Sasha Montenegro (; born Aleksandra Aćimović Popović (
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: Александра Аћимовић Поповић; 20 January 1946) is a Mexican actress of
Montenegrin descent.
She was married to the late
José López Portillo
José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco (; 16 June 1920 – 17 February 2004) was a Mexican writer, lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 58th president of Mexico from 1976 t ...
, a former
President of Mexico
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.
Early life and career
Sasha Montenegro was born in
Bari
Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...
,
Kingdom of Italy
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as the only child of
Montenegrin parents Silvia Popović and Živojin Aćimović. Her mother belonged to an aristocratic family from Montenegro and her father worked for the
British Intelligence Service.
Members of Silvia Popović's family reportedly died in
death camps
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during the
Nazi
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occupation of
Yugoslavia
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.
Her remaining family moved to
Argentina
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where she was raised. She then relocated to
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. Sasha became an actress in the 1970s and made several
lucha libre
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movies with superstar
El Santo
Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta (23 September 1917 – 5 February 1984), known professionally as El Santo or in English The Saint, was a Mexican luchador enmascarado (Spanish for "masked professional wrestler"), actor and folk hero. He is one of the mo ...
. Starting in the mid 1970s and through towards the late 1980s, she obtained roles in several
Mexican sex comedies. She participated in four
telenovelas
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include ''teleserye'' (P ...
and had a starring role in ''Una mujer marcada'' ("A tainted woman", 1979).
Personal life
In the 1980s, she maintained a relationship with the former
President of Mexico
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,
José López Portillo
José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco (; 16 June 1920 – 17 February 2004) was a Mexican writer, lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 58th president of Mexico from 1976 t ...
, who was still married to
Carmen Romano
Carmen Romano de López Portillo (born Carmen Romano Nolk; 10 February 1926 – 9 May 2000) was the First Lady of Mexico from 1976 to 1982. She was the first wife of Mexican president José López Portillo.
Personal life and death
In the 1970 ...
, with whom he had three children. López Portillo obtained a divorce from Romano. He and Montenegro married in 2000 after Romano's death.
Montenegro battled with López Portillo during his later years. When he was hospitalized with pneumonia in 2004, her visits with him were limited by his children from the previous marriage. During this time and amidst divorce proceedings with Montenegro, López Portillo died.
Montenegro has two children, Nabila (born 1985) and Alejandro (born 1990).
Awards and nominations
Filmography
Telenovelas
Films
* ''
The End of Silence
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'' (2005) as El Convento Rica Dancer
* ''
El secuestro de un policía
''El secuestro de un policia'' ("Kidnapping of a policeman") is a 1991 Mexican film. It stars Jorge Abraham and Adalberto Arvizu, directed by José Luis Avendaño. It is also known as ''Ráfagas de metralleta'' (Machine gun blast).
Cast
* Jorge A ...
'' (1991)
* ''La fuerza del odio'' (1990)
* ''La taquera picante'' (1990) as Ana Dalia
* ''Ellos trajeron la violencia'' (1990) as Nora
* ''Dos tipas de cuidado'' (1989)
* ''Rumbera, caliente'' (1989)
* ''Sólo para adúlteros'' (1989)
* ''El pájaro con suelas'' (1989)
* ''Las guerreras del amor'' (1989)
* ''Los rateros'' (1989)
* ''Los plomeros y las ficheras'' (1988)
* ''Dos machos que ladran no muerden'' (1988)
* ''Ladrón'' (1988)
* ''Solicito marido para engañar'' (1988) as Virginia
* ''El Diablo, el santo y el tonto'' (1987)
* ''Las traigo muertas'' (1987)
* ''Ases del contrabando'' (1987)
* ''Niños sobre pedido'' (1987)
* ''Noche de Califas'' (1987)
* ''Huele a gas'' (1986)
* ''Mientras México duerme'' (1986)
* ''El hijo de Pedro Navaja'' (1986) as La Tijuana
* ''El secuestro de Camarena'' (1985)
* ''La risa alarga la vida y algo más'' (1985)
* ''
Playa prohibida
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Landforms
* Endorheic basin, also known as a sink, alkali flat or sabkha, a desert basin with no outlet which periodically fills with water to form a temporary lake
* Dry lake, often called a ''playa'' in the so ...
'' (1985) as Elena
* ''Entre ficheras anda el diablo - La pulquería 3'' (1984)
* ''Extraño matrimonio'' (1984)
* ''Piernas cruzadas'' (1984)
* ''El puente'' (1984)
* ''Las glorias del gran Púas'' (1984)
* ''
Pedro Navaja
"Pedro Navaja" ( en, Peter Blade) is a salsa song written and performed by Rubén Blades from the 1978 collaboration with Willie Colón, '' Siembra'', about a criminal of the same name. ''Navaja'' means "knife" or "razor blade" in Spanish. Inspi ...
'' (1984) as La Tijuana
* ''El tonto que hacía milagros'' (1984)
* ''Fieras en brama'' (1983)
* ''Se me sale cuando me río'' (1983)
* ''La golfa del barrio'' (1983)
* ''Las modelos de desnudos'' (1983)
* ''Las vedettes'' (1983)
* ''Chile picante'' (1983)
* ''Con el cuerpo prestado'' (1983) as Marta Jiménez de Arias Salgado
* ''Huevos rancheros'' (1982)
* ''La pulquería 2'' (1982) as Norma and La Gemela
* ''Llámenme Mike'' (1982) as Zoila
* ''
The Pulque Tavern
''The Pulque Tavern'' (Spanish:''La pulquería'') is a 1981 Mexican comedy film directed by Víctor Manuel Castro.Ramírez Berg p.127
Cast
* Norma Alvarado
* Sonia Camacho
* America Cisneros
* Arturo Cobo
* Mari Carmen Conde
* Enrique Cuenca
* L ...
'' (1981) as Norma
* ''D.F./Distrito Federal'' (1981)
* ''Las tentadoras'' (1980) as Luz Maria/Lucía
* ''Blanca Nieves y... sus 7 amantes'' (1980)
* ''El sexo me da risa'' (1979)
* ''
La vida difícil de una mujer fácil
''La vida difícil de una mujer fácil'' ("The Difficult Life of an Easy Woman") is a 1979 Mexican film. It stars Sara García
Sara García Hidalgo (8 September 1895 – 21 November 1980) was a Mexican actress who made her biggest mark duri ...
'' (1979)
* ''
The Loving Ones
''The Loving Ones'' (Spanish:''Las cariñosas'') is a 1979 Mexican comedy film directed by Rafael Portillo.Ramírez Berg p.127
Cast
* Juan Alonso
* Pepe Arévalo
* Carlos Bravo y Fernandez
* Yari Caballero as Fichera
* Víctor Manuel Cast ...
'' (1979) as Carolina
* ''
Midnight Dolls
''Midnight Dolls'' (Spanish: ''Muñecas de medianoche'') is a 1979 Mexican erotic drama film directed by Rafael Portillo and starring Jorge Rivero, Isela Vega and Sasha Montenegro.Ramírez Berg p.127
Cast
* Jorge Rivero
* Isela Vega
* Sasha Mont ...
'' (1979) as Gina
* ''
Carnival Nights
''Carnival Nights'' (Spanish: ''Noches de cabaret'') is a 1978 Mexican comedy drama film directed by Rafael Portillo and starring Jorge Rivero, Sasha Montenegro and Carmen Salinas.Ramírez Berg p.127
Cast
* Jorge Rivero
* Sasha Montenegro
* Carm ...
'' (1978)
* ''El hijo es mío'' (1978)
* ''Los japoneses no esperan'' (1978)
* ''Oye Salomé!'' (1978) as Bettina
* ''Bellas de noche 2'' (1977) as Carmen
* ''Acapulco 12-22'' (1975)
* ''
Bellas de noche
''Bellas de noche'' (in English ''Beauties by Night''), also known as ''Las ficheras'', is a Mexican film directed by Miguel M. Delgado. It was filmed in 1975 and starring Sasha Montenegro and Jorge Rivero. It is regarded as the film that began t ...
'' (1975) as Carmen
* ''Noche de muerte'' (1975)
* ''Pistoleros de la muerte'' (1975)
* ''Un amor extraño'' (1975)
* ''Santo en Anónimo mortal'' (1975) as Ester
* ''Peregrina'' (1974) as Alma Reed
* ''Pistoleros bajo el sol'' (1974)
* ''Fe, esperanza y caridad'' (1974) as Ecuyére
* ''Santo y Blue Demon contra el doctor Frankenstein'' (1974) as Alicia Robles
* ''Los vampiros de Coyoacán'' (1974)
* ''Duelo al atardecer'' (1973)
* ''Las bestias del terror'' (1973)
* ''Santo contra la magia negra'' (1973) as Bellamira
* ''Santo contra los asesinos de otros mundos'' (1973) as Karen Bernstein
* ''El hombre y la bestia'' (1973)
* ''Hijazo de mi vidaza'' (1972)
* ''Un sueño de amor'' (1972)
References
External links
*
''Una mujer marcada''at the Telenovela database
("Sasha Montenegro, again in court"), article on
esmas.com
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1946 births
Living people
People from Bari
Mexican film actresses
Mexican vedettes
Mexican telenovela actresses
Mexican people of Montenegrin descent
Italian people of Montenegrin descent
Italian emigrants to Mexico
Italian emigrants to Argentina
Naturalized citizens of Mexico
Montenegrin actresses
20th-century Mexican actresses
21st-century Mexican actresses