Elisa Montés
Elisa Rosario Ruiz Penella (born 15 December 1934, in Granada), known as Elisa Montés, is a Spanish actress who took her pseudonym from the celebrated work of her grandfather, Manuel Penella, El gato montés.
Montés is the sister of actresses Emma Penella (1930–2007) and Terele Pávez (1939), daughter of Magdalena Penella Silva and the law politician Ramón Ruiz Alonso, and granddaughter and great-granddaughter to composers Manuel Penella and Manuel Penella Raga. She was married to actor Antonio Ozores. The daughter of this marriage, Emma Ozores, has also dedicated herself to acting.
Selected filmography
Noi siamo le colonne (1956)
The Battalion in the Shadows (1957)
Faustina (1964)
Gibraltar (1964)
Samson and His Mighty Challenge (1965)
I due toreri (1965)
Erik, the Viking (1965)
Texas, Adios (1966)
Return of the Seven (1966)
Seven Dollars on the Red (1966)
Maneater of Hydra (1967)
The Cobra (1967)
The Girl from Rio (1969)
Captain Apache (1971)
Awards
Valladoid Festival. Best actress for La vida en un bloc (1956).