Helena Montalban (15 May, 1926 in Bahia Blanca, Argentina-2 March, 1991 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico) was an Argentine-Puerto Rican theater, film and telenovela actress, producer and talk show host.
[1] Arriving in Puerto Rico, Montalban and Anderson were offered a contract by Angel Ramos of Telemundo Canal 2, to star in a sitcom named "Que Pareja!"
[1] Her telenovela acting career also stayed afloat, as she participated in many Canal 2 productions, such as "El Derecho de Nacer" alongside Mario Pabon, "La Gata" ("The Cat") which lasted from 1961 to 1962 and in which she acted with Braulio Castillo as her on-screen couple, 1963's "La Red" ("The Network") and 1964's "Historia de tres hermanas" ("A Story of Three Sisters").
From 1960 to 1981, the couple produced plays at Teatro Tapia and, later, at the Rene Marquez hall at Centro de Bellas Artes, also in Santurce.
By 1971, she had also embarked in a side career as a show host and producer, on Canal 4's "Buenos Dias y Algo Mas" ("Good Morning and Something Else").
[1] Montalban next played a breast cancer victim, "Estela Moreno", in a Vicky Hernandez WAPA-TV (canal 4) mini-series production named "Las Divorciadas" ("The Divorced Women").
[1] Montalban married German-Puerto Rican actor Axel Anderson in 1960; the pair had met decades before in Argentina and had also lived in Colombia and the Dominican Republic.