Maria Montez

María África Gracia Vidal

Born June 6, 1912· Barahona, Dominican Republic

† Died September 7, 1951

5Roles★ 5.9Average rating

Originating from Barahona in the Dominican Republic and educated at a Catholic convent school in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, where she learned English, María África Gracia Vidal entered the film world after arriving in New York in 1939 and securing a magazine-cover job. A talent scout soon placed her in Universal’s western Boss of Bullion City (1940), followed by The Invisible Woman, after which the s… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

Known for

The Invisible Woman1940Arabian Nights1942Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves1944Cobra Woman1944

Filmography

YearRating

★ 6.2

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves1944

Amara

★ 6.2

That Night in Rio1941

Inez

★ 6

Arabian Nights1942

Sherazade

★ 5.7

The Invisible Woman1940

Marie

★ 5.4

Cobra Woman1944

Tollea / Naja