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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lisa 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 Bahá'í 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 Wyman's 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.

Known For

7.7

Marcelle

Combat!

1962

6.0

Clarita Vasconcelos

The Firebrand

1962

2.0

Christine

Daughter of the Sun God

1962

5.8

Alicia Alvarez

The Long Rope

1961

5.0

Nancy Dinato

Surfside 6

1960

0.0

Julie Valenti

Johnny Midnight

1960

5.0

Annabella

The Dennis O'Keefe Show

1959

5.6

Terese

One Step Beyond

1959

6.7

Pilar Sanchez

77 Sunset Strip

1958

6.1

Selena Thorn

Bat Masterson

1958

Credits

Combat!

as Marcelle

1962

7.7

The Firebrand

as Clarita Vasconcelos

1962

6.0

Daughter of the Sun God

as Christine

1962

2.0

The Long Rope

as Alicia Alvarez

1961

5.8

Surfside 6

as Nancy Dinato

1960

5.0

Johnny Midnight

as Julie Valenti

1960

0.0

The Dennis O'Keefe Show

as Annabella

1959

5.0

One Step Beyond

as Terese

1959

5.6

77 Sunset Strip

as Pilar Sanchez

1958

6.7

Bat Masterson

as Selena Thorn

1958

6.1

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

as Simone

1958

5.8

The Ann Sothern Show

as Maharani

1958

6.5

The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca

as Anita Chavez

1958

7.0

Frontier Doctor

as Marguerite Lidell

1958

5.0

Northwest Passage

as Emily Duren

1958

6.5

She Gods of Shark Reef

as Mahia

1958

3.0

The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold

as Paviva

1958

6.5

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

as Maria Chamini

1958

6.6

Colt .45

as Teresa Valdez

1957

5.0

Maverick

as Andalucia Rubio

1957

6.9

Sugarfoot

as Kenoee

1957

4.8

Have Gun, Will Travel

as Soledad Ortega

1957

7.3

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

as Diana Martelli

1957

5.0

Tales of Wells Fargo

as Juanita

1957

6.9

Tomahawk Trail

as Tula

1957

5.7

The O. Henry Playhouse

as Carlotta

1957

0.0

Naked Paradise

as Lanai

1957

3.8

Wire Service

as Luisa

1956

0.0

🎬

Broken Arrow

as Tesalbe

1956

5.0

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

as Lisette Rochambeau

1956

5.0

Gaby

as Claire

1956

7.0

World Without End

as Deena

1956

5.8

The Wild Dakotas

as Ruth Murphy

1956

0.0

Matinee Theater

as Yasmin

1955

5.0

Cheyenne

as Rosa

1955

6.0

Pearl of the South Pacific

as Momu

1955

6.1

🎬

The Jane Wyman Show

as Carmelita

1955

4.8

Finger Man

as Mary Smith (uncredited)

1955

5.3

Daddy Long Legs

as College Girl (uncredited)

1955

6.4

Escape to Burma

as Andora

1955

5.9

Jump Into Hell

as Jacqueline

1955

3.4

The Millionaire

as Paula Wellington

1955

5.0

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Anita Chavez

1954

7.8

Public Defender

as Bertha

1954

5.7

Cavalcade of America

as Frederica McLane

1952

3.5

🎬

Lux Video Theatre

as Suzanne

1950

6.3

The Gene Autry Show

as Esther Cameron

1950

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