Lisa Montell

Lisa Montell

Nacimiento : 1933-07-05, Warsaw, Poland

Historia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lisa Janti (born July 5, 1933) 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.

Perfil

Lisa Montell

Películas

The Firebrand
Clarita Vasconcelos
A Mexican outlaw begins a one-man war against corrupt California Rangers who are harassing Hispanic locals during the California Gold Rush.
Daughter of the Sun God
Christine
This adventure chronicles the exploits of an author/explorer on a trip to Peru to hunt for the missing uncle of his pretty young companion. Her archaeologist uncle disappeared while searching for a lost Incan city that he found upon an ancient map. Together the writer and the girl launch an expedition to search for this legendary city. They are guided by another Yankee archaeologist. It is he who swiped the map from the woman's uncle. With their help, he hopes to find the city so he and his gang of thieves can loot it. Along the way they encounter many dangers including, snakes, crocodiles, jaguars, and quicksand. The writer and the niece get their first and warn the Incas living their. The Indians neatly dispatch the evil archaeologist and his band.
The Long Rope
Alicia Alvarez
A judge in a murder trial, believing the defendant is innocent, sets out to find the real killer.
The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca
Anita Chavez
Wherever this man went--there was trouble. Death stalked him at every turn. Elfego Baca is "The man who couldn't be killed!"
She Gods of Shark Reef
Mahia
Two brothers, one wanted for murder, are shipwrecked on an island inhabited by nubile young women who have amassed a valuable cache of pearls.
El llanero solitario y la ciudad perdida del oro
Paviva
Tres indios son asesinados. Cadauna llevaba un medallón al morir. Los medallones forman un rompecabezas cuya solución apunta a un tesoro escondido.
Diez mil dormitorios
Diana Martelli
Un magnate norteamericano se prenda de una joven italiana cuando compra un hotel en Roma. Para casarse, ha de casar previamente a sus tres hermanas mayores.
Tomahawk Trail
Tula
En pleno territorio apache, un regimiento de caballería del ejército de los Estados Unidos, guiados por el incompetente Teniente Davenport, tiene una escaramuza con los indios. A pesar de lograr rescatar a dos mujeres, una de ellas la hija del comandante Carter, pierden varios caballos y Davenport resulta herido. El sargento Wade McCoy tiene que hacerse cargo del regimiento y conducirlo al fuerte más cercano en busca de protección. Allí se encuentran con un escenario desolador.
Naked Paradise
Lanai
Gangster Zac Cotton and his two henchmen, Mitch and Sonny, try to get a boat to get off a tropical island after a botched robbery heist.
Gaby
Claire
A ballerina resorts to prostitution when her fiance is reported killed in World War II.
Mundo sin fin
Deena
Cuatro astronautas que regresan de la primera misión del hombre a Marte entran en una distorsión temporal y se estrellan en una Tierra del siglo 26 devastada por la guerra atómica. Al principio no se dan cuenta de dónde están pero, al encontrar la atmósfera segura para respirar, comienzan a explorar y se encuentran un futuro dividido donde mutantes desfigurados que viven como hombres de las cavernas habitan en la superficie, mientras que humanos normales viven cómodamente bajo de la superficie pero mueren como raza debido a la falta de agua natural, aire y luz solar.
The Wild Dakotas
Ruth Murphy
When Aaron Baring (Jim Davis) signs on as wagon master for a group of settlers headed to Montana's Powder River Valley, his dictatorial style soon creates problems. When the settlers reach their destination, Baring unwisely declares war on the local Indians. When savvy frontier scout Jim Henry (Bill Williams) tries to promote cooperation between the natives and the newly arrived settlers, Baring responds by having Williams whipped.
Jump Into Hell
Jacqueline
Arriving in IndoChina by parachute, Captain Guy Bertrand and his comrades make a courageous stand against the Communist forces. Jump into Hell is one of the first films to deal with the ongoing conflict in Vietnam or, as it was still known in 1955, French IndoChina.
La perla del sur del Pacífico
Momu
Tres aventureros llegan a los mares del Sur con la intención de apoderarse de unas valiosas perlas negras, pero, para conseguirlo tendrán que enfrentarse a un peligroso grupo de nativos y, sobre todo, a un pulpo gigante que custodia la cueva donde se encuentran las perlas.
Finger Man
Mary Smith (uncredited)
An ex-con is inspired to go undercover and "finger" the mob after finding out his sister is hooked on illegal drugs.
Papá piernas largas
College Girl (uncredited)
Mientras realiza un viaje por Francia, el millonario Jervis Pendelton conoce a una joven de 18 años en un orfanato
Fuga a Birmania
Andora
En la antigua Birmania dominada por los ingleses, una joven ha heredado una plantación de té en Oriente. Los problemas se le multiplican a la muchacha, pero sabe vencerlos con coraje, hasta que un peligro superior la acecha cuando un perseguido por la justicia busca cobijo en sus posesiones.