Still shot of Mario Montez from the short film "A Lazy Summer Afternoon" by John Heys
Born
René Rivera
(1935-07-20)July 20, 1935
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Died
September 26, 2013(2013-09-26) (aged 78)
Key West, Florida
Nationality
Puerto Rican
Education
Self-taught
Movement
Pop art
René Rivera, (July 20, 1935 – September 26, 2013), known professionally as Mario Montez, was one of the Warhol superstars, appearing in thirteen of Andy Warhol's underground films from 1964 to 1966. He took his name as a male homage to the actress Maria Montez, an important gay icon in the 1950s and 1960s. Before appearing in Warhol's films, he appeared in Jack Smith's underground films Flaming Creatures[1] and Normal Love.[2] Montez also stars in the Ron Rice film Chumlum, made in 1964. Mario Montez, was "a staple in the New York underground scene of the 1960s and '70s."[3]
^The Return of Mario Montez, Warhol Legend. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
^Mario Montez. Retrieved 2 2012.
^Columbia U. holds tribute to Boricua drag performer from Warhol's era. New York Daily News. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
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performers from Warhol's Factory, including Curtis, Ondine, Tally Brown, MarioMontez, Samuel Adams Green, Mary Woronov, Francesco Scavullo, Jay Johnson (twin...
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appearance on stage, playing several roles; Vain Victory, with Darling and MarioMontez; Amerika Cleopatra featuring Harvey Fierstein; Femme Fatale, with Patti...
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an award-winning Tejano music singer; and Diana Montez, daughter of norteño musician MarioMontez of Los Donneños. Known professionally as Bobby Pulido...
the set for the interior scenes of Normal Love, featuring drag queen MarioMontez. The film's cake sequence was shot in August 1963 at Eleanor Ward's summer...
La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, et al. 1965 Dirt with Angus MacLise, MarioMontez, Harry Smith, Gerard Malanga, Andy Warhol, Charles Henri Ford, Barbara...
film stops abruptly. The Flicker grew out of experiments by Conrad and MarioMontez. During one conducted in March 1963, Jack Smith found hallucinatory patterns...
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with Smith on the props for Smith's Normal Love. Chumlum also stars MarioMontez, who appeared in both of Smith's films, as well as several of Andy Warhol's...
production as Khanazar von Bluebeard. Black-Eyed-Susan, Lola Pashalinski, and MarioMontez also performed in this production. In 1976 he appeared in Rosa von Praunheim's...
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