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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lisa Janti is known as Lisa Montell as a Hollywood actress of the 1950-60s, and then shifted her career to one of advocacy and service to various disadvantaged groups and to her adopted religion, the Bahá'í Faith. Lisa Janti, known as Lisa Montell as a Hollywood actress of the 1950-60s, was born Irena Ludmila Vladimirovna Augustynowic of Russian-Polish ancestry, and her family fled to Poland before World War II. On arrival in New York they changed their last name to Montwill so she grew up Irene Montwill. They lived in New York and Janti attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. After becoming involved in English-speaking theatre she was noticed by Hollywood producer Dick Welding who offered her a part in Daughter of the Sun God, filmed in Peru c. 1953 with actor William Holmes. Shortly afterwards her...
Known for
Matinee TheaterSeries • 1955
Combat!Series • 1962
MaverickSeries • 1957
Have Gun, Will TravelSeries • 1957
CheyenneSeries • 1955
One Step BeyondSeries • 1959
77 Sunset StripSeries • 1958
Bat MastersonSeries • 1958
Surfside 6Series • 1960
Tales of Wells FargoSeries • 1957
SugarfootSeries • 1957
The MillionaireSeries • 1955
Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeries • 1958
Mickey Spillane's Mike HammerSeries • 1958
The Gene Autry ShowSeries • 1950
The Adventures of Jim BowieSeries • 1956
Public DefenderSeries • 1954
Cavalcade of AmericaSeries • 1952
Lux Video TheatreSeries • 1950
Broken ArrowSeries • 1956
The Wonderful World of DisneySeries • 1954
Daddy Long LegsMovie • 1955
World Without EndMovie • 1956
She Gods of Shark ReefMovie • 1958