Conchita Montes
Date of birth: 1914-03-13
Place of birth: Madrid, Spain
Known for: Acting
Also known as: María de la Concepción Carro Alcaraz, Mona Lisa, Кончита Монтес
Biography
María de la Concepción Carro Alcaraz "Conchita Montes" (1914-1994) was a Spanish film actress. With a degree in Law, she dedicated herself to film at the hand of Edgar Neville, with whom she had a sentimental relationship that lasted 30 years until the director's death. In addition to film, Conchita acted in several plays, TV programmes, and series. Her performances in the film Life on a Thread (Neville, 1945), and the play The Dance (Neville, 1952) are particularly noteworthy.
Movie Credits
White Jungle Slave
1985-01-01
A young couple go an a safari for their honeymoon but they are captured by the guide and sold to a t
Carnival Sunday
1945-10-22
Madrid, Carnival Sunday. A night watchman finds the body of a woman, a rich and greedy moneylender w
El baile
1959-12-17
Pedro and Julian, two friends entomologists are in love the same woman, Adela, who decides to marry
Roots
1954-09-01
Four independent stories based on writer Francisco Rojas Gonzáles's work, depicting the reality of M
The National Shotgun
1978-09-14
A catalan manufacturer of intercoms travels to Madrid, accompanied by his mistress, to attend a hunt
The Last Horse
1950-11-23
Fernando has just finished the military service. It decides to buy Bucéfalo, the horse that has been
My Beloved Juan
1950-02-12
The strange disappearance of the dogs of his neighbors leads Juan to investigate the case on his own
Fairytale
1951-01-01
Two fairy godmothers struggle to make their godchildren not fight and love each other, but a third p
La vida en un hilo
1945-04-26
After her husband's sudden death, a young widow leaves her small town to start anew in the big city.
55 Days at Peking
1963-05-06
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the Internati
Carmen and the Reds
1939-12-23
Javier Navarro, a Falangist, is ordered to infiltrate Republican Madrid to deliver a message to a me
What the Peeper Saw
1972-10-14
A wealthy author's second wife begins to suspect that her 12-year old stepson may have murdered his
Isabel Reina de Corazones
1984-08-07
Ricardo Lopez Aranda's play that follows Isabella II of Spain as she is forced to abdicate and leave
Nothing
1947-11-11
When young Andrea arrives in Barcelona to begin her university studies, she stays at her aunt Angust
The Devil's Roundup
1952-01-01
Divided in several episodes, this film presents different stories that share the fantasy theme.
Striptease
1976-01-01
A disillusioned and depressed film director is forced to confront his lack of humanity through his i
A Tied Blasé
1981-02-03
Mi calle
1960-11-21
Life events around a city street and its residents are told along the years while time goes by, wars
Misterio en la marisma
1943-09-08
In the Almenares family there is a story involving a mysterious woman and a pearl necklace that obse
Sancta Maria
1942-01-02
Nadia, a young Soviet journalist who is passing through Pompeii, discovers the power that comes from
Neville's Time
1991-06-26
Documentary about the life of spanish director Edgar Neville.
Café de París
1943-12-27
After suffering a family tragedy, Carmen leaves Spain and emigrates to Paris, where she will make ne
Correo de Indias
1942-12-07
A Dutch sailing ship finds the wreckage of a Spanish mail ship, which has collided with an iceberg.
The Marquis of Salamanca
1948-12-13
José de Salamanca was arguably one of the most influential figures of the Spanish 1800s. This films
Flamenco
1952-06-13
Title changed to "Flamenco" when it was first released in the USA in 1954, this is a program of Span