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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 20, 1935
Died
September 26, 2013
Place of Birth
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Also Known As
- René Rivera
- Dolores Flores
Mario Montez
0.1 Popularity
Biography
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 fifties and sixties. Before appearing in Warhol's films, he appeared in Jack Smith's important underground films Flaming Creatures and Normal Love. 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."
Known For
0.0
Himself (archive footage)
Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith
2017
7.5
Self
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
2013
6.6
Self
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
2007
6.7
Elsa
The John Larroquette Show
1993
0.0
Reel Six: Charles Ludlam’s Grand Tarot
1987
0.0
Occhio privato sul nuovo mondo
1970
0.0
Himself
Face
1969
5.3
No President
1969
🎬
0.0
wicked gypsy
The Gypsy's Ball
1969
6.4
Self - Singer
The Queen
1968
Credits
Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith
as Himself (archive footage)
2017
0.0
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
as Self
2013
7.5
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
as Self
2007
6.6
The John Larroquette Show
as Elsa
1993
6.7
Reel Six: Charles Ludlam’s Grand Tarot
1987
0.0
Occhio privato sul nuovo mondo
1970
0.0
Face
as Himself
1969
0.0
No President
1969
5.3
🎬
The Gypsy's Ball
as wicked gypsy
1969
0.0
The Queen
as Self - Singer
1968
6.4
🎬
Flaming Twenties
1968
0.0
Lupe
as Lupe Velez
1967
6.5
Jungle Island
1967
0.0
Chelsea Girls
as Transvestite
1966
5.8
🎬
Satisfaction
1966
0.0
🎬
Hedy
as Hedy Lamarr
1966
0.0
More Milk, Yvette
as Lana Turner
1966
0.0
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
as Self
1965
8.0
Camp
1965
0.0
🎬
Dirt
1965
8.0
Screen Test #2
1965
10.0
Harlot
as Harlot
1965
0.0
Mario Banana I
as Mario
1964
3.8
🎬
Mario Banana II
as Mario
1964
3.5
Batman Dracula
1964
4.1
Normal Love
as Mermaid
1964
7.0
Chumlum
1963
6.0
Flaming Creatures
as The Spanish Girl
1963
4.7