Rosa Méndez Leza (31 August 1935 – 29 December 2018), known professionally as Rosenda Monteros, was a Mexican actress. She studied drama under Seki Sano. To American audiences, she is best known for her role as Petra in ''

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''. She had a prolific film career north and south of the U.S.–Mexican border. Monteros was born in

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. She moved to Mexico City when she was 17. From 1955 to 1957, she was married to director

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Partial filmography

*''Reto a la vida'' (1954) — María (uncredited) *'' Take Me in Your Arms'' (1954) — Martha *''The White Orchid'' (1954) — Lupita *''María la Voz'' (1955) — Isabel *'' A Woman's Devotion'' (1956) — María *''Feliz año, amor mío'' (1957) — Luisa *''El diario de mi madre'' (1958) — Enedina *''Las tres pelonas'' (1958) — María *'' Villa!!'' (1958) — Marianna Villa *''La gran caída'' (1958) *''

Nazarín ''Nazarín'' () is a 1959 Mexican satirical drama film directed by Luis Buñuel and co-written between Buñuel and Julio Alejandro, adapted from the eponymous novel of Benito Pérez Galdós. The film received the international prize at the 1959 ...

'' (1959) — La Prieta *''Sábado negro'' (1959) *''La ciudad sagrada'' (1959) *''

El Esqueleto de la señora Morales ''Skeleton of Mrs. Morales'' (Spanish: ''El Esqueleto de la señora Morales'') is a 1960 Mexican black comedy film based on Arthur Machen’s 1927 short story "The Islington Mystery". It is regarded by critics as one of the hundred best Mexican f ...

'' (1960) — Meche, the servant *''

'' (1960) — Petra *''Los cuervos'' (1961) — Laura *'' Tiara Tahiti'' (1962) — Belle Annie *''The Mighty Jungle'' (1964) — Orica *'' Valería'' (1965, TV Series) *''

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'' (1965) — Ustane *''Ninette y un señor de Murcia'' (1965) — Ninette *'' Savage Pampas'' (1966) — Rucu *''

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'' (1968) — Pili Conchita *''¡Dame un poco de amooor...!'' (1968) — Chin Sao Ling *''Un Extraño en la Casa'' (1968) — Diana *''Coleccionista de cadáveres, El'' (1970) — Valerie *''Los perros de Dios'' (1974) *''Rapiña'' (1975) *''Las siete cucas'' (1981) — Benita's Servant *''La casa de Bernarda Alba'' (1982) — Martirio *''Sexo impostor'' (2005)

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Monteros reads "Romanticismos," by Francisco González Léon
{{DEFAULTSORT:Monteros, Rosenda 1935 births 2018 deaths Mexican film actresses People from Veracruz (city) Mexican telenovela actresses Actresses from Veracruz