Altia Michel(1930-1994)

Altia Michel was born & raised in Mexico City. She began singing & dancing in nightclubs,& Carpas, where she was first spotted by a talent scout for "El Fronterizo," a 1952 movie filmed in the northern part of Mexico. Later she appeared in numerous other films most notably "Blue Demon / Demonio Azul" where she played the part of a waitress, Altia, who upon returning from work took off her uniform in front of an open window, leaving her with nothing but a black bra & panties. The Demon Azul followed her from her work & watched her through the window change her clothing; he broke in the apartment & murdered her. She was most famous for her legs, & insisted that each of her movies that she was billed as Altia Michel, or Althia Michel, never taking a part with a fictitious name. Her marriage to the singer Gualberto Castro, from the Brothers Castro, ended in divorce in 1960, their daughter was born in 1958. After her film career, Altia returned to nightclub work.