Montealegre, Felicia (d. 1978)

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Montealegre, Felicia (d. 1978)

Costa Rican-born stage and tv actress. Name variations: Felicia Bernstein. Born in Costa Rica; died June 16, 1978, in East Hampton, LI, NY; m. Leonard Bernstein (composer, conductor).

Made stage debut in Chile; arrived in NYC (1944); appeared in such plays as If Five Years Pass, Swan Song, Merchant of Venice, International Set, Henry V, Pelleas and Melisande, The Little Foxes and Poor Murderers; on tv, starred opposite Charlton Heston in "Of Human Bondage" for "Studio One" (1949), among others.

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