Isabel del Puerto
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| Born |
Elisabeth von Hortenau August 7, 1921 Vienna, Austria |
| Died |
March 13, 2014 (aged 92) San Antonio, Texas |
| Nationality | Mexican, American |
| Occupation | Model, actress, dancer, writer, photo-journalist, realtor and entrepreneur. |
| Years active | 1925–present |
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Isabel del Puerto (born Elisabeth von Hortenau: August 7, 1921 in Vienna, Austria - March 13, 2014) was a model, actress, dancer, writer, photojournalist, realtor and entrepreneur, and is the daughter of Charlotte Helene Beer and Alfred Joseph von Hortenau, a cavalry officer in the Austro Hungarian Imperial Army and son of the Archduke Otto Francis of Austria (House of Habsburg-Lorraine). Her parents divorced when she was two years old.
Early career
At four she made her stage debut under the guidance of Isadora Duncan and her grandmother Maria Schleinzer who was a vedette at the Viennese Opera. She attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, Italy, with Alida Valli and other stars of the 1930s.
Movie star
After a short career on Broadway, she went to Mexico, where she modeled for a department store and appeared in 17 films, becoming a star of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema of the 1940s and 1950s.
Photo journalist
After retiring from films, she worked for Time Life magazines and in advertising and public relations in New York.
Chef
Owned and cooked for five gourmet restaurants, among them El Cuchitril, a famous bistro in the Zona Rosa Mexico City.
Writer
She is presently working on her fifth book (a novel set in the early 1900s). One of her oeuvres is a semi-fictitious biography called My Way, two are detective stories: The Key and The Portrait and one is a book for children, Sonia, which she hopes to have illustrated and published.
Entrepreneur
She has a real estate license, selling properties in Mexico and US.
Current life
Del Puerto lives in San Antonio, Texas, with three dogs she has rescued from the streets. She is active in the Democratic Party and director of a charity that helps the homeless and their animals.
Filmography
Del Puerto has taken part in the following films:
- Nunca Besaré tu Boca, Mexico, 1947.
- Mi Madre Adorada, Mexico, 1948.
- Una Familia de Tantas. as Estela Cataño, Mexico, 1949.[1]
- Midnight, as Lidia, Mexico, 1949.
- Hay Lugar Para…Dos, as Elsa de Olivares, Mexico, 1949.[2]
- Ángeles del Arrabal, Mexico, 1949.[3]
- Confidencias de un Ruletero, Mexico, 1949.[4]
- Ventarrón (film) Mexico 1949.
- Doña Diabla (The Devil is a Woman) as Clara, Mexico, 1950.[5]
- Mariachis, Mexico 1950.[6]
- Matrimonio y Mortaja, as Rosario, Mexico, 1950.[7]
- Rosauro Castro, as Esperanza, Mexico, 1950.[8]
- Entre Abogados te Veas, as La amante, Mexico, 1951.
- El Gendarme de la Esquina, as Carolina Santillán, Mexico, 1951.[9]
- Captain Scarlett, as Josephine Prenez, USA, 1953.[10]
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, USA, 1989.
- Old Gringo, USA, 1989.
Bibliography
- García Riera. Emilio, Breve historia del cine mexicano: primer siglo 1897-1987. México. Publisher: Conaculta, Imcine, Universidad de Guadalajara. Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. 1998. 466 pages.
- García Riera, Emilio, Historia Documental del Cine Mexicano. Época Sonora. 18 tomos. Publisher ERA. Mexico. 1971. http://lccn.loc.gov/74488819
- Ayala Blanco. Jorge, La aventura del cine mexicano: en la época de oro y después. Mexico. Publisher: ERA. 1979. 422 pages. http://lccn.loc.gov/94202219
References
- ↑ García Riera, Emilio, Historia Documental del Cine Mexicano. Época Sonora. Tomo III 1945-1948, pages 309-314
- ↑ García Riera, Emilio, Historia Documental del Cine Mexicano. Época Sonora. Tomo III 1945-1948, pages 335-336
- ↑ García Riera, Emilio, Historia Documental del Cine Mexicano. Época Sonora. Tomo IV 1949-1951, pages 52-53
- ↑ García Riera, Emilio, Historia Documental del Cine Mexicano. Época Sonora. Tomo IV 1949-1951, pages 49-51
- ↑ García Riera, Emilio, Historia Documental del Cine Mexicano. Época Sonora. Tomo IV 1949-1951, pages 101, 102
- ↑ García Riera, Emilio, Historia Documental del Cine Mexicano. Época Sonora. Tomo IV 1949-1951, page 29
- ↑ García Riera, Emilio, Historia Documental del Cine Mexicano. Época Sonora. Tomo IV 1949-1951, page 115, 116
- ↑ García Riera, Emilio, Historia Documental del Cine Mexicano. Época Sonora. Tomo IV 1949-1951, pages 176-178
- ↑ García Riera, Emilio, Historia Documental del Cine Mexicano. Época Sonora. Tomo IV 1949-1951, pages 290, 291
- ↑ García Riera, Emilio, Historia Documental del Cine Mexicano. Época Sonora. Tomo V 1952-1954, page 233, De Hollywood a México.