Carlotta Monti
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Carlotta Monti (January 20, 1907 - December 8, 1993) was a minor film actress known primarily as the mistress of W. C. Fields.
Born Carlotta Montijo, Monti appeared in B-movies like Kiss of Araby (1933), Tarzan the Fearless (1933) and Night Cargo (1936), usually cast as an exotic temptress. She met Fields in 1932 and they began a relationship that lasted until his death in 1946. She had small roles in his films Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935) and Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941).
In 1971, Monti wrote a best-selling memoir describing her life and experiences with Fields. It was adapted for the 1976 film W.C. Fields and Me, starring Rod Steiger as Fields and Valerie Perrine as Monti, who appeared as an extra in it.
