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Alicia Montoya
Born
Alicia Rodríguez Montoya

(1920-01-25)January 25, 1920
Mexico City, Mexico
DiedAugust 17, 2002(2002-08-17) (aged 82)
Mexico City, Mexico
ChildrenAmparo de Dios
Parent(s)Julio César Rodríguez del Río
María Tereza Montoya
RelativesMaría Teresa Mondragón Montoya (half-sister)

Alicia Montoya (born Alicia Rodríguez Montoya; January 25, 1920 – August 17, 2002) was a Mexican actress of film, theatre, and television.[1] The daughter of the stage actress María Tereza Montoya,[2] she appeared in around sixty films and more than eighty telenovelas over a long career, among them Senda prohibida (1958), the first telenovela produced in Mexico.[3][4] A veteran character actress, she received an Ariel Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film De muerte natural (1996).[1]

Early life and death

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Montoya was born on January 25, 1920, in the Tepito neighbourhood of Mexico City.[4] Her father was the Spanish actor and director Julio César Rodríguez del Río, and through her mother's second marriage, to the director Ricardo Mondragón Roldán, she had a younger maternal half-sister, the actress María Teresa Mondragón Montoya.[5][6] She was a granddaughter of Felipe Montoya y Alarcón and a niece of the actor Joaquín Pardavé, and began performing at the age of six, making her stage debut in the play Lo que ella no pudo prever.[7][4]

She was active in the actors' union, the Asociación Nacional de Actores (ANDA), throughout her career; in the union's March 1978 leadership elections she stood as a candidate on the Planilla Verde slate, headed by the actor Jorge Russek, for a seat on its honour and justice commission.[8] She was among the actresses involved in the union's Estancia Infantil, a children's daycare centre established under Dolores del Río in 1973, contributing over five hundred hours of volunteer service in its first year.[9][10] She died in Mexico City on August 17, 2002, at the age of 82.[4][11] She was buried in the Panteón Jardín in Mexico City, in the section of the ANDA, where her mother also rests.[12]

Career

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Film

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Montoya made her film debut in La Zandunga (1937) and appeared in around sixty films.[4] Among her most notable screen roles were those in Historia de un abrigo de mink (Emilio Gómez Muriel, 1955), El farol de la ventana (Juan Orol, 1958), and Chicas casaderas (Alfredo B. Crevenna, 1961).[2] She also appeared in Fernando Méndez's El vampiro (1957), a foundational film of the Mexican horror genre, as María Teresa, the aunt who ultimately destroys the vampire by driving a stake through his heart.[13][14][15] The film historian Abraham Castillo Flores has singled out her climactic scene, describing her character as a devout woman, disbelieved by others about the vampire, who kills the vampiress in a fit of rage.[16] Later in her career she played the director of a girls' school in Sergio Véjar's Discoteca es amor (1978), in a performance a reviewer described as strict and unbending.[17] She received an Ariel Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for the film De muerte natural (produced 1984; released 1996).[1]

Radio

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In 1950 she was among the leads of the Mexican radio version of El derecho de nacer, broadcast on XEW with Dolores del Río, Manolo Fábregas, and Eduardo Arozamena.[18] She was also among the actresses who worked as radio voices at the station Radio Femenina.[19]

Television

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She became best known through television, which she entered in the 1950s.[4] Building on her work with Enrique Alonso's children's theatre company Teatro del Pequeño Mundo, she was among the cast of Teatro Fantástico, the pioneering children's television program Alonso ("Cachirulo") launched in 1955.[20] In 1958 she took part in Senda prohibida, the first telenovela produced in Mexico,[3] and went on to appear in historic melodramas such as Más allá de la angustia and Ha llegado un extraño; the last of her roughly eighty telenovelas was Abrázame muy fuerte (2000–2001).[4]

Theatre

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On stage, Montoya worked steadily from childhood across both classical and contemporary theatre. In the late 1940s she was a leading member of her mother's company, the Compañía María Tereza Montoya, described by one critic as its "second lady", touring Latin America on a continental tour sponsored by President Miguel Alemán Valdés.[21] In 1952 she played Doña Blanca de Padilla in Carlos Solórzano's Doña Beatriz, la sin ventura, staged by UNAM's Teatro Universitario under the direction of Max Aub at the Sala Molière, in a performance the reviewer singled out for praise.[22]

In the early 1950s she was, with Enrique Alonso, co-director of the children's theatre company Teatro del Pequeño Mundo, appearing in its productions such as El portal de Belén (1953), in which she played the Virgin Mary,[23] and Un viaje maravilloso (1954).[24] Also in 1954 she performed with her mother's troupe, the Compañía María Tereza Montoya, in Jacinto Benavente's Su amante esposa at the Teatro Ideal.[25] In 1958 she played Edith Frank in the Mexican premiere of The Diary of Anne Frank at the Teatro Jorge Negrete, a Compañía María Tereza Montoya production directed by Ricardo Mondragón in which her mother and her half-sister María Teresa Mondragón also appeared, with Pina Pellicer in the title role.[26]

Her dramatic roles included parts in two plays by Federico García Lorca: La casa de Bernarda Alba[4][11] and, as the mother, Bodas de sangre.[27] In 1960 she played Piedad in the premiere of Hugo Argüelles's Los cuervos están de luto at the Teatro Jorge Negrete, directed by Virgilio Mariel and produced by and co-starring Carmen Montejo; the critic Rafael Solana credited her performance with changing her career from supporting roles to that of a leading actress.[27]

She appeared in a 1962 revival of Morena clara, by Antonio Quintero and Pascual Guillén, at the Teatro de los Insurgentes alongside Amparo Rivelles,[28] In 1963 she appeared in a revival of Rafael Solana's comedy Debiera haber obispas at the Teatro Fábregas, part of the INBA's Temporada de Oro del Teatro Mexicano, staged by the German director Hanns Anselm Perten and headed by Gloria Marín; a critic praised her professionalism and the restraint she brought to a role that could have been overplayed.[29] In 1964 she played Åse, the mother of the title character, in José Solé's staging of Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt at the Teatro Hidalgo, in a performance critics praised as exemplary.[30][31] In 1968 she played the countess in a revival of Dario Niccodemi's melodrama La enemiga, starring Amparo Rivelles, in a performance a critic praised warmly.[32] In 1972 she appeared as a German housekeeper in José Cibrián's staging of the thriller Gaslight, again opposite Amparo Rivelles.[33]

Over a career that began in childhood, she is credited with appearing in several hundred stage plays.[1] She was also among the established stage actors who taught at the drama school of the Asociación Nacional de Actores, the Instituto Cinematográfico, Teatral y de Radiotelevisión.[34]

Selected filmography

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Telenovelas

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Wilt, David E. "Biographical Dictionary of Mexican Film Performers: M (Part 2)". University of Maryland. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Alicia Montoya". Sistema de Información Cultural (in Spanish). Secretaría de Cultura. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 Vargas, Doraluz (July 21, 2023). "Cabareteras, ficheras y rumberas resurgen en el refrito de 'Senda prohibida'". El Nuevo Herald (in Spanish). Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Falleció pionera de telenovelas mexicanas, Alicia Montoya". El Universo (in Spanish). August 19, 2002. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Bella actriz del Cine de Oro fue prima de Joaquín Perdavé y triunfó con 'Cantinflas' y Sara García". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). August 1, 2022. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  6. ↑ Mendoza-López, Margarita, ed. (1954). Teatro: boletín de información e historia (in Spanish). Universidad de Texas.
  7. ↑ "Falleció la actriz Alicia Montoya". La Jornada (in Spanish). August 18, 2002. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  8. ↑ Villa y Caña, Pedro (April 18, 2019). "Vida sindical del actor Mario Almada también fue espiada". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved July 1, 2026.
  9. ↑ Ramón, David (1997). Dolores del Río (in Spanish). Vol. 3. Clío. p. 43. ISBN 9789686932386.
  10. ↑ "Estancia Infantil de la ANDA". Hispano Americano (in Spanish). 66: 62. 1975.
  11. 1 2 "17 de agosto de 2002, Muere Alicia Montoya" (in Spanish). Instituto Mexicano de la Radio. August 17, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  12. ↑ Ponce, Ramón (August 20, 2002). "Prepara Silvia Pinal homenaje a Montoya". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved June 30, 2026.
  13. 1 2 Paranaguá, Paulo Antonio, ed. (1995). Mexican Cinema. London: British Film Institute. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-85170-516-3.
  14. ↑ "El vampiro". Cineteca Nacional de México (in Spanish). Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  15. ↑ Jiménez Sánchez, Fabián (2021). El cine de horror mexicano (Doctoral thesis) (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. p. 115.
  16. ↑ Bonilla, Justina (December 3, 2024). "Interview with El Vampiro Box Set Producer Abraham Castillo Flores". Daily Dead. Retrieved July 24, 2026.
  17. 1 2 Wilt, David E. (March 2019). "Discoteca es amor". The Mexican Film Bulletin. 25 (1): 33–34.
  18. ↑ Rodríguez González, Rubén (July 16, 2023). "Las versiones de "El derecho de nacer"". ¡Ahora! (in Spanish). Retrieved June 24, 2026.
  19. ↑ El género es el mensaje (PDF) (in Spanish). Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. p. 50. Retrieved July 28, 2026.
  20. ↑ Fierro, Georgina (August 12, 2016). "La televisión, ¿un escenario para el teatro?". Cartelera de Teatro CDMX (in Spanish). Retrieved June 24, 2026.
  21. ↑ Maria y Campos, Armando de (1949). "Olvidos y recuerdos de un empresario novel. La temporada de María Tereza Montoya en el Arbeu, de agosto a septiembre de 1948. I". Novedades (in Spanish). Retrieved June 24, 2026 – via Reseña Histórica del Teatro en México 2.0-2.1, CITRU-INBA.
  22. ↑ Maria y Campos, Armando de (1952). "Estreno de Doña Beatriz de Carlos Solórzano, por la compañía de Teatro Universitario, en la sala Molière". Novedades (in Spanish). Retrieved June 24, 2026 – via Reseña Histórica del Teatro en México 2.0-2.1, CITRU-INBA.
  23. ↑ Maria y Campos, Armando de (1953). "El portal de Belén, pastorela mexicana contemporánea de Enrique Alonso". Novedades (in Spanish). Retrieved June 24, 2026 – via Reseña Histórica del Teatro en México 2.0-2.1, CITRU-INBA.
  24. ↑ Maria y Campos, Armando de (1954). "El Teatro del Pequeño Mundo estrena Un viaje maravilloso, de Enrique Alonso". Novedades (in Spanish). Retrieved June 24, 2026 – via Reseña Histórica del Teatro en México 2.0-2.1, CITRU-INBA.
  25. ↑ Maria y Campos, Armando de (1954). "Estreno de Su amante esposa, de Jacinto Benavente, por la compañía de María Tereza Montoya, en el Ideal". Novedades (in Spanish). Retrieved June 24, 2026 – via Reseña Histórica del Teatro en México 2.0-2.1, CITRU-INBA.
  26. ↑ Pérez Vázquez, Reynol; Pellicer, Ana (2006). Pina Pellicer: luz de tristeza (1934–1964) (in Spanish). Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. pp. 108–109. ISBN 9789703230754.
  27. 1 2 Solana, Rafael (May 11, 1960). "Los cuervos están de luto de Hugo Argüelles, dirige Virgilio Mariel". Siempre! (in Spanish). Retrieved June 24, 2026 – via Reseña Histórica del Teatro en México 2.0-2.1, CITRU-INBA.
  28. ↑ Maria y Campos, Armando de (1962). "Morena clara de Antonio Quintero y Pascual Guillén, en el teatro de Los Insurgentes". Novedades (in Spanish). Retrieved June 24, 2026 – via Reseña Histórica del Teatro en México 2.0-2.1, CITRU-INBA.
  29. ↑ Reyes, Mara (1963). "Debiera haber obispas, Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9". Diorama de la Cultura, Excélsior (in Spanish). Retrieved July 28, 2026 – via Reseña Histórica del Teatro en México 2.0-2.1, CITRU-INBA.
  30. ↑ Reyes, Mara (1964). "Peer Gynt". Diorama de la Cultura, Excélsior (in Spanish). Retrieved June 24, 2026 – via Reseña Histórica del Teatro en México 2.0-2.1, CITRU-INBA.
  31. ↑ Maria y Campos, Armando de (1964). "Peer Gynt de Ibsen, en el Hidalgo del IMSS". Novedades (in Spanish). Retrieved June 24, 2026 – via Reseña Histórica del Teatro en México 2.0-2.1, CITRU-INBA.
  32. ↑ Estudios y fuentes del arte en México (in Spanish). Vol. 42. Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 1982. p. 112.
  33. ↑ Estudios y fuentes del arte en México (in Spanish). Vol. 42. Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 1982. p. 314.
  34. ↑ "El Instituto Cinematográfico, Teatral y de Radiotelevisión". Teatro (in Spanish) (8). Centro Mexicano de Teatro ITI-UNESCO: 14. 1997.
  35. ↑ "Cadena de Mentiras". Efrain Barradas Mexican and Cuban Film Poster Collection. Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  36. ↑ García Riera, Emilio (1993). Historia documental del cine mexicano (in Spanish). Vol. 8: 1955–1956. Universidad de Guadalajara. p. 140.
  37. ↑ "Mujeres De Fuego (or Trafics A Rio)". Efrain Barradas Mexican and Cuban Film Poster Collection. Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  38. ↑ García Riera, Emilio (1994). Historia documental del cine mexicano (in Spanish). Vol. 10: 1959–1960. Universidad de Guadalajara. p. 179.
  39. ↑ García Riera, Emilio (1975). Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1958 (in Spanish). Ediciones Era. p. 298.
  40. ↑ Navarrete Medina, Ana María (2009). Teresa: la imagen de la mujer en el cine mexicano de 1960 (PDF) (Licenciatura thesis) (in Spanish). Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa. pp. 70–71. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  41. ↑ "Cardona André, René". Diccionario de Directores del Cine Mexicano (in Spanish). Diccionario de Directores del Cine Mexicano A.C. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
  42. ↑ Wilt, David E. (January–March 2017). "Chicano". The Mexican Film Bulletin. 23 (1): 34.
  43. ↑ "Lolo". Quinzaine des cinéastes. Société des réalisatrices et réalisateurs de films. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  44. ↑ Paranaguá, Paulo Antonio, ed. (1995). Mexican Cinema. London: British Film Institute. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-85170-516-3.
  45. ↑ Ibarra, Jesús (2006). Los Bracho: tres generaciones de cine mexicano (in Spanish). Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. p. 393. ISBN 9789703230747.
  46. ↑ "Cann Ziman, Benjamín". Diccionario de Directores del Cine Mexicano (in Spanish). Diccionario de Directores del Cine Mexicano A.C. Retrieved June 30, 2026.
  47. ↑ "Exportar la TV nacional". Alternativas (in Spanish). Cultura León. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  48. ↑ Ramírez Bonilla, Laura Camila (2015). "La hora de la TV: incursión de la televisión y la telenovela en la vida cotidiana de la ciudad de México (1958-1966)". Historia Mexicana (in Spanish). 65 (1). El Colegio de México: 289–356. doi:10.24201/hm.v65i1.3137.
  49. ↑ Torres Aguilera, Francisco Javier (1994). Telenovelas, televisión y comunicación: el caso de México (in Spanish). Mexico City: Ediciones Coyoacán. p. 26. ISBN 9789706330420.
  50. ↑ Gudinni, Alfredo (1996). El castillo de las estrellas: la telenovela en todos los canales y en todos los países (in Spanish). Mexico City: Grijalbo. p. 109. ISBN 9789700506869.
  51. ↑ Gudinni, Alfredo (1996). El castillo de las estrellas: la telenovela en todos los canales y en todos los países (in Spanish). Mexico City: Grijalbo. p. 86. ISBN 9789700506869.
  52. ↑ "'La cenicienta' inspiró a Victoria Ruffo en 'Pobre niña rica'". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). July 9, 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  53. 1 2 León Zaragoza, Gabriel (July 31, 2002). "Alicia Montoya y Roberto Cobo Calambres reciben terapia intensiva". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved July 1, 2026.
  54. ↑ Banerjee, Anindita; Castillo, Debra A., eds. (2020). South of the Future: Marketing Care and Speculating Life in South Asia and the Americas. State University of New York Press. ISBN 9781438481081.
  55. ↑ "Imperio de cristal". Diez Minutos (in Spanish). Hearst España. March 15, 2018. Retrieved July 1, 2026.
  56. ↑ "Pueblo Chico Infierno Grande". Eduardo Novelas (in Spanish). Retrieved July 24, 2026.
  57. ↑ "Evita Muñoz Chachita". Diez Minutos (in Spanish). Hearst España. September 20, 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2026.
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