Cecilia Callejo

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Cecilia Callejo
A smiling young woman with olive skin, dark eyes, wearing a white hat
Cecilia Callejo, from a 1938 publicity photo
Born
Cecilia Lucila Callejo Correa

October 31, 1907
Manati, Puerto Rico
DiedAugust 18, 2003
Tujunga, California
Other namesCecilia Callejo Y Correa Presnell, Cecelia Callejo
OccupationActress
RelativesRobert Presnell, Jr. (stepson)

Cecilia Lucila Callejo Correa (October 31, 1907 – August 18, 2003), known as Cecilia Callejo, was an American actress and dancer, born in Puerto Rico. She appeared in films, including It's a Wonderful World (1939), Passport to Alcatraz (1940), and The Cisco Kid Returns (1945).

Early life[]

Callejo was born in Manatí, Puerto Rico and raised in New York, one of the twelve children of composer and musicologist Fernando Callejo Ferrer and his wife Trinidad, a pianist.[1][2] She studied dance with La Argentina.[3][4][5] Musicians Olga Samaroff and Leopold Stokowski helped her make connections in Hollywood.[6]

Career[]

Callejo appeared in films in the 1930s and 1940s, including Outlaw Express (1938),[7] The Renegade Ranger (1938),[8][9] Dramatic School (1938),[4] Verbena Tragica (Block Party, 1939),[10] It's a Wonderful World (1939),[11] Passport to Alcatraz (1940),[12] The Falcon in Mexico (1944),[13] Marriage is a Private Affair (1944),[14][15] and The Cisco Kid Returns (1945).[8] In 1948, she coached Jennifer Jones on her Cuban accent for We Were Strangers (1949).[16]

On stage, Callejo danced on a program with Ruth St. Denis and others in 1933,[17] and at a benefit show in Los Angeles in 1937.[18] She appeared in a 1939 Los Angeles production of Desert Song.[19] She had one Broadway credit, in the original cast of the mystery melodrama The Cat Screams (1942).[20]

Personal life[]

Callejo married screenwriter Robert Presnell Sr. in 1939,[15][21] as his third wife; he died in 1969. She died in Tujunga, California in 2003, aged 95 years.

References[]

  1. ^ "The Callejo-Correa Family Tree: A Diasporic Legacy". Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, Hunter College. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  2. ^ Moss, Linda (2016-07-29). "Rutherford Aims to Honor Composer, Kin". The Record. pp. L3. Retrieved 2022-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Senorita Callejo Attends Opening of Van Nuys Store". The Van Nuys News and Valley Green Sheet. 1941-06-09. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b "Surprise for Star is Girlhood Chum Acting in Scene". Dayton Daily News. 1938-12-11. p. 32. Retrieved 2022-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Fidler, Jimmie (1941-05-28). "Beautiful Dancer, Foreign Import with Great Record, Signed--to Play Cowgirl". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. 18. Retrieved 2022-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Protege of Stokowski WIll Appear in Movies". The Tampa Tribune. 1938-06-04. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Cecilia Callejo and Bob Baker". The Daily News Leader. 1938-12-30. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. University of California Press. 1997. pp. 207–208, 751–752, 831–832. ISBN 978-0-520-20964-0.
  9. ^ Hale, Wanda (1939-02-17). "Rough Ridin' O'Brien in 'Renegade Ranger'". Daily News. p. 607. Retrieved 2022-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Verbena Tragica". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  11. ^ "Laughs Crowd Loew's Film". Harrisburg Telegraph. 1939-06-02. p. 6. Retrieved 2022-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "At the Rialto". Daily News. 1940-06-15. p. 278. Retrieved 2022-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Hale, Wanda (1944-08-05). "'Falcon in Mexico' on Rialto's Screen". Daily News. p. 17. Retrieved 2022-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Louella Parsons in Hollywood Says". The Tribune. 1944-02-08. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ a b "In Filmland". Siskiyou Daily News. 1944-02-09. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ Scheuer, Philip K. (1948-09-02). "George Marshall Gets New Western". The Los Angeles Times. p. 19. Retrieved 2022-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Surprise for Star is Girlhood Chum Acting in Scene". Dayton Daily News. 1938-12-11. p. 32. Retrieved 2022-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "War-Flood Benefit Interest Gains; Many Entertainers Prepare to Help Assure Success of Event". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. 1937-02-24. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Society and Filmland Notables attend Gala Stage and Screen Events". The Los Angeles Times. 1939-05-16. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ Nathan, George Jean (1975). The Theatre Book of the Year, 1942-1943. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-8386-7946-3.
  21. ^ "Notices of Intention to Wed". The San Francisco Examiner. 1939-07-29. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.

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