Elisa Montés

Elisa Montés
Born
Elisa Rosario Ruiz Penella

(1934-12-15)15 December 1934
Granada, Spain
Died9 October 2024(2024-10-09) (aged 89)
Madrid, Spain
OccupationActress
SpouseAntonio Ozores
FatherRamón Ruiz Alonso
Relatives

Elisa Rosario Ruiz Penella[1] (15 December 1934 – 9 October 2024), known as Elisa Montés, was a Spanish actress who took her pseudonym from the celebrated work of her grandfather, Manuel Penella, El gato montés.

Life and career

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Montés was the sister of actresses Emma Penella (1931–2007) and Terele Pávez (1939–2017), daughter of Magdalena Penella Silva and the politician Ramón Ruiz Alonso, and granddaughter and great-granddaughter to composers Manuel Penella [es] and Manuel Penella Raga [es]. In May 1960, she married actor Antonio Ozores.[2] The daughter of this marriage, Emma Ozores [es], also pursued an acting career. Montés and Ozores separated in 1968.[3]

On 12 October 2017 she received the ASFAAN award by Alberto Dell'Acqua and Emma Ozores.[4][5][6]

Montés died in Madrid on 9 October 2024, at the age of 89.[7][8]

Selected filmography

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Awards

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  • Valladolid Festival. Best actress for La vida en un bloc (1956).
  • Prize of the Circle of Cinematographic Writers (1955). Best supporting actress for Últimas banderas.
  • Prize of the National Syndicate of the Spectacle for Abiciosa (1975).

References

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  1. ^ Historia de una familia: la verdad sobre el asesinato de García Lorca. Escrito por Miguel Caballero Pérez, Pilar Góngora Ayala
  2. ^ "Muere a los 89 años Elisa Montés, madre de Emma Ozores y actriz de 'Verano Azul'". Telecinco. 9 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Fallece la actiz Elisa Montés, hermana de Emma Penella y Terele Pávez y madre de Emma Ozores". Catalunya Press. 9 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Almería Western Film Festival concede el premio Asfaan a la actriz granadina Elisa Montés". Europa Press (in Spanish). 12 September 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Almería Western Film Festival concede premio Asfaan a la actriz Elisa Montés". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 12 September 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  6. ^ "La actriz granadina Elisa Montés recibe el Premio Asfaan en el marco del Almería Western Film Festival". Europa Press (in Spanish). 12 October 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Muere Elisa Montés, actriz de 'Verano Azul' y madre de Emma Ozores, a los 89 años". El Plural. 9 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  8. ^ Castilla, Enrique (9 October 2024). "Muere Elisa Montés la madre de Bea y Tito en 'Verano azul'". La Razón.
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