Celia Montalván was a Mexican film, stage and television actress, who had a big impact on the development of Mexican cinema and photography.

Biography

Celia Montalván was born in August 1899 in Mexico City, Mexico. Her first theater debut was along Aurora Walker in the "Las Walkirias" play. Her next big success was in the Spanish play "Las Corsarias". In

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, she made her debut as a leading actress. She gained a very large popularity - people started printing post cards with her image. The postcards with Celia Montalván's image resulted in breaking the records for sales at the time, especially after her great success in the Revista Theater. The next big step in Montalván's career was her appearances in magazines like "¡Ra-Ta-Plan!". After having success with theater and magazines, her focus turned toward movies and she had a big success with El milagro de la Guadalupana in

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. She became the first Mexican woman to film in Europe. In

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, she started filming in

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with the Rodriguez brothers. In

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she filmed her most famous piece of cinema, which was directed by

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Filmography

* ''El milagro de la Guadalupana'' (1925) * ''Don Juan diplomático'' (1931) * ''El proceso de Mary Dugan'' (1931) * ''Sangre mexicana'' (1931) * ''Toni'' (1935) * ''

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'' (1945)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Montalvan, Celia 1899 births 1958 deaths Mexican actresses Mexican expatriates in the United States