Montes, Lina

(Esperanza Martí Montes de Oca)

(1923-1984 or '85)

   Montes made her stage debut at the age of 13; in the 1940s, the blonde actress played romantic leads opposite actors like Jorge Negrete, but then retired from acting for two decades. In the 1970s, a much heavier and literally unrecognizable Montes returned for some character roles in pictures like Longitud de guerra and El principio (for which she won a Best Co-Starring Actress Ariel).