12 Mesmerizing Photos of Actresses of the Past That You Probably Haven't Seen, But Will Be Charmed (12 photos)

As part of this large series about actresses, beauties from the world of cinema of the middle of the last century!

Sally Field





An American actress, singer, director and producer whose career has spanned five decades. She began acting on television in the mid-sixties and has not finished her career to this day, although she is already 78 years old.



During this time, she has accumulated a significant number of various awards, including an Oscar, a Golden Globe, an Emmy, and others. In 1975, Field played the leading female role in the film Stay Hungry, which also starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.



During her acceptance speech for the Emmy Awards in 2007, Field made a sharp political statement:

"If mothers ruled the world, there wouldn't be any damn wars, first of all!"

The American TV channel Fox cut out the sound on the second part of the sentence, thus censoring the actress's phrase.

Joanna Pettet



Born Joanna Jane Salmon, she is a Canadian actress of British descent. In this case, the actress did not take a stage name, which was very common at the time. Pettet is the surname of her stepfather, and her biological father was a pilot in the British Air Force and died in 1943.



She made her debut at the age of 19 on Broadway, then began acting in television series, of which there were several dozen. She also had roles in big films, including several horror films.



Her last role was in the 1990 thriller "Horror in Paradise", after which she left the world of cinema at the age of 40. But she is still alive, she is now 81 years old.

Elke Sommer



American actress of German origin. Her birth name was Schletz, her father was a pastor in Berlin, but died when she was 14 years old. How he raised his daughter in this way, history is silent, but in 1958 Elke took part in and won the beauty contest "Miss Viareggio". Moreover, completely by chance - she was vacationing with her mother in Italy.

Film director Vittorio De Sica was also vacationing there, he noticed the girl and in the same year she began acting under the pseudonym Sommer.



Not only as an actress, but also as a pin-up model for men's magazines.

After 4 years, she played her first role in Hollywood, and soon moved to the United States for permanent residence.



She filmed quite a lot. As an actress, she worked in half a dozen countries, since she speaks seven languages ​​fluently. After the 1990s, Sommer focused more on painting than acting. She also recorded her own music album.

As for Elke's personal life, it is known that her first husband was 17 years older than her, and her second was 8 years younger. She is now 84.

Sara Montiel



A fiery Spanish woman. An actress and singer who was called the "queen of melodrama" in her homeland, and whose full name is Maria Antonia Alejandra Vicenta Elpidia Isidora Abad Fernandez.



Her parents wanted her to become a nun and from the age of five the girl sang in the church choir. But something, as they say, went wrong, and at 16 Sarita went to a screen test. She was noticed. Well, who wouldn't notice such beauty and with a beautiful voice?



She moved to Mexico, and later to Hollywood, but eventually returned to her homeland in Spain. The return was triumphant and the actress was in great demand. She also performed successfully on stage.

She was married four times and has two adopted children. Her last wedding was when she was 73 and her husband was 38. They divorced three years later, and eight years later Sara Montiel died.