From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaLisa Janti is known as Lisa Montell as a Hollywood actress of the 1950-60s, and then shifted her career to one of advocacy and service to various disadvantaged groups and to her adopted religion, the Baháí Faith.Lisa Janti, known as Lisa Montell as a Hollywood actress of the 1950-60s, was born Irena Ludmila Vladimirovna Augustynowic of Russian-Polish ancestry, and her family fled to Poland before World War II. On arrival in New York they changed their last name to Montwill so she grew up Irene Montwill. They lived in New York and Janti attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. After becoming involved in English-speaking theatre she was noticed by Hollywood producer Dick Welding who offered her a part in Daughter of the Sun God, filmed in Peru c. 1953 with actor William Holmes. Shortly afterwards her father died and the family chose to follow the opportunity Hollywood was giving her with her career. Her first role may have been in 1954 in the TV series The Public Defender, based on the film of the same name.On television she was on the Cheyenne show episode Border Showdown (Showdown in Paso Also) of 1955 and the 1956 Jane Wymans Fireside Theater episode A Time to live and the Sugarfoot show episode Guns for Big Bear in 1958. In 1962 she was in Combat! episode A Day in June.Janti was known as the Starlet of many faces probably portraying more diverse ethnic roles though she was Polish including Polynesian, Native American, Mexican, Burmese, French, Italian, Spanish, east Indian and Persian – roles with dubious cultural and sexist stereotypes. Among the productions Janti was cast in are She Gods of Shark Reef, Ten Thousand Bedrooms, Pearl of the South Pacific, Jump Into Hell, The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold, and World Without End.

Filme indisponibile de la Lisa Montell

Naked Paradise

Lanai

Film 1957

World Without End

Deena

Film 1956

She Gods of Shark Reef

Mahia

Film 1958

Escape to Burma

Andora

Film 1955

Pearl of the South Pacific

Momu

Film 1955

The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold

Paviva

Film 1958

Tomahawk Trail

Tula

Film 1957

Jump Into Hell

Jacqueline

Film 1955

The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca

Anita Chavez

Film 1958

Daughter of the Sun God

Christine

Film 1962

Daddy Long Legs

College Girl (uncredited)

Film 1955

The Wild Dakotas

Ruth Murphy

Film 1956

The Long Rope

Alicia Alvarez

Film 1961

The Firebrand

Clarita Vasconcelos

Film 1962

Gaby

Claire

Film 1956

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

Diana Martelli

Film 1957

Finger Man

Mary Smith (uncredited)

Film 1955

Filme seriale TV indisponibile de la Lisa Montell

Lux Video Theatre

Suzanne

Tv 1950

The O. Henry Playhouse

Carlotta

Tv 1957

The Millionaire

Paula Wellington

Tv 1955

Broken Arrow

Tesalbe

Tv 1956

The Gene Autry Show

Esther Cameron

Tv 1950

The Jane Wyman Show

Carmelita

Tv 1955

Cavalcade of America

Frederica McLane

Tv 1952

Matinee Theater

Yasmin

Tv 1955

Northwest Passage

Emily Duren

Tv 1958

The Wonderful World of Disney

Anita Chavez

Tv 1954

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Lisette Rochambeau

Tv 1956

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

Maria Chamini

Tv 1958

Colt .45

Teresa Valdez

Tv 1957

The Ann Sothern Show

Maharani

Tv 1958

Have Gun, Will Travel

Soledad Ortega

Tv 1957

Bat Masterson

Selena Thorn

Tv 1958

Sugarfoot

Kenoee

Tv 1957

One Step Beyond

Terese

Tv 1959

Johnny Midnight

Julie Valenti

Tv 1960

Frontier Doctor

Marguerite Lidell

Tv 1958

Surfside 6

Nancy Dinato

Tv 1960

77 Sunset Strip

Pilar Sanchez

Tv 1958

Maverick

Andalucia Rubio

Tv 1957