Montserrat Julió (1929 – 26 January 2017) was a Spanish film and television actress. She died on 26 January 2017 at aged 88.
Biography In 1939, she went into exile in Santiago, Chile. After experiencing the Civil War, Montserrat, barely ten years old, crossed into France with her family (her parents were members of the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia). In France, while her father remains in a refugee camp in the south of the country, she was housed in a castle near Cognac. From there, once they had gathered, they boarded the ship SS Winnipeg as refugees bound for Chile.
In Santiago, he became involved with the cultural circles of the Republican exile and many of its representatives, including Xavier Benguerel, Domènec Guansé, Trabal, César Augusto Jordana, and Joan Oliver i Sallarès.He studied at the Teatro Ensayo of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, alongside Hernán Letelier and Myriam Thorud. He graduated with a degree in Dramatic Arts from the University of Santiago, Chile.
In 1956, he returned to Spain, where he collaborated with the Agrupació Dramàtica de Barcelona, and performed in Italy.From 1959 to 1961, he returned to live in Chile, where he directed the Sociedad de Arte Dramático de Santiago (Santiago Drama Society).
In 2003, he published Vida endins (Viena Ediciones), in which he recalls his exile and the development of his career. With these memoirs, he won the “Román Planas de Memorias Populares 2002” award.
Partial filmography
La cárcel de cristal (1957) - Irene Alsuaga Sendas marcadas (1957) - Policía Cumbres luminosas (Montserrat) (1957) - Madre de Freddie A Land for All (1962) - Teresa La cuarta ventana (1963) - Adela La Tía Tula (1964) - Paquita El Diablo también llora (1965) - Carmen Castariega The Art of Living (1965) - Ana's Sister La visita que no tocó el timbre (1965) - María Luisa La Barrera (1966) - Mujer del panadero El arte de no casarse (1966) Zampo y yo (1966) - Clara - la doncella Cuando tú no estás (1966) Codo con codo (1967) Club de solteros (1967) El Baldiri de la costa (1968) Susana (1969) Chicas de club (1970) - Madre Goya, a Story of Solitude (1971) Dr. Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo (1972) - Agatha, a party guest (uncredited) The Blood Spattered Bride (1972) - Carol's mother A Candle for the Devil (1973) - Beatriz Horror Rises from the Tomb (1973) - Odile Vengeance of the Zombies (1973) - Flora Murder in a Blue World (1973) - Presentadora programa cine Autopsia (1973) - Mujer de Azcona Manolo, la nuit (1973) Vida conyugal sana (1974) El chulo (1974) Sex o no sex (1974) - Madre de Paco Tocata y fuga de Lolita (1974) - Adela Los nuevos españoles (1974) - Martirio No encontré rosas para mi madre (1974) - Amiga de Teresa Una abuelita de antes de la guerra (1975) (1975) - Cecily Breidlinger ¡Ya soy mujer! (1975) - Amelia El paranoico (1975) - Vecina de Esther (uncredited) Robin and Marian (1976) - 1st Sister Batida de raposas (1976) - Secretaria de Leandro El segundo poder (1976) - Hermana Portera Foul Play (1977) - Alcaldesa Tío, ¿de verdad vienen de París? (1977) - Laura Impossible Love (1977) - Adela Doña Perfecta (1977) - Remedios Las truchas (1978) Alice in Spanish Wonderland (1978) - Profesora de historia La visita del vicio (1978) - Sally La ràbia (1978) La rebelión de los pájaros (1982) Wheels on Meals (1984) Puzzle (1986) - Esposa Luis Mi general (1987)
References
External links Montserrat Julió at the Association of Catalan Language Writers, AELC.