Cecilia Callejo
Biography
Cecilia Callejo was an American dancer and actress. She was born in Manatí, Puerto Rico, grew up in New York, and was one of twelve children of the composer Fernando Callejo Ferrer and the pianist Trinidad. She trained in dance with La Argentina, while Olga Samaroff and Leopold Stokowski, both musicians, helped open doors for her in Hollywood. Through the 1930s and 1940s she appeared in films such as Dramatic School (1938), It's a Wonderful World (1939) and Passport to Alcatraz (1940). She coached Jennifer Jones on a Cuban accent in 1948 for the 1949 film We Were Strangers. Callejo also danced on stage, including a 1933 program with Ruth St. Denis, and in 1942 she joined the Broadway cast of The Cat Screams. Her screen credits included The Falcon in Mexico (1944) and The Cisco Kid Returns (1945). She died in 2003.
95years old at death
- Born Manatí, Puerto Rico
- Died
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Also credited as Cecilia Lucila Callejo Correa
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 2 years1937 to 1939
Every film, newest first
- 1939It's a Wonderful WorldIMDb rating 6.8
- 1939Only Angels Have WingsIMDb rating 7.6
- 1937Boots and SaddlesIMDb rating 5.6
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In 1948, Callejo worked behind the scenes to help Jennifer Jones with the Cuban accent she needed for We Were Strangers, released in 1949.
Beyond film
Callejo had one Broadway credit: she was in the original cast of The Cat Screams, a mystery melodrama from 1942.
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W.S. Van DykeDirector, 1 film, 1939
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Joseph KaneDirector, 1 film, 1937
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