Maura Monti

Maura Fazi Pastorino (born 11 August 1942), better known as Maura Monti, is an Italian-Mexican actress and model.

Life and work Monti was born in Genoa (Italy), but moved with her mother to Mexico, where she started to work as a model. She was however quickly discovered for the movies and appeared in string of Mexican films during the second half of the 1960s. Among them were the neo noir thriller Rage starring Glenn Ford and the superhero movie The Bat Woman (La mujer murciélago). In the latter she played the lead character, a masked female superhero similar to the Batwoman character of DC Comics.

Filmography 1965: Cucurrucucú Paloma 1965: El pecador 1966: El proceso de Cristo 1966: El planeta de las mujeres invasoras 1966: Rage 1966: Hombres de roca 1967: SOS Conspiración Bikini 1967: Su excelencia 1967: La muerte en bikini 1967: Santo, el Enmascarado de Plata vs. la invasión de los marcianos 1967: Don Juan 67 1968: Báñame mi amor 1968: Un Latín lover en Acapulco 1968: The Batwoman (original: La mujer murciélago) 1968: Despedida de casada 1968: María Isabel 1968: El tesoro de Moctezuma 1968: Blue Demon destructor de espías 1968: Los amores de Juan Charrasqueado 1968: Las sicodélicas 1968: El día de la boda 1968: Me casé con un cura 1968: El misterio de los hongos alucinantes 1968: Pasaporte a la muerte 1969: El matrimonio es como el demonio 1969: Veinticuatro horas de vida 1969: Muñecas peligrosas 1969: Minifaldas con espuelas 1969: Las vampiras 1969: Con licencia para matar 1969: La casa de las muchachas 1969: Cazadores de espías 1970: El despertar del lobo 1970: Las tres magníficas 1971: The Incredible Invasion 1978–1989 En vivo (culture magazine, moderation)