#2012 María Montez Su Vida

[tina-aumont]

Barahona, 1943

First photo shows Lucita (Left) and Consuelo (Right) pictured with Soledad Vicens Coll, the second photo shows Lucita (seated at the centre of the photo) with her sister Consuelo, on the left there's Soledad Vicens Coll and on the right there's her sister Margarita. This second photo is taken by Adita.

Both pictures were taken in 1943 in Barahona before the Gracia sisters left to Hollywood to meet her Famous sister María.

The Vicens Coll sisters were friends of the Gracia Vidal sisters, and thanks to this friendship, Margarita Vicens de Morales (María Montez biographer) could write and keep all these precious memories of María and her family as Margarita is Vicens Coll Sisters' direct descendant.

Photo 1 comes from “De María África a María Montez, un mito en Technicolor” documentary, photo 2 has been shared by @74paris (muchas gracias!), in Margarita Vicens Book about María Montez you can find a clearer copy from that photo.

[tina-aumont]

Marie McFeeters, 1933

María África sent this photo to their parents in 1933 when she was living in San Juan married to William McFeeters.

Photos from: “De María África a María Montez, un mito en Technicolor” documentary directed by Jesús Reyes Mota, 2014 and Santo Domingo Invita - María Montez, Su Vida.

Information from: “María: Montez Su Vida”, book written by Margarita Vicens de Morales, Dirección General de Cine de la República Dominicana, 2012.

[tina-aumont]

Maria Montez (María África Gracia Vidal) first public appeareance took place the 9th June 1926 when she was a teenager aged 14, at the welcoming of the new church parish priest in Barahona. The new parish priest was Fray Joaquín María de Andújar.

Screencaps from “De María África a María Montez, un mito en Technicolor” documentary directed by Jesús Reyes Mota, 2014; information from "María: Montez Su Vida”, book written by Margarita Vicens de Morales, Dirección General de Cine de la República Dominicana, 2012.

[tina-aumont]

María África Gracia Vidal (on screen she will became Maria Montez) pictured with her younger sister Consuelo in Barahona, Dominican Republic in 1934.

This photo comes from Pinterest but it has been printed in Margarita Vicens book "María Montez, Su vida - edición especial del Centenario" (Dirección General de Cine de la República Dominicana, 2012.

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Tina Aumont's Family Tree

Sources:

Jean-Pierre Aumont family tree (you can go up to 1787)

Árbol Genealógico de Isidoro Gracia García (you can go up to 1465!)

Regla María Teresa Vidal at Geni, at Familysearch and at Ancestry.

Dos Actrices Internacionales descendientes de un Luño (Plenas Zaragoza 14.12.2016)

"De María África a María Montez, un mito en Technicolor" documentary directed by Jesús Reyes Mota, 2014.

La Exposición de María Montez viaja a Gran Canaria (El Apurón, 21.11.2013)

Personalidades Garafianas (12.2012)

Los orígenes turolenses y canarios de la actriz de Hollywood María Montez by María Victoria Hernández Pérez. Cabildo de la Palma, 2012.

"María: Montez Su Vida", edición especial del Centenario, book written by Margarita Vicens de Morales, Dirección General de Cine de la República Dominicana, 2012.

"Enrique Meneses, un flash" article in Spanish from Orsay magazine wriiten by José Luís Perdomo, 2011.

Los Orígenes palmeros de la actriz María Montez (October/November 2009)

Las raíces Turolenses de una diva (Heraldo, 26.10.2008)

"María Montez La Reina del Tecnicolor", book written by António Pérez Arnay and Terenci Moix, Filmoteca Canaria 1995.

*Very special thanks to Dominic Fuentes, @74paris and @shannendoherty-fans for their help.

If you know any details or have some photos from the family that aren't posted here, please send them and I will credit you. Remember that this family tree is growing as more info comes to light.

Thank you very much!

Eleni xxx