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Isabel del Puerto

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Isabel del Puerto
Studio publicity photo
Born
Elisabeth von Hortenau

(1921-08-07)August 7, 1921
DiedMarch 13, 2014(2014-03-13) (aged 92)
NationalityMexican, American
Occupation(s)Model, actress, dancer, writer, photo-journalist, realtor and entrepreneur
Years active1925–1989
Spouses
  • (m. 1940; div. 1947)
  • Hector Mendoza Orozco
    (m. 1951; div. 1956)
  • Joe Oldham Lanett
    (m. 1973; died 1975)
Children
Parents

Isabel del Puerto (born Elisabeth von Hortenau;[1] August 7, 1921 in Vienna, Austria – March 13, 2014) was an Austrian-born noblewoman Mexican-American model, actress, dancer, writer, photojournalist, realtor and entrepreneur, and is the daughter of Charlotte Helene Beer[2] and Alfred Joseph von Hortenau,[3] a cavalry officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army and illegitimate son of the Archduke Otto Francis of Austria. Her parents divorced when she was two years old.

Early career

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Isabel del Puerto when she was Isadora Duncan's dance student.

At four she made her stage debut under the guidance of Isadora Duncan and her grandmother Maria Schleinzer[4] who was a vedette at the Vienna Court Opera. She attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, Italy, with Alida Valli and other stars of the 1930s.

Movie star

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Isabel del Puerto, movie star, Golden Age of Mexican cinema

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

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After retiring from films, she worked for Time Life magazines and in advertising and public relations in New York.

Chef

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She owned and cooked for five gourmet restaurants, among them El Cuchitril, a famous bistro in the Zona Rosa Mexico City.

Writer

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She was 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 hoped to have illustrated and published.

Entrepreneur

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She had a real estate license, selling properties in Mexico and the United States.

Later life and death

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In her last years, Isabel resided in San Antonio, Texas, with her three dogs that had been picked up as strays. She actively supported the Democratic Party and headed a charity that was trying to help homeless people and their pets.

On 13 March 2014, she died of an embolism at 6:30 p.m. after a brief hospitalization, surrounded by her son Joe, and daughter Kat.[5]

Filmography

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Del Puerto has taken part in the following films:

Bibliography

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References

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  1. ^ "Elisabeth von Hortenau b. 7 August 1921 - Rodovid EN". en.rodovid.org. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "Charlotte b. 1893 d. 1966 - Rodovid EN". en.rodovid.org. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "Alfred Joseph von Hortenau b. 10 November 1892 d. 1956 - Rodovid EN". en.rodovid.org. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  4. ^ "Marie Schleinzer b. 25 March 1874 d. 1 June 1949 - Rodovid EN". en.rodovid.org. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  5. ^ "13 de Marzo, Aniversario luctuoso de la actríz Isabel del Puerto". KhronosDigital.com (in Spanish). March 13, 2019. Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
  6. ^ García Riera, Emilio, Historia Documental del Cine Mexicano. Época Sonora. Tomo III 1945-1948, pages 309–314
  7. ^ García Riera, Emilio, Historia Documental del Cine Mexicano. Época Sonora. Tomo III 1945-1948, pages 335–336
  8. ^ García Riera, Emilio, Historia Documental del Cine Mexicano. Época Sonora. Tomo IV 1949-1951, pages 52-53
  9. ^ García Riera, Emilio, Historia Documental del Cine Mexicano. Época Sonora. Tomo IV 1949-1951, pages 49–51
  10. ^ García Riera, Emilio, Historia Documental del Cine Mexicano. Época Sonora. Tomo IV 1949-1951, pages 101, 102
  11. ^ García Riera, Emilio, Historia Documental del Cine Mexicano. Época Sonora. Tomo IV 1949-1951, page 29
  12. ^ García Riera, Emilio, Historia Documental del Cine Mexicano. Época Sonora. Tomo IV 1949-1951, page 115, 116
  13. ^ García Riera, Emilio, Historia Documental del Cine Mexicano. Época Sonora. Tomo IV 1949-1951, pages 176–178
  14. ^ García Riera, Emilio, Historia Documental del Cine Mexicano. Época Sonora. Tomo IV 1949-1951, pages 290, 291
  15. ^ García Riera, Emilio, Historia Documental del Cine Mexicano. Época Sonora. Tomo V 1952-1954, page 233, De Hollywood a México.
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