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person_profile-Lisa Montell

Lisa Montell Died at age: 89

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Lisa Montell

Date of Birth:

Jul 05, 1933

Country of birth:

Poland

Died:

Mar 07, 2023

Biography of

Lisa Montell

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Lisa Janti is known as Lisa Montell as a Hollywood actress of the 1950-60s, and then shifted her career to one of advocacy and service to various disadvantaged groups and to her adopted religion, the Bahá'í Faith.

    Lisa Janti, known as Lisa Montell as a Hollywood actress of the 1950-60s, was born Irena Ludmila Vladimirovna Augustynowic of Russian-Polish ancestry, and her family fled to Poland before World War II. On arrival in New York they changed their last name to Montwill so she grew up Irene Montwill. They lived in New York and Janti attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. After becoming involved in English-speaking theatre she was noticed by Hollywood producer Dick Welding who offered her a part in Daughter of the Sun God, filmed in Peru c. 1953 with actor William Holmes. Shortly afterwards her father died and the family chose to follow the opportunity Hollywood was giving her with her career. Her first role may have been in 1954 in the TV series The Public Defender, based on the film of the same name.

    On television she was on the Cheyenne show episode "Border Showdown" (Showdown in Paso Also) of 1955 and the 1956 Jane Wyman's Fireside Theater episode "A Time to live" and the Sugarfoot show episode "Guns for Big Bear" in 1958. In 1962 she was in Combat! episode "A Day in June".

    Janti was known as the "Starlet of many faces" probably portraying more diverse ethnic roles though she was Polish including Polynesian, Native American, Mexican, Burmese, French, Italian, Spanish, east Indian and Persian – roles with dubious cultural and sexist stereotypes. Among the productions Janti was cast in are She Gods of Shark Reef, Ten Thousand Bedrooms, Pearl of the South Pacific, Jump Into Hell, The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold, and World Without End.

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Filmography of

Lisa Montell

Found 17 Movies in total

The Firebrand

Clarita Vasconcelos ( Actor )

... 1962

Daughter of the Sun God

Christine ( Actor )

... 1962

The Long Rope

Alicia Alvarez ( Actor )

... 1961

The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca

Anita Chavez ( Actor )

... 1958

She Gods of Shark Reef

Mahia ( Actor )

... 1958

... 1958

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

Diana Martelli ( Actor )

... 1957

Tomahawk Trail

Tula ( Actor )

... 1957

Naked Paradise

Lanai ( Actor )

... 1957

Gaby

Claire ( Actor )

... 1956

World Without End

Deena ( Actor )

... 1956

The Wild Dakotas

Ruth Murphy ( Actor )

... 1956

... 1955

Finger Man

Mary Smith (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1955

Daddy Long Legs

College Girl (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1955

Escape to Burma

Andora ( Actor )

... 1955

Jump Into Hell

Jacqueline ( Actor )

... 1955