His long black hair, feline and captivating features, as well as an enviable figure made all the difference Sasha Montenegro one of the most appreciated actresses in the 70s and partly in the 80s, as the so-called File Movies Dominating Mexico’s film production, like any star has had some controversy throughout his life, especially when related to a former president, today this star reaches 75 years removed from stage and public life.
Aleksandra Acimovic Popovic, real name of the actress, was born on January 20, 1946 in Bari, Italy, where her parents Zivojin Aćimović and Silvia Popović had emigrated from Yugoslavia. The actress’s family belonged to the Montenegrin aristocracy. When she was very young, the family again changed places of residence, and this time to Argentina, where her father died shortly after settling.
His mother remarries an Argentine businessman; In the province of Mendoza, the young woman studied ballet and journalism.
It was 1969 when Alekzandra went on vacation to Mexico and during a meal Blanca Estela Limón, who was going to be her representative, approached her to offer her a job in the movie “A Dream of Love”, and so she started at the age of 23 years into her artistic career, she changes her name to Sasha Montenegro and does not return to Argentina with her family.
Saint vs. Black Magic (1973), Faith, Hope and Charity (1974), Beauties by Night (1975), The Difficult Life of a Simple Woman (1977), Hey Salomé! (1978), Midnight Dolls (1979), The Affectionate (1979), Snow White and… Her 7 Lovers (1980), La pulquería (1981), Pedro Navaja (1984), The Devil, the Saint and the Fool ( 1987 ) are some of the more than 70 films he directed over the course of his career, most recently Una de Zombies (2003) and The End of Silence (2006).
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Sasha Montenegro does not watch her films
“I don’t usually watch my films because they don’t satisfy me, I don’t know if these films can be called bad or good, but they are not jewels of cinematography, they have their value from the moment that they make a lot of money but I don’t watch them because they bother me a little bit, because I feel like those movies gave me the image of a mental handicap, a poor thing, she can’t do anything but that.” Sasha Montenegro confessed the journalist Ricardo Rocha in a 1982 interview in which he complained that there was nothing else in national cinema at the time.
Despite her seductive image, Sasha Montenegro was a very formal woman backstage, which is why she assured journalist Gustavo Adolfo Infante in an interview that she only had three friends with whom her relationship did not thrive due to her insecurity with an artist … until it came into his life Jose Lopez Portilloformer President of Mexico (1976 – 1982).
They met in Spain in 1984, where she was on tour with the play Nunca en Domingo, during a break in the season she decided to visit Seville alone, they met there by chance, he invited her to lunch and she was there during the week they left this city several times. She remarked that while he wasn’t a handsome man, they were charming and very sophisticated, which won her over.
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“We met again in Rome but the truth is that I didn’t think about what was going to happen, I felt very good with him, it was nice to be with someone to talk to, ideas exchange, someone who also has his cultural level and who has a lot to say, something happened there,” said the actress.
The argument broke out when the relationship was already public, but López Portillo was married Carmen Romanowith whom he had three children, his divorce took place until 1991, but by that time Nabila (1985) and Alexander (1987), children of Sasha Montenegro with the politician, were already born.
The actress was first civilly married to the former president in 1991, and I can do it religiously until June 2000, a month after the former first lady died.
At the time, López Portillo had already suffered a stroke five years earlier, which had affected his health, leading to a legal battle between the actress and her husband’s family, who took him from their side, who accused him of abusing him and filed a lawsuit for divorce against them, which Sasha won because they found no reason to rule against him.Nevertheless, the former president died on February 17, 2004, far from her but still her husband for what is Montenegro legitimate widowalthough she assured that she left no inheritance and many problems.
Four years ago, the Exactriz appeared at a public event where she spoke to the media and explained what she has been doing since she retired, telling them that she has dedicated herself to traveling with her children and taking care of a range of businesses that she began, having decided to leave public life, but above all to lead a quiet and peaceful life.
“My life has focused on my children, of course they are already big, but I still see them as little ones,” Sasha Montenegro said on the occasion.
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