother, María Magdalena Rosario Garrido, and brother Agustín Hernández and became a naturalized Argentine citizen.^[2] She was a showgirl in the burlesque and comedy theaters of Argentina in the 1950s^[3] and made ten films.^[4] She committed suicide on 11 June 1993 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[5]

Filmography

• Noche flamenca (1946)
• Marido de ocasión (1952)
• Ésta es mi vida (1952)
• Trompada 45 (1953)
• Corazón fiel (1954)
• Vida nocturna (1955)
• Los hermanos corsos (1955)
• Bacará (1955) .... Yvonne
• Estrellas de Buenos Aires (1956)
• Historia de una carta (1957)
• La potranca (1960)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Maruja Montes actriz y vedette argentina (fallece en el año 1993). Todo Tiempo. Todo Tiempo. 20 July 2015. Argentina. Spanish. 24 March 2015.
2. Web site: Hernández e Hijos Sociedad. Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina. Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina. 20 July 2015. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 6. Spanish. 17 October 1979.
3. Book: Blanco Pazos. Roberto. Clemente. Raúl. De la fuga a la fuga : diccionario de films policiales ; [el policial en el cine argentino]]. 2004. Ed. Corregidor. Buenos Aires. 978-9-500-51528-3. 144. 20 July 2015. Spanish.
4. Web site: Maruja Montes. Cine Nacional. Cine Nacional. 20 July 2015. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spanish.
5. Web site: Se suicidó la actríz y vedette Maruja Monte. Acceder. Ministére de Cultura. 20 July 2015. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spanish.