Maria Africa Garcia Antonia Vidal de Santos Silva, better known as Maria Montez, is the most famous actress the Dominican Republic has ever produced. Montez was born in the Barahona province on June 6, 1912 . She was the second of 10 children. In 1932 she married an American banker and soon thereafter found herself in the United States embarking on a succesfull film and modeling career. In her career she appeared in 26 films and would be dubbed the "Queen of Technicolor." Montez, who many mistaken to be French partly because of her marriage to French actor Jean-Pierre Aumont, had one child Maria Christina, who was born in 1946. Her most famous role was in the 1944 movie, "Cobra Woman." Montez died in 1951 of an aparent heart attack. She is buried at the Cimetiere Montparnasse in Paris France.