Conchita Montenegro was credited with revolutionizing the presentation of Spanish dances.
12 Facts About Conchita Montenegro
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Conchita Montenegro turned from dancing to dramatic acting and starred in numerous productions.
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Conchita Montenegro attained theatrical fame in Hollywood, France, and Germany by the time she was 13 years old.
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Conchita Montenegro came to Hollywood in June 1930 with a contract at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Conchita Montenegro was 17 years old and could not speak English; however, in three months time, Montenegro became fluent enough to play the leading female part of Tamea Larrieau, Leslie Howard's love interest in the film Never the Twain Shall Meet.
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Luckily for Conchita Montenegro, she was riding in the second section along with actors Warner Baxter and Edmund Lowe.
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Conchita Montenegro was sometimes featured in stage shows which coincided with the screening of film premieres.
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Together with Will Rogers, Conchita Montenegro performed an Adagio for Strings number prior to the premiere of Handy Andy.
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Conchita Montenegro applied for US citizenship in Chicago, Illinois, on March 16,1932.
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Conchita Montenegro married a Brazilian actor, Raul Roulien, in Paris, France, on September 19,1935.
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In 1944, Conchita Montenegro married the Spanish diplomat Ricardo Gimenez Arnau, a senior member of the far right Falangist Party and Ambassador to the Holy See.
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Conchita Montenegro claimed that she used her husband's influence to secure a meeting between the British actor and the caudillo while Howard was in Spain on a lecture tour to promote film in May, 1943, shortly before Howard lost his life when the civilian plane of which he was a passenger on a return flight to England was shot down by German Luftwaffe crashing into the Bay of Biscay.