Montt, Cristina
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| Birthname | Cristina Martinez Montt | ||||
| born on | 10 May 1895 at 00:30 (= 12:30 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Talcahuano, Chile, 36s43, 73w07 | ||||
| Timezone | SMT m70w4130 (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   19°16'   04°35 Asc. 29°33'
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Biography
Chilean film star of silent and early sound Hollywood films, who played the Infanta of Spain in The Sea Hawk (1924) of Frank Lloyd, and portrayed "Señorita González" in Rose of the Golden West, with Mary Astor. Her final roles were "Suzie" in Sam Wood's Madam X (1937), and uncredited ones in I'll Give A Million (1938) and Suez (1938). She worked for First National Pictures. Her film career lasted until the late 1930s.
In 1935 she appeared in the municipal court in Los Angeles, California on a drunken driving charge. The judge gave her a thirty-day suspended sentence after she proved that she had recently suffered a nervous breakdown. It was reported that Cristina was the widow of a former Chilean ambassador to Japan.
Cristina Montt died of coronary failure in Hollywood on 22 April 1969, aged 73.
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate: "a las doceimedia de la noche" (at twelve-thirty at night).
Categories
- Diagnoses : Psychological : Nervous Breakdown
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress (Silent and early sound films)