Clara Zully Montero (; born January 25, 1944) is a Cuban actress who has worked in television, film, and theatre.
Biography
Montero was born in
Santo Suarez,
Cuba
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. At the age of 11, Montero gathered a group of friends and created her own plays, which were presented to family and friends. Her mother noticed her interest in performing, and placed her in La Academia De Arte Dramatico De La Habana (School of Dramatic Arts in Havana, Cuba). When she graduated from school, she participated in a radio talent contest, which was searching for an actress to participate in a radio soap opera. She won the contest and was featured on the show. After the radio soap opera, she went on to do some theater. At the age of 16, she placed her acting career on hold to get married, and gave birth to two daughters, Martha and Elaine. Her life in Cuba was very difficult, and the lack of liberty led to her decision to leave Cuba.
Montero and her husband moved to her uncle-in-law's home in New York, United States, and they worked to provide food and shelter for their family. She worked in a shoe factory, a post card factory, and in clothing factories. During this time, she became pregnant with her third child, Jezabel Montero. Then she decided to study English and take typing classes. She got a job in an import/export company near Wall Street in New York City. There, she bumped into an old friend with whom she had done theater in Cuba. He invited her to his theater group, where she began acting again. Her husband did not approve her acting, and this led to their divorce. She had to work two jobs to maintain her family, but continued working in the theater. There, she began expanding her acting career from theater to television. In 1979, she played Aurelia in the movie "
El Super". Then in 1990, she appeared in her first on-screen soap opera, "
El Magnate
''El magnate'', is an American telenovela created and produced by Telemundo and Ángel del Cerro in 1990.
Cast
* Ruddy Rodríguez as Teresa / María Fernández
* Andrés García as Gonzalo Santillán
* Salvador Pineda as Rodrigo Valverde
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Filmography
*''
El Super'' (1979) .... Aurelia
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El magnate
''El magnate'', is an American telenovela created and produced by Telemundo and Ángel del Cerro in 1990.
Cast
* Ruddy Rodríguez as Teresa / María Fernández
* Andrés García as Gonzalo Santillán
* Salvador Pineda as Rodrigo Valverde
* L ...
'' (1990, TV Series) .... Antonia
*''Corte Tropical'' (1990, TV Series) .... Gloria
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Cape Fear'' (1991) .... Graciella
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Marielena
''Marielena'' is a Spanish-language telenovela written by Delia Fiallo. It premiered on Telemundo in 1992, and starred Lucía Méndez and Eduardo Yáñez. The telenovela was originally aired in a few dozen countries around the world.
Premise ...
'' (1992, TV Series) .... Claudia Sandoval
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Guadalupe'' (1993, TV Series) .... Luisa Zambrano de Maldonado / Marquesa de Covadonga
*''Señora Tentacion'' (1995, TV Series) .... Marlene
*''Aguamarina'' (1997, TV Series) .... Doña Augusta Calatrava
*''Maria Celina'' (1998, TV Series) .... Isaura Quintero
*''Cosas Del Amor'' (1998, TV Series) .... Mercedes Castro-Iglesias V. de Maticorena
*''Me Muero Por Ti'' (1999, TV Series) .... Margot Hidalgo
*''Estrellita'' (2000, TV Series) .... Ruth Johnson
*''A 2.50 La Cuba Libre'' (2001) .... Doris La Caimana
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Vale Todo
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* Vale (Santa Maria da Feira), a former civil parish in the municipa ...
'' (2002, TV Series) .... Lucrecia Roitman-Villain
*''El Dulce Pajaro De La Juventud'' (2003) .... La Princesa Kosmonopolis
*''El Huevo Del Gallo'' (2003) .... Elsa
*''A Cuban Christmas Carol'' (2003) .... Ghost Of Christmas Past
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Prisionera
''Prisionera'' is a telenovela made by Telemundo and Caracol Televisión. This telenovela was aired in 16 countries around the world.
Plot
Wrongfully accused of a crime she didn't commit, 16-year-old Guadalupe Santos is sentenced to 30 years in ...
'' (2004, TV Series) .... Rosalia Riobueno Viuda De Moncada
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Alborada'' (2005, TV Series) .... Adelaida De Guzman
*''Los Proceres'' (2005) .... Amelia Cisneros
*''La Virgen De Coromoto'' (2006) .... Maria Consuelo
*''Full Grown Men'' (2006) .... Teya
*''El Hombre Que Vino Del Mar'' (2006) .... Claudia
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La viuda de Blanco'' (2006, TV Series) .... Perfecta Albarracin Viuda De Blanco
*''O.K.'' (2007) .... Milly
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Amor Comprado
''Amor Comprado'' (English title: ''Love Contract'') is a telenovela written by Verónica Suárez and produced in Miami, Florida by Venevisión International in 2007.
Elizabeth Gutiérrez and José Ángel Llamas starred as the protagonists with ...
'' (2007, TV Series) .... Gertrudis De La Fuente-Villain
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El Rostro de Analía
''El Rostro de Analía'' (; ''The Face of Analía'') is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the American-based television network Telemundo. It stars Elizabeth Gutiérrez, Martin Karpan, Maritza Rodríguez and Gabriel Porras, with the spec ...
'' (2008, TV Series) .... Carmen Rodriguez De Andrade-Main villain
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Perro amor
''Perro Amor'' (''Dog Love'') is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo that originally ran in the United States from January to July 2010. This is a Colombian remake of the 1998 Cenpro Tele ...
'' (2010, TV Series) .... Cecilia Brando
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El fantasma de Elena
El Fantasma de Elena (Elena's Ghost) is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the American television network Telemundo. It is a remake of the 1983 Venezuelan telenovela ''Julia.'' The telenovela ran for 117 episodes from July 20, 2010 to ...
'' (2010, TV Series) .... Margot Uzcátegui, Ruth Marchan (La Reina)
*''
Aurora
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'' (2011, TV Series) .... Catalina Quintana
*''Toc/Toc'' (2012) .... Maria
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Rosario'' (2012-2013, TV Series) .... Regina Montalban
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Santa Diabla
Santa Diabla (literally: ''Holy Devil'', English title: ''Broken Angel'') is an American telenovela written by José Ignacio Valenzuela, and produced by United States-based television network Telemundo Studios, Miami. The story begins with Gab ...
'' (2013, TV Series) .... Hortencia de Santana
*''Cassanova Was a Woman'' (2016)
*''Death of a Fool'' (2020) .... Irene
External links
* Cara a Cara Zully reveló grandes secreto
*
www.allmovie.com : Zully Montero
References
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Cuban film actresses
Cuban telenovela actresses
Living people
1944 births
20th-century Cuban actresses
21st-century Cuban actresses