Age, Biography and Wiki
Who is it? | Actress, Soundtrack, Producer |
Birth Day | March 10, 1928 |
Birth Place | Campo de Criptana, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Spain |
Age | 92 YEARS OLD |
Died On | 8 April 2013(2013-04-08) (aged 85)\nMadrid, Spain |
Birth Sign | Aries |
Citizenship | Spain, Mexico |
Occupation | Singer, actress |
Years active | 1943–2013 |
Spouse(s) | Antonio Hernández (2002–2005; divorced) José Tous Barberán (1979–1992; his death; 2 children) José Vicente Ramírez Olalla (1964–1970; divorced) Anthony Mann (1957–1963; divorced) |
Net worth: $10 Million (2024)
Sara Montiel, a renowned actress, soundtrack artist, and producer from Spain, is rumored to possess a staggering net worth of $10 million by the year 2024. Recognized for her exceptional talents and captivating performances, Montiel has carved a prominent name for herself in the entertainment industry. Her wealth can be attributed to her successful career, which spans several decades, during which she starred in numerous films and contributed to several soundtracks. Montiel's exceptional skills and dedication to her craft have undoubtedly played a significant role in her substantial net worth.
Biography/Timeline
Montiel was born María Antonia Abad Fernández (complete name María Antonia Alejandra Vicenta Elpidia Isidora Abad Fernández) in 1928 in Campo de Criptana (Ciudad Real), Spain. She entered films after winning a beauty and talent contest at age 15. In her first movie, she was credited as "María Alejandra" a shortened version of her real name. For her next film, she changed her name to Sara, after her grandmother, and Montiel after the Montiel fields in the Castile–La Mancha region of her birth. She has been married four times:
Montiel started in movies at 15 in her native Spain where she filmed her first movie playing an Islamic Princess in the 1948 film Madness for Love, released in the U.S. as The Mad Queen. Later worked in Mexico, starring in a dozen films in less than five years. Hollywood came calling afterwards, and she was introduced to United States moviegoers in the film Vera Cruz (1954), directed by Robert Aldrich. She was offered the standard seven-year contract at Columbia Pictures, which she refused, afraid of Hollywood's typecasting policies for Hispanics. Instead she freelanced at Warner Bros. in Serenade (1956), directed by Anthony Mann, and at RKO in Samuel Fuller's Run of the Arrow (1957).
After The Last Torch Song (1957), she combined filming, recording songs in five languages and performing live. Almost all of her films earned high box office results. Among the films during the 1960s and early 1970s were The Violet Seller (1958), Carmen, la de Ronda (1959), Mi Último Tango (1960), Pecado de Amor (1961), La Bella Lola (a 1962 version of Camille), Casablanca, Nid d'espions (1963), Samba (1964), La Femme Perdue (1966), Tuset Street (1967), Esa Mujer (1969), Varietes (1971) and others. By then she had become dissatisfied with the movie industry when producers started offering her erotic roles in comedy films. In 1974, Montiel announced her retirement from movies but continued performing live, recording and starring on her own variety television shows in Spain.
In 2000, Montiel published her autobiography Memories: To Live Is a Pleasure, an instant best seller with 10 editions to date. A sequel Sara and Sex followed in 2003. In these books, Montiel revealed other relationships in her past, including one-night stands with Writer Ernest Hemingway as well as actor James Dean. She also claimed a long-term affair in the 1940s with Playwright Miguel Mihura and mentioned that science wizard Severo Ochoa, a Nobel Prize winner, was the true love of her life.
In November 2009, Alaska from the Spanish pop group Fangoria invited Montiel to record a track sharing vocals with her for the re-release of the band's album Absolutamente. They recorded the title track "Absolutamente" as a duet. The music video for the song was released in early 2010. She had no plans to retire, and in May 2011, after almost 40 years without making a movie, she performed in a feature film directed by Óscar Parra de Carrizosa. The film title is Abrázame and was shot on location in La Mancha.
Montiel died in 2013 at her home in Madrid at the age of 85 from congestive heart failure.