Georgiana Young

Georgiana Young was born in 1924, the daughter of George Uncus Belzer and Gladys Royal (formerly Young).^[3][4] She was raised Roman Catholic,^[5] along with her half-sisters, actresses Loretta Young, Polly Ann Young and Sally Blane.^[6] At age thirteen, she was signed to a seven-year film contract.^[7] Her first acting role was a minor part in Mad About Music with Deanna Durbin, though her scenes were ultimately cut from the film.^[7]

Her acting career was short-lived, though she appeared in a further three films. Her debut role was as Berta Hubbard, sister of Mabel Gardiner Hubbard, in Irving Cummings's 1939 biographical film The Story of Alexander Graham Bell, opposite her half-sisters Loretta (as Mabel), Sally and Polly Ann.^[8] She would later have bit parts in two other films: No, No, Nanette (1940) and Border Incident (1949), the latter of which starred her husband, actor Ricardo Montalbán, whom she married in 1944.^[9]

After seeing her performance in The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939), 18-year-old Ricardo Montalbán – who split his time between his schooling in Los Angeles (living with his brother) and working in his father's store in Torreón, Mexico – became enamored of the 15-year-old Young.^[10]

Montalbán had started his own stage and film career when the two later met on a blind date, with Montalbán proposing that evening, later stating "It took a week to persuade her."^[10] They married in 1944, and had four children together.^[11][12]

Georgiana Young (also known as Georgiana Young Montalbán and Georgiana Young de Montalbán) died in 2007, aged 83, of undisclosed causes.^[13]