Nationality Mexican - American Years active 1925–present | Name Isabel Puerto Role Actress | |
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Full Name Elisabeth von Hortenau Occupation Model, actress, dancer, writer, photo-journalist, realtor and entrepreneur. Spouse(s) Juan Hevia del Puerto (1940–47; divorced)Hector Mendoza Orozco (1951-56, divorced)Joe Oldham Lanett (1973–75, deceased) Children Antonio Miguel BohlerJoe Charles Oldham LanettKatherine Alexandra Oldham Lanett Parent(s) Charlotte Helene Beer (deceased)Alfred Joseph von Hortenau(deceased) Movies A Family Like Many Others, Ventarron, The Devil Is a Woman People also search for Chano Urueta, Tito Davison, Alejandro Galindo | ||
QUÉ FUE DE...ISABEL DEL PUERTO, EXTRAORDINARIA BELLEZA DEL CINE DE ORO QUE SE RETIRÓ POR ESTA RAZÓN…
Isabel del Puerto (born Elisabeth von Hortenau: August 7, 1921 in Vienna, Austria - March 13, 2014) was a model, actress, dancer, writer, photojournalist, realtor and entrepreneur, and is the daughter of Charlotte Helene Beer and Alfred Joseph von Hortenau, a cavalry officer in the Austro Hungarian Imperial Army and son of the Archduke Otto Francis of Austria (House of Habsburg-Lorraine). Her parents divorced when she was two years old.
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- QU FUE DEISABEL DEL PUERTO EXTRAORDINARIA BELLEZA DEL CINE DE ORO QUE SE RETIR POR ESTA RAZN
- Early career
- Movie star
- Photo journalist
- Chef
- Writer
- Entrepreneur
- Current life
- Filmography
- References
Early career
At four she made her stage debut under the guidance of Isadora Duncan and her grandmother Maria Schleinzer who was a vedette at the Viennese Opera. She attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, Italy, with Alida Valli and other stars of the 1930s.
Movie star
After a short career on Broadway, she went to Mexico, where she modeled for a department store and appeared in 17 films, becoming a star of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema of the 1940s and 1950s.
Photo journalist
After retiring from films, she worked for Time Life magazines and in advertising and public relations in New York.
Chef
Owned and cooked for five gourmet restaurants, among them El Cuchitril, a famous bistro in the Zona Rosa Mexico City.
Writer
She is presently working on her fifth book (a novel set in the early 1900s). One of her oeuvres is a semi-fictitious biography called My Way, two are detective stories: The Key and The Portrait and one is a book for children, Sonia, which she hopes to have illustrated and published.
Entrepreneur
She has a real estate license, selling properties in Mexico and US.
Current life
Del Puerto lives in San Antonio, Texas, with three dogs she has rescued from the streets. She is active in the Democratic Party and director of a charity that helps the homeless and their animals.
Del Puerto has taken part in the following films: