What you need to know:
Sasha Montenegro starred in the first Fichera film: Bellas de Noche (1975).
There are many actresses who have been part of Ficheras cinema, but when we talk about Sasha Montenegro we are referring to the most iconic and fascinating of them. So fascinating that not even a Mexican president could resist her beauty. She died yesterday at the age of 78.
Sasha Montenegro also appeared in Santo’s films
Sasha Montenegro’s death was confirmed last night. Minutes before midnight, in TV forum The news broke and the details of his death were spread across the networks by entertainment journalists. Although official information is lacking, It is noted that the widow of former President José López Portillo died as a result of a stroke.
Aleksandra Aćimović Popović, better known as Sasha Montenegro, was born in Bari, Italy. He came from a family of Yugoslavian origins and emigrated from Europe to Argentina. There they “discovered” her and offered her the opportunity to come to Mexico to work as a model and actress. This in the early 70s.
In 1995, he formalized his controversial relationship with former President López Portillo.
Although her name is the first thing that comes to mind, Ficheras films, before entering this genre, Sasha Montenegro made photonovelas, modeled and acted in soap operas and films, which highlights her foray into another genre, the is very typical of the seventh art of Mexico: the cinema of the fighters.
He starred in the films alongside Santo, the silver-masked man Saint against black magic (1974), Santo and Blue Demon against Dr. Frankenstein (1974) and later he founded the Ficheras genre with the iconic film Beauties of the night 1975).
He also played the lead role Snow White and her seven lovers (1980), legendary erotic film in which he led a cast consisting of Eric del Castillo, Noé Murayama, Rafael Inclán, Luis Manuel Pelayo, Héctor Suárez and Lalo The mimeand more.
At the height of her career, Sasha Montenegro began a relationship with the then President of Mexico, José López Portillo. The PRI leader was married, so the relationship could only be formalized through a civil marriage in 1995; However, the couple already had two children at that time. The marriage lasted until 2004, the year the former president died.