Carlotta Monti
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Carlotta Monti (20 January 1907 - 8 December 1993), born Carlotta Montijo, was a minor Hollywood actress who became W. C. Fields' mistress. They were together for over fifteen years, and she was by his bedside when he died in 1946[1]. Monti wrote the best-selling memoir W. C. Fields and Me in 1971, describing her life and experiences with Fields, which was made into a 1976 film starring Rod Steiger as Fields and Valerie Perrine as Monti.
Monti appeared in B-movies like Kiss of Araby (1933), Tarzan the Fearless (1933) and Night Cargo (1936), usually cast as an exotic temptress. She would also have small roles in Fields' Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935) Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941). After Fields' death in 1946 she appeared only in uncredited roles, making her final appearance as an extra in W. C. Fields and Me.
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- ^ W.C. Fields and Me, Warner Paperback Library (1973)
